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12 February 1976 Slave Lake, Alberta Class A #10775

Nighttime sighting by motorist at the Saulteaux River

The witness was driving alone at night toward home when they noticed a tall, dark-furred figure on a snow ridge beside the highway. The figure ran on two legs toward the treeline, then stopped at the forest edge and turned to stare while the witness had stopped to watch. After observing a bare face and mane-like hair, the witness left the area out of fear.

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Summer 1976 Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Class A #3547

While working on a farm, teenagers spot Bigfoot nearby watching them

Two teenagers were stacking hay bales on a wagon when a tall upright figure was noticed across a dirt road paralleling the field. They stopped work and watched it for about two minutes while it stood and stared toward them. The figure then left on two legs at a brisk pace without making noise or threatening gestures.

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1976–1978 Glass Community (Obion Is The Closest Town), Obion County, Tennessee Class A #25432

Man relates a series of encounters with a white bigfoot near Obion

The witness was walking home from town late at night looking down. He looked up to find an off-white, Bigfoot-like creature squatting on its hands and feet a short distance in front of him. They saw each other at the same time, the creature stood up and they stared for several seconds before running in opposite directions.

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Summer 1976 DOYLINE, Webster Parish, Louisiana Class B #23882

Woman recounts incident involving her father near town of Doyline on Lake Bistinue

Late one evening in 1976, a neighbor arriving home reportedly found a large hairy dark man-like creature on his porch. The creature fled when headlights hit it and leaped over a six-foot fence. The neighbor's wife had been inside holding a pistol after hearing something pull on the screen door. The witness's father then saw the creature run and leap a wide creek, hearing a grunt on landing, before it disappeared.

Full-body sightingDoor or window contactVocalization
Summer 1976 Lake Of The Woods County, Minnesota Class A #3227

Creature sighted twice by three men while camping in northern Minn

Three men were on a fishing and camping trip near Lake of the Woods when they saw a tall hairy figure watching them from behind a tree. The figure ran away bipedally, and a rotten stench was noticed in the area. As the men walked along railroad tracks bordered by swamp, a football-sized rock flew past them from the side with no one visible, and they later saw the figure run across the tracks ahead of them. They returned to camp and told local residents, some of whom said they had also seen a hairy person.

Full-body sightingOdorRock throwing
1976 Pierce County, Washington #59321171-6806-4d6d-8ffe-b5c669b83190

Sasquatch sighting near Pierce County (1976)

A man retrieving clay pigeons in Pierce County saw an eight-foot Bigfoot stand up. He heard a buzzing sensation and experienced slowed time, tunnel vision, and paralysis before breaking free. The account is presented as a 1976 Washington report.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
1976 Chatham County, North Carolina #59321171-6806-4d6d-8ffe-b5c669b83190

Sasquatch sighting near Chatham County (1976)

Witnesses around the Cape Fear River reported a tall hairy biped that screamed and moved with a slumping gait. The creature was said to leave large three-toed footprints. The author presents this as a 1976 flap in Chatham County.

Full-body sightingScreamTracks
1976–1980 Dustin, Hughes County, Oklahoma Class A #5817

Woman recalls childhood encounters

Two children walking down a road on summer vacation saw a tall white-haired biped walking in a pasture. The creature paused when it noticed them, then turned toward them, prompting them to run a short way before looking again. They watched it step over a tall barbed-wire fence and continue east with long strides and swinging arms. A few days later they recovered long white hair from the top wire of a fence.

Full-body sightingHair
1976 Port Alberni, British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/11/20/sc-ep275-first-nations-encounters-with-sasquatch-part-2

Sasquatch sighting near Port Alberni, British Columbia (1976)

A logger driving back toward the log landing in sun glare struck one of two hair-covered figures on the road. The struck creature fell into the ditch moaning while the larger one approached. Both then pounded the pickup, smashing the windshield before the driver fled. Managers later ordered the truck flattened and buried to conceal the incident.

Full-body sightingVehicle contactVocalization
middle of summer 1976, like July August Connecticut #21f69b2e-7990-44db-9e8e-0a33110c35dd

Sasquatch sighting in Connecticut (1976)

At age 14 on a summer day the witness was walking between the rails looking down when he stumbled forward. He looked up to see a tall hairy silhouette about 50 to 75 feet away. It stood briefly then turned, took a few steps up a rocky incline and went into the woods without sound.

