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1992 Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/03/04/sc-ep-303-trackway-near-sunnyslope-washington

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1992)

A prospector reportedly found a dead creature in a mountain campsite area in 1992 and called the forest service. The story was written up in the local paper and then went cold. The campground where it was found closed afterward and never reopened.

Full-body sightingHistorical account
1 August 1990 Eldon, Cherokee County, Oklahoma Class A #2041

August 1 1990 Oklahoma, Cherokee County, near Eldon

On August 1, 1990, a woman at a mobile home near Eldon, Oklahoma reported hearing noises and smelling a bad odor before seeing a very tall, heavy creature. A deputy later found large impressions at the scene. Two days later, two other residents reported a similar upright animal at a trash pile nearby.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundOdorPossible misidentification
1989 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Sasquatch sighting near Flintville, Tennessee (1989)

A group of teens reported a large ape-like figure moving across a field at the town edge.

Full-body sighting
1980 Corbett #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c

Sasquatch sighting near Corbett (1980)

In 1980 a group of teenagers parked along the Sandy River near Corbett after a McDonald's run saw one come out. At first they thought bear, then realized it was not. One girl described it as calm, at peace, and studying them.

Full-body sighting
25 November 1977 Montgomery County, Kansas Class A #1332

newspaper article about a sighting by a jogger. Later, a sherif deputy found a track at the scene of the incident.

Late on Thanksgiving night in 1977, the witness was returning home from jogging when he heard a noise in nearby bushes and ran uphill toward his house. He then turned and watched a large figure running along the road before it went over a barbed-wire fence with little effort and disappeared into a field. A deputy later reported finding an unusually large, deep foot-shaped track in gravel.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
15 November 1977 Marion County, Florida Class A #728

a close-range, daytime sighting by a 67-year-old Baptist minister

A minister cutting wood with a chain saw in a national forest noticed an upright, hairy creature standing in palmetto bushes and watched it for about 30 seconds. The creature was described as very tall with dark hair on the head and chest, little hair on the arms, none on the face, with a flat face and nose and sunken eyes. The witness went back to a truck to get an ax, but the creature had disappeared upon return.

Full-body sighting
1977 Holly, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Holly, Texas (1977)

Two teenage boys clearing brush saw an animal approach, growl and pelt them with rocks, hitting one in the leg. They fled to a nearby house and returned with an older girl carrying a rifle. The creature was still there growling and throwing rocks, a shot was fired with a heavy recoil knocking the shooter down, and both groups left.

Full-body sightingGrowlRock throwing
1977 Sussex County, New Jersey #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/06/30/sc-ep37-cops-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting near Sussex County (1977)

A family on a farm found a solid wooden garage door torn off and eight pet rabbits killed and mutilated with little blood, after hearing a woman-like scream. On subsequent nights they saw a seven-foot hairy creature near the road and under the yard light. They fired on it as it entered the coop and came toward them, then sent children away. Police blamed a bear, raccoon or wild dog.

Full-body sightingScreamProperty disturbanceDoor or window contact
26 April 1976 Flintville, Tennessee #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/10/show-notes-with-shannon-encounter-stories-and-open-phone-lines

Sasquatch sighting near Flintville, Tennessee (1976)

A young child playing in a yard screamed as a tall hairy figure bounded toward the house and reached for the child. The mother smelled a foul odor, grabbed the child, and ran inside. Police who responded heard unrecognized howls and had rocks thrown at them.

Full-body sightingOdorHowlScreamRock throwing
19 July 1964 Caddo, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Caddo, Texas (1964)

The same rancher saw the creature again behind his house making a ruckus. He emptied his small revolver at it, firing nine or ten shots. The creature went away and this was the last direct sighting reported that weekend.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
18 July 1964 Caddo, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Caddo, Texas (1964)

An older rancher at his house encountered a large gorilla-like creature that looked at him, growled and shook bushes. The encounter unnerved him as outside his normal experience. The creature then disappeared.

Full-body sightingGrowl
18 July 1964 Caddo, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Caddo, Texas (1964)

A nine-year-old boy walking to his fishing spot almost ran into an animal standing in the bushes. The animal stood up and growled, frightening him. He ran home to tell his mother.

Full-body sightingGrowl
28 January 1963 Cold Springs, Tuolumne County, California Class B #2310

Large prints found below Cold Springs

On a Sunday night, repeated shrieks were heard in brushland where a roughly 10-foot-tall grotesque man-like figure was reported. Large prints measuring about 14 to 17 inches were found nearby over the next two days and were followed through a subdivision, park and camp area. A law enforcement leader later described the tracks as shoe prints made before a light snowfall and suggested a mountain lion as a possible source of the noises, while noting fresh lion tracks and no cabin break-ins.

Full-body sightingScream
27 January 1963 Cold Springs, Tuolumne County, California Class B #2309

10-Ft. Shrieking Monster reported near Cold Springs

An anonymous caller told the sheriff's office that a roughly nine- to ten-foot-tall human-like figure was moving in the road near an old gravel pit. A second man on the same call said large tracks had been seen. Responding deputies did not see the figure but stayed in the area for hours listening to loud shrieking that moved around them.

Full-body sighting
1950–1959 Place not stated #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/f3pr9QMRrwnB9SKZNsiLJfioKGoqm887zEJ4nvuSodw

UFO sighting (1950)

The host says he was reading about a scoutmaster in the 1950s who was with Boy Scouts and pulled over for a light he thought was a plane. The man told the boys to wait, approached, then there was a flash, blackout, burns, and skin on fire when found. The host admits he had not fully read the story.

Full-body sighting
28 November 1941 Fort [name Withheld], British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/01/24/sc-ep187-mountain-giants

Sasquatch sighting near Fort [name Withheld], British Columbia (1941)

A 1941 newspaper report said Fort [name withheld] was being terrorized by an enormous Sasquatch. A family who cited the behemoth claimed it was at least 14 feet tall. It was described as about twice as tall as a normal Sasquatch.

Full-body sighting
1940–1949 Portlock, Alaska #118c8ac9-9f00-40d7-9768-ce1b8b84cb4c

Sasquatch sighting near Portlock, Alaska (1940)

In the 1940s near a cannery town, a hunter preparing to enter the mountains was attacked by a very tall hairy creature. His dogs drove the creature off and others found him alive. He lived long enough to describe the attacker as a giant hairy being before dying.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
1933 Seaside, Oregon #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c

Sasquatch sighting near Seaside, Oregon (1933)

In 1933 out of Seaside three men in a search party for lost people reportedly saw a Bigfoot at different times. One of the witnesses was the Seaside city attorney.

Full-body sighting
1924 Washington #01e23092-6e9d-4d15-9105-fc0f1c107bef

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1924)

The host retells a historical account from 1924 in which gold prospectors in Ape Canyon said they were attacked by ape-like figures. The incident is placed near Mount St. Helens, a generation after earlier stories of wildmen on the mountain. No further detail about the attackers is given in this telling.

Full-body sighting
1921 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1921)

A woman saw a four-foot object moving along a rear fence and fetched a neighbor, who shot it with a shotgun and saw it drop. When approached, it jumped to hind legs and chased the shooter back into the house, then left toward another town. Strange footprints were later reported nearby.

Full-body sightingTracksDoor or window contactHistorical account