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Tracks (1959)
Nine experienced student hikers camped on the slope of Dead Mountain during a certification trek and rushed out of their tent at night into severe cold in minimal clothing. Searchers later found the tent cut open with belongings inside and lines of footprints leading toward the woods. Five bodies were found between camp and forest and four more buried under deep snow in a ravine with severe fractures and missing soft tissue. Authorities attributed the deaths to an unknown compelling force and closed access to the area.
Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1955)
A hunter watched a hair-covered female-like biped strip leaves and eat, approach within 20 feet, notice him, then walk away while making a half-laugh vocalization. He chose not to shoot and later examined feeding and sleeping signs.
Cryptid sighting near Kathmandu (1953)
Two trekkers ahead of their porters rested on rocks in misty woods when they heard cries and roars. A five-foot upright monkey-like creature with a tail confronted them, joined by several others, one carrying a baby. The men fired shots overhead until porters arrived and the animals dispersed.
Sasquatch sighting near Orleans (1952)
A logger driving alone at night to collect a coworker saw a figure by the road and then a face in the mirror. He found a small tree blocking the road and, after getting out, heard running footsteps as a creature charged and backed off repeatedly. The creature tried to push the car off the road before the driver escaped, and the coworker later reported a similar push.
Vocalization near Portlock, Alaska (1950)
After years of disappearances, residents heard yelling and cries overnight as rocks and logs were thrown into the village. The fear prompted nearly everyone to abandon the town the next morning, leaving only the postmaster who required permission to leave.
Tracks in California (1950)
A construction worker at a Northern California site found large footprints and preserved one in plaster. He carried the cast into town and showed it to a local newspaper editor. The editor's remark about the size of the foot gave rise to the popular term for the phenomenon.
Dogman sighting in England (1948)
Two or more boys playing near burial mounds on high ground on a summer evening came upon a dog-like man crouched with its back to a tree looking at something in its hands. When it lifted its head and looked at them they ran away and the witness never saw it again.
Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1934)
A woman washing clothes in a river in British Columbia heard a close buzzing like a hummingbird. She turned to see a Bigfoot nearby and covered her eyes, believing the sound aided hypnotism. The account is presented as a 1934 Canadian report.
Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1924)
During daytime one miner returning from the spring found a large creature in brush near the cabin. Others poured out and fired many rounds, estimated at sixteen to eighteen. The creature ended up at the cliff edge and fell or climbed down into the canyon.
Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1924)
Five miners were sleeping in their log cabin when multiple creatures attacked through the night. The beings threw rocks, tried to force the door, climbed on the roof, and dug underneath. At dawn the creatures left, and the shaken men hiked out to get help.
Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1924)
Five miners in 1924 reported poltergeist-like activity around their mine and cabin, including voices, machinery sounds, an apported pencil and isolated footprints. After one miner reportedly shot a creature, several creatures allegedly attacked the cabin at night throwing rocks and trying to enter. Only left footprints were reported the next morning.
Property disturbance (1924)
The well-known 1924 Ape Canyon incident is summarized as Sasquatches attacking a cabin of miners seeking a land claim. The miners reportedly gave up the claim and abandoned the area.
Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1924)
Before the July holiday, two of the miners saw a creature peeking from behind a cedar tree near their workings. They fired three shots that stripped bark from the tree. They later mentioned this incident to family when visiting town.
Tracks in Washington (1922)
In the years before the cabin was built the group heard strange whistling between ridges and were ordered to carry guns away from camp. During the first mining year they found a very large track in sand near the creek. These signs preceded the later shootings and night attack.
Animal behaviour near Port Chatham, Alaska (1920)
Historical accounts describe a thriving fishing town that was abandoned after residents were allegedly killed by a hairy, Bigfoot-like creature. The investigator retells these published and locally repeated accounts as background for his own visit to the remote area.
Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1891)
A young newly married woman was at a seasonal fishing camp on the reservation when she was seized and carried into the mountains by a male Sasquatch-like being. Witnesses reportedly watched the abduction but did not shoot for fear of retaliation. After spending time in the mountains digging potatoes for her captor, she escaped when she saw horsemen and rode down to a temporary camp, which then broke camp and fled to the valley.
1. loud vocalization sounds woke sleeping couple. 2. family dog found injured
In the fall of 1998 two witnesses were asleep at home when they were awakened around 10 p.m. by two extremely loud vocalizations, first a growl and then a rising scream that felt as if it was inside the room. Their two dogs were too frightened to move, and a check outside found nothing.
Sasquatch sighting in England
Three mountain bikers riding down a logging road in low light saw a huge upright gorilla-like figure in bracken about 30 feet away. It kept pace with them while its head stayed turned toward them without visible leg or shoulder movement, as if gliding.
Cryptid sighting near Bempton, England
A military man reportedly encountered a seven-foot-tall hyena-type creature on the clifftops. The account was mentioned only briefly as background for why a later witness contacted the investigator.
Sasquatch sighting near Kerr, Florida
A family staying in a house in the former town in the forest woke to their car alarm. They saw a large hairy Bigfoot-like creature hitting the car with a big stick as if trying to silence it. When the father shut off the alarm with his keychain, the creature ran off.