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January 1978 Fulton, Morrow County, Ohio Class A #3293

Three fox hunters witness a "Freak of nature bear" step over a fence and walk into a thicket.

The witness, then a child, spent the day fox hunting with his father and brother and noticed large tracks in the snow. After returning home to unload rifles in the yard, the group saw a very tall brownish-furred creature in the pasture behind the house that first moved on all fours and then stood, touched a fence, stepped over a five-foot fence, and vanished into thicket. A musky odor was noted that day.

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Fall 1978 Medina, Medina County, Ohio Class B #4960

Sighting by motorists along Poe Rd

In the fall of 1978 around midnight, the witness was driving a friend home when both noticed a strange upright creature standing beside the road. The being was described as large and bear-like in stance but with a non-bear-like face, standing about six feet tall, staring at them without moving. The pair reportedly saw it clearly but told almost no one afterward, later confirming with each other that they remembered the same details.

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Summer 1978 Fowlerville, Livingston County, Michigan Class A #23481

Juvenile Bigfoot crosses road and clears a fence near Fowlerville

Two siblings in a vehicle in the early evening watched a small upright hair-covered creature run across the road in front of them. It crossed from an open field toward a forested area about 15 feet away and cleared an approximately 4-foot livestock fence in a single fluid leap without breaking stride. The witnesses called it a baby Bigfoot with very dark brown/black hair and said the leap convinced them it was not a person in a suit.

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Summer 1978 Sullivan County, Indiana Class B #2470

Two people observe a large bipedal creature under a security light.

Late at night, a young man and his girlfriend were talking beside a parked car at her home when both saw a large hair-covered biped appear under an outside light about 100 feet away. The creature was first crouched, then stood, stared briefly, stepped over a low fence and disappeared into a soybean field while nearby horses were heard running. A next-morning search found only indistinct impressions after rain.

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Summer 1978 Granite City, Madison County, Illinois Class A #41786

Memory told of daylight sighting along railroad tracks near Granite City

Five children playing behind the family property during a get-together noticed something moving along the railroad tracks behind the yard. When they looked, it stopped, turned, and looked back at them from about 60 yards away before they ran back to the house in fright. They described it as a huge, tall, dark, muscular figure about seven and a half feet tall.

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January 1978 Brewster, Polk County, Florida Class A #24032

Multiple witness motorist sighting in daylight at the edge of the Alafia River

On New Year's morning in 1978 the witness was riding as a passenger south on Highway 37 over the Alafia River when she saw a large hairy figure squatting at the water's edge splashing water. She got out at the bridge rail for a closer look; the figure looked up, stood, briefly faced her, then climbed the bank into the woods. Her sister, the driver, saw it as it entered the woods, after which they left in the car.

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Spring 1978 Athens, Limestone County, Alabama Class A #799

Person fishing recounts story of his encounter with a large, bipedal creature that was wading in the water

In the early afternoon the witness was gigging for frogs from a relative's boathouse pier when a tall, dark, hairy biped emerged from a swamp about 175-250 yards away and waded knee-deep into the water. The creature looked both ways, bent over twice to swing an arm into the water with a splash as if fishing, then stared toward the witness before walking back into the swamp like a person. A few minutes later it reappeared at the same spot and repeated the same actions before leaving again and not returning during another hour the witness remained.

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1978–1979 Benzie County, Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

UFO sighting near Benzie County (1978)

After other children left the field to go to the house, the witness stayed alone in the dark. A bright light behind him revealed a low saucer-shaped craft with spinning lights around its edge. It hovered, lit the area like daylight with a humming sound, then rose instantly high into the sky, and he ran home.

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1978–1979 Benzie County, Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Sasquatch sighting near Benzie County (1978)

While searching for other children in the gravel pits at night, the witness mistook several small figures for playmates. As he approached he saw they were small hairy infants playing and wrestling, watched by a large adult standing on a bank above them. He froze, then backed away and ran to the house.

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1978–1979 Benzie County, Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Sasquatch sighting near Benzie County (1978)

While running downstream to intercept fish, the witness stopped and saw a smaller hairy creature standing with its back to him in the creek. It appeared to hold a fish in one hand and move the other in the water as if fishing. He watched briefly, then ran back to the other children.

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1978–1979 Benzie County, Michigan #9c2d52c2-d5e0-4036-96f6-02b2a06ee7c7

Sasquatch sighting near Benzie County (1978)

The witness stepped a short distance from a group of children to urinate near a fort by the creek. A large hairy creature stepped from behind a broken tree about 50 to 60 feet away and stared at him. He panicked, ran screaming to the house, and his father and friends went back with guns but found only broken tree limbs.

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Summer 1978 Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Class A #29055

Young girl recounts two encounters at the family farm near Chehalis

As an 11-year-old the witness was playing piano alone in the living room at night when she felt watched and turned to see a hairy biped looking in through a large picture window. She froze and then screamed, and the creature reacted with surprise and fled on two legs. Her father saw its back as it fled, and relatives in a camper outside also saw it run past toward a field and creek.

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21 December 1977 Boone County, Indiana Class A #2459

Evening sighting by motorists along I-65 near mile marker 131.

The witness and their spouse were driving on the interstate at night when they saw a large creature cross the road ahead of them. The creature crossed three lanes in about four steps from left to right and was illuminated by oncoming traffic. By the time their car reached the crossing point, it was gone. Both occupants reported seeing it.

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17 December 1977 Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts Class A #8717

Snowmobilers have daylight sighting near Ashburnham

In December 1977 the witness and a companion were riding a snowmobile on a fire road near a swamp to a cabin. When they turned the sled around, the witness saw a large dark hair-covered biped cross the road in front of them in about two steps, swinging its arms. The creature looked at them, then quickened its pace into the woods.

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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.

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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.

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November 1977 Naranja Near Homestead Fla., Dade County, Florida Class A #21951

Man describes figure looking into window outside Homestead

In fall 1977 a teen woke just before sunrise and looked out his screened window, exchanging grunts with something outside that made the screen vibrate. He and his father then went outside and watched a very large hair-covered creature near the woods that faced them before running into the woods, breaking two small pines as it left. The next day a neighbor reported seeing the creature as well.

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November 1977 Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana Class A #1501

Two witnesses see a large, black creature while loading firewood on a truck

The witness and a relative were loading firewood into a truck when they noticed a large black hairy creature about 50-60 yards away. The creature had come out of the woods and watched them for about 30 seconds. It then walked away briskly into the woods.

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19 October 1977 Ogden, Cache County, Utah Class A #16470

Husband and wife recall daylight sighting while scouting for deer near Cave Spring off of Monte Cristo

In 1977 the witness and his family were camped in the Utah mountains a couple days before hunting season. While scouting with his wife in the afternoon, a reddish-brown creature about 7 to 8 feet tall stepped out about 20 yards away, watched them for about 10 seconds, and was gone when they looked again. That night after snowfall the witness heard something moving around the tent, and the next morning huge tracks were found circling the tent.

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October 1977 Kalkaska, Kalkaska County, Michigan Class A #29615

Nighttime sighting remembered while driving southeast of Kalkaska

While driving home from Kalkaska after dark, the occupants of a vehicle noticed eye-shine in the headlights beside the road. The headlights revealed a small, very light-colored Bigfoot-like figure that had been sitting with its leg crossed on a log in a small clearing near a cedar swamp. Startled by the light, it stood up and walked casually into the woods and disappeared.

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