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Sasquatch sighting near Bridgeville, Pennsylvania (1901)
A man riding a bicycle at night was attacked by a gorilla that threw him from the machine and struck him with a fist. He fired a revolver twice and escaped to a nearby town, arriving unable to speak with torn clothing and a head wound. A large posse formed to capture the animal.
Sasquatch sighting near Coal Valley, Pennsylvania (1897)
A dairyman went into the woods to look for a stray cow and noticed a strange monster coming toward him. He fled in the opposite direction. This was presented as one of several sightings prompting a capture expedition.
Sasquatch sighting near Coal Valley, Pennsylvania (1897)
A homeowner saw a hair-covered ape-like or very old man-like being come up to his porch and look in the window while walking on hind legs. When he went for a gun, it bounded over the porch railing and disappeared into the woods.
Sasquatch sighting near Halstead, Pennsylvania (1895)
A very tall hair-covered wild woman was reported riding a taken balance wheel and encountering a peddler with a horse. She allegedly broke the horse's neck with one jerk, rendered the peddler unconscious, and dragged the horse to the woods where bones were later found. Pursuers found huge footprints and piles of rattlesnake skins but did not locate her.
Sasquatch sighting near Winstead, Connecticut (1895)
A town selectman chasing a lost hog stopped in a clearing to pick blackberries. He saw a naked, hair-covered figure weighing about 180 pounds. The figure noticed him, made an unfamiliar sound, bounded over bushes, and disappeared.
Sasquatch sighting near Middleburg, Pennsylvania (1894)
Two boys reported being chased by a wild man while in a wooded patch of road. Their story was initially disbelieved. The teller presents this as one of two related weekend reports of a red-bearded giant carrying a club.
Historical account near Rutherford, Pennsylvania (1888)
A two-year-old playing with two other children disappeared when the companions briefly went to seek flowers and returned to find her gone. Over a hundred searchers and later torch parties scoured woods and fields without finding a trace. Newspaper follow-ups suggested she may have been carried away by a wild being recently seen in the locality.
Animal behaviour near Armstrong County (1881)
A gorilla-like monster was reported visiting a house and carrying a dog away into the woods. It later allegedly attacked and badly wounded a large hound. A party was organizing to capture it.
Vocalization near Morgantown, Pennsylvania (1881)
A party out driving with horses through a hill pass had a lead horse become unmanageable and show terror as a wild cry came from the thicket, refusing to pass. Local farmers also reported livestock depredations and peculiar footprints in snow that searchers could not resolve. The newspaper presented the story without conclusion.
Sasquatch sighting near Inyo County (1871)
Teamsters camping by a lake reported a ghost-like naked figure stealing scraps and plunging into the water when spoken to or shot at. In fall 1871 men saw it clearly as a large hairy man eating scraps. Investigators later found a cave with rags, bones, and a dead naked man.
Old newspaper article (Titusville Morning Herald - Pennsylvania) about sightings near Orestimba Creek in the Diablo (Devil) Mountains
The supplied sections reference an 1871 newspaper article titled "The Wild Man - What is He?" No details of the claimed encounter itself are included in the supplied text. The follow-up notes clarify the reported location as near Oristemba Creek south of Antioch.
Unidentified sound near Addison, New York
Neighbors reported hearing noises and sometimes smelling a stench from the remote pond area.
Sasquatch sighting near Franklin County
About a week later another person reportedly saw the same thing in the same area, with a drawing shown on local television news.
Sasquatch sighting in Oregon
A boy camping with a man was awakened by cries and seized by a tall hairy figure that carried him rapidly to a thicket. They descended into an illuminated cave strewn with bones where a woman appeared. The boy escaped through the entrance with a knife and reached miners.
Sasquatch sighting near Long Beach, California
Two small girls awoke to find an ape-like intruder in their bedroom and screamed. Their father rushed in in time to see a huge shaggy figure climbing out the window and escaping. Nothing was reported stolen.
Sasquatch sighting near Redding, California
A family was frightened by a naked long-haired wild man roaming near their home. A stone fell near a playing child, who looked up to see the figure beckoning and making sounds. The child ran inside to his mother.
Sasquatch sighting near Eureka, California
A resident fired into brush thinking it was a bear, and a wild man-like figure came out on all fours toward his wife. He fired again and it fled. That night it tried to force the door and window until shot at again, and the family left.
Sasquatch sighting near Rumsey, California
Two men camped in a valley found man-like tracks and followed them to a ravine. They watched a large hairy creature beating its chest, displaying strength by throwing a huge rock, near a foul cave with bones. They left without approaching.
Tracks near Rumsey, California
A trapper following a drag trail found a partly eaten heifer covered with brush and large clawed tracks. That night his dogs hid in fear while unearthly screams moved away from his cabin. He sought help to hunt the animal.
Sasquatch sighting near San Diego County
Two hunters entered an isolated canyon noted for murders and saw a large hairy biped moving upright. After it turned to show a human-like face, they shot it. They then found a dug cave containing human bones and animal remains.