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the summer before Grande Prairie, Alberta Related account #65238

Sasquatch sighting near Grande Prairie, Alberta

The witness had encountered a grizzly sow grazing in a roadside ditch the previous summer.

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BFRO YEAR: about 1969 Rossland, British Columbia Class A #34822

Memory told of a nighttime sighting while traveling on a mountainside near Rossland

The witness was riding in the back seat of a car driving up a mountain dirt road in the evening to watch the sky. In the headlights at a hairpin where a creek crossed the road, she saw a tall grey hairy figure bent over the creek. It stood, took a long stride, stepped up a steep dirt bank and disappeared into trees within moments. A companion in the back seat also saw it and was frightened, while the two occupants in the front seat were looking elsewhere and saw nothing.

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BFRO YEAR: 1970 to current Kootenay Bay, Abbotsford & Mission, British Columbia Class A #28740

Man recollects multiple encounters from 1970 to present near Kootenay, Chadsey & Davis Lakes

On a warm summer night in 1993, the witness rode with two companions in a truck from the lakeside cabin toward a property above. In the headlights about 100 metres away they saw a small dark hairy creature crouched on all fours in the road with long straight legs, no visible tail or protruding ears, and large bright shining eyes. After a moment of sudden fear the group drove up a driveway, discussed the sighting briefly, and returned minutes later to find nothing.

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BFRO YEAR: 1984/85 Withheld, British Columbia Class A #13642

Early morning sighting by 10 year old child in a backyard tent in the Lower Fraser Valley

The witness was sleeping outdoors in a field with two companions near the woods. On waking early in the morning, the witness watched a single large dark creature walk along the edge of the woods past them while maintaining eye contact. The observation lasted seconds, after which the witness went back to sleep without waking the companions.

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BFRO YEAR: 87 or 88 Langley, BC, Canada., British Columbia Class A #20415

Man describes his childhood observation in daylight on a farm outside Langley

Around midday on the family's farm, the witness and an adult tenant saw a very tall brown ape-like creature cross an open field from the woods toward a barn a few hundred feet away. The creature walked hunched forward, turned to look the witness in the eyes for a few seconds, then ducked slightly to enter the barn. The tenant fled by car while a relative working on a door lock nearby did not see it.

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BFRO YEAR: In the 1980's Kenai-Cook Inlet County, Alaska Class B #1259

While hunting small game, witness gets a glimpse of "the hairy man"

A man hunting small game claimed a tall, fully hairy figure walked across a dirt road near Skilak Lake. The figure paused, looked in his direction appearing surprised, then left swiftly into the woods. The witness watched from a few hundred yards away in daylight, loaded his shotgun because he was unsure of intent, and later chose not to tell authorities for fear of disbelief.

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As I was making camp Fairbanks, Fairbanks County, Alaska Related account #1995

Footsteps near Fairbanks, Alaska

Earlier that evening while making camp, the witness heard a black bear approaching and scared it away before it got close.

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the night before Gilford, Belknap County, New Hampshire Related account #26113

Sasquatch sighting near Gilford, New Hampshire

The witness's adult son saw the same creature pass the living room window and look in at him.

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BFRO YEAR: 1973 or '74 Penobscot County, Maine Class A #1189

Sighting by a motorist

The witness was driving on Route 95 through forested wilderness in early evening daylight. A large, dark, hairy creature crossed the southbound lanes from the treed median to the woods, moving swiftly, smoothly and fully erect. The witness stopped the car and looked into the woods where it went but saw no further trace. Three companions in the car were dozing and did not see it.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
early October Somers NY, Westchester County, New York Related account #31940

Sasquatch sighting near Somers NY, New York

Another person reported seeing two chimp-like bipeds emerge twice to drink from the reservoir at sunrise before returning to the woods.

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11 years ago Sabbath Day Point, Warren County, New York Related account #2405

Sasquatch sighting near Sabbath Day Point, New York

Another person reportedly saw a matching monkey-like figure at the lake with a companion about eleven years before an email report.

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BFRO YEAR: 1976-2000-2008 Canton NY, St. Lawrence County, New York Class A #25631

Various incidents and sightings from 1976-2008 by family members at their rural home near Canton

In fall 2000 the wife reportedly saw a large dark figure walk across a field about 300 yards from home and into woods bordering a lake. The brief 3-5 second view was described as taller than five feet based on fence posts, stocky with very large shoulders, dark brown to black hair, and walking on two legs, causing an initial bear impression to be dismissed. The account was submitted by her husband along with later family experiences in the same wooded swamp-lake area.

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BFRO YEAR: 1979 or 80 Canisteo, Steuben County, New York Class A #13662

Daylight sighting near a railroad bed and the Canisteo River

The witness and his son reportedly watched a dark animal from about three-tenths of a mile away in a flat river-bottom area. They observed it walk several hundred feet along the river bank before it went out of sight around a bend. The daylight sighting occurred in late spring during very dry conditions, and nearby railroad workers could not see the animal because a hedgerow blocked their view.

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a few years prior Clarendon, Orleans County, New York Related account #4799

Sasquatch sighting near Clarendon, New York

A relative of the witness reported seeing a tall bipedal figure with reddish fur cross a trail, pause to look and vocalize, then continue into the woods.

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a week or two later, at exactly dusk Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York Related account #11630

Sasquatch sighting near Pine Plains, New York

A week or two later at dusk the witness and a companion in a parked car saw a tall brown figure and a light-brown leg move into the tree line near a ballfield.

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the season before Deposit, Delaware County, New York Related account #14373

Sasquatch sighting near Deposit, New York

The witness recalls seeing a very large silent bear at close range in the same area the previous season.

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Date unknown Mt Washington State Forest Mass, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Related account #51359

Sasquatch sighting near Mt Washington State Forest Mass, Massachusetts

The follow-up author reports having personally seen a mountain lion in the same area.

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About a month after my sighting Bridgewater CT, Litchfield County, Connecticut Related account #48732

Sasquatch sighting near Bridgewater CT, Connecticut

About a month later the witness and a companion watched a hairy bipedal creature stand above five-foot grass for several minutes before it retreated to the woods.

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Date unknown Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut Related account #58379

Sasquatch sighting near Torrington, Connecticut

The witness told an investigator he saw something upright on two legs run across the field within a hundred yards, moving fast and effortlessly before vanishing into timber.

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BFRO YEAR: 1971-2-3? Derry Pa., Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Class A #1089

Woman & her horse have a daytime encounter, near Keystone State Park

The witness was riding a pony bareback on a back road when the animal stopped at the top of a hill. About 400 feet ahead, a large reddish-brown hairy biped with very long arms was walking toward them on the road. The pony reared, turned, and bolted back downhill to a nearby yard. Later the witness returned with a relative, who found broken branches where the creature appeared to have left the road for the woods.

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