Full-body sightingSilhouette
1976 Oxford, Ohio #f5dcf095-d4a4-4058-b0ab-3ffd7a69af9e

Sasquatch sighting near Oxford, Ohio (1976)

The witness and his cousin were leaving a state park lake late at night after fishing all day. A very tall dark hairy biped stepped into the road at a hairpin curve right in front of the truck. It crossed in a few steps without looking at them while the cousin shouted to drive away.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
Fall 1976 Tehachapi, Kern County, California Class A #9661

At noon, a young lady on horse back has a face-to-face encounter

When 14, the witness rode a horse on a family ranch near Tehachapi to the edge of a pine forest where a long-dead cow lay. There she saw a tall, black-haired, human-like figure leaning against a large tree, and they looked at each other for about a minute. Frightened, she turned back to the ranch and says she never returned to that area.

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Spring 1976 Omitted For Privacy (small Town In NW WA), Island County, Washington Class A #27764

Woman remembers her morning road walk interrupted by a large hairy bi-pedal animal on Whidbey Island

In early spring 1976 the witness was walking alone in the morning along an old logging road toward a country store. At a crossroads the witness saw a very tall, thin hair-covered figure emerge from dense forest about 200 feet away and cross the road in two long upright strides before re-entering the forest. The witness froze in fear and then ran back in the opposite direction.

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6 December 1975 Hood River County, Oregon Class A #671

Creature seen crossing in front of witnesses car

While driving east on the interstate at night in rain, the occupants of a car and surrounding traffic slowed for a tall dark figure running on and across the highway. The witness viewed the figure at close range from the passenger window and described eye contact and an expression of fear before it struck an oncoming pickup camper, ran up an embankment, and entered the trees.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingVehicle contact
15 November 1975 Sedgwick County, Kansas Class A #1326

Early morning sighting by a hunter

The witness went alone to hunt rabbits along a flood-control dike in the early morning, then hid to wait for doves. He heard splashing to the south and watched a distant creature standing in the stream, splashing water and briefly rising on two legs to look and smell before resuming splashing. He tried to approach from downwind via the north and a cliff overlook, but the creature was gone when he arrived.

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5 November 1975 Snowflake, Arizona #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/xSi4LRBWZiIRmDsCLlFWHJHga0HyC8Dmb3wI0iC9r6s

UFO sighting near Snowflake, Arizona (1975)

The witness and six coworkers driving out of the woods stopped to look at an unusual glow that resolved into a metallic disk hovering close to the road. The witness approached on foot and was struck by a blast of energy that threw him through the air, after which he regained consciousness aboard a craft with small pale beings and later with human-looking beings who placed a mask on him. He later woke on a road and learned five days had passed.

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November 1975 Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas Class A #4994

Two boys have afternoon sighting out behind family land in Sabine River Basin.

Two boys playing by a creek on family land noticed a dark, hair-covered, human-like figure squatting by a tree in a nearby pasture. They watched for over a minute as it raised its arms and shifted posture. Frightened, they ran back to the house and told no one for a long time for fear of ridicule.

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25 October 1975 Applegate, Josephine County, Oregon Class A #23771

Young hunter sees and hears a sasquatch near Applegate

A 12-year-old waiting alone in a truck on a logging road noticed a foul odor and his dog became frightened. A tall dark-haired biped stepped into the open on a bank about 40 feet away, watched him for about 30 seconds while making grunting and mumbling sounds and tilting its head, then ran uphill. The boy fled on foot toward relatives.

Full-body sightingVocalizationOdor
13 October 1975 Sumner, Pierce County, Washington Class A #1730

Lake Tapps

Two companions on their way to school in the morning saw two pale human-like figures standing at the edge of woods on a hill. The figures smelled like skunks and then wandered back into the woods. The witnesses estimated the figures' height against a tree limb and later reported finding nest-like structures nearby.

Full-body sightingOdor
October 1975 Gorham, Jackson County, Illinois Class B #40842

Memory told of a possible sighting along Happy Hollow Road near Gorham

The witness was riding in a vehicle with three relatives on a wooded road after sundown. As the vehicle came around a curve, the headlights illuminated a creature standing on a creek bank by a wooden bridge. The creature looked toward the vehicle, its eyes caught in the headlights, then turned and walked away.

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