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Husband and wife recall daytime sighting while their boys swam in Tipsaw Lake near Leopold
The witness and his wife were picnicking at a closed lake beach around noon while their two young children swam nearby. The witness noticed a tall dark figure on a hillside near the dam that came down to the water's edge and paced while facing the children. After joint observation, the figure moved up the dam and the family left the area.
Sasquatch sighting near Sykesville, Maryland (1981)
The witness was fly fishing alone in a river pool in the morning when a dog on the far bank began barking. A tall dark-haired biped stood up from the brush, was observed walking through the thicket, then left for the woods. The witness reported the sighting, returned to find police blocking the road, and later saw a large search with vehicles and helicopters but never received follow-up.
Girl celebrating her birthday has encounter with upright animal walking through yard
The witness went outside to retrieve a bicycle. As relatives shouted from the yard and house, the witness saw a slim hair-covered figure with long arms walk past nearby, look toward the witness, and continue into the bush. Relatives searched immediately after and found footprints, from which a cast was made that was later lost.
Two miners have nighttime sighting near Louellen
The witness and a companion were driving to work in the early morning when they saw an animal squatting by the road near dumped garbage. They watched it in the headlights as it moved backward into the road, looked at them, then squatted and leaped off the road into a ravine. A torn bag of garbage was found where it had been kneeling.
Man has clear sighting of a bipedal primate on clear winter night
Late at night two people parked near a bridge watched a tall figure cross a marsh, step over a fence without stopping, then turn and run toward them at high speed. They drove away over the bridge while the figure pursued briefly before breaking off at the hardtop road and returning to the forest. The writer states the figure matched no known animal or human they had encountered.
Man recalls his late night sighting outside the town of Washington
In spring 1981 the witness and a companion were stopped in a car on a rural road at night with headlights on. A very large gray-haired bipedal creature emerged from bushes about 15 yards ahead, paused to look at them, then crossed the road and continued up a hill into the woods. The companion locked the doors and did not want to follow on foot.
Man witness confrontation between bigfoot and stray dog, near Sykesville
The witness was fishing on the north bank of a river when a dog on the south bank barked at brush and confronted an upright, hair-covered animal. The animal knocked the dog down, emitted a ticking sound and a musky odor, then walked into the woods where the witness lost sight of it while wearing waders. The witness later found the dog with blood on it and reported seeing a taped-off police search at the site.
Man remembers observing a hairy, bipedal creature in the headlights of his car near Port Richey
After an evening class, the witness drove along a dirt access road beside a marsh and stopped when a slim hair-covered creature stepped into the headlights and stood in the road about 40-50 feet away. The creature stared toward the car for several seconds, then walked calmly across the road into the marsh. The witness got out to look and listen but detected no odor or sound, and found no tracks the next morning.
Sighting by young witness on family farm in Chestua community near Englewood.
The witness was playing in the garage of a family farm on a fall or winter afternoon when they felt watched and looked up to see a tall, very hairy, unclothed human-like figure. Frightened, the witness hid underneath a car for about 15 minutes. After hearing men talking nearby, the witness crawled out, ran into the house, and stayed there for the rest of the day.
Sasquatch sighting near Round Mountain, California (1981)
About two and a half hours after the porch sighting, the mother drove home on the muddy road and saw a large upright figure standing by the road in her headlights. She fled at speed to the house shouting she had seen something huge. The next day food left on the porch was emptied without moving the can, with large footprints below the porch that were later cast.
Sasquatch sighting in Michigan (1981)
As a nine-year-old in 1981, the witness woke around 1 a.m. and watched a very tall hair-covered figure stand in a lit street intersection for minutes before leaving in a few steps. His mother dismissed it as a dream, but next morning he found bare footprint tracks with toe marks in snow where it had walked.
Sasquatch sighting near Greene County (1981)
The witness and his friend camped and fished over a weekend at a remote creek below a ridge road. They experienced pebbles and rocks thrown, pacing, huffing, wood knocks, a disturbed fire pit and scattered poles. A large creature then came down the ridge into the creek, growled at them from about 20 yards, and left. A DNR officer later found prints, cast them, and called them bear tracks.
Two cousins have a sighting in a thunderstorm on a family farm outside Palestine
The witness and a relative were camping and fishing at a family farm when a thunderstorm forced them to shelter in a barn. During lightning flashes they saw a tall dark upright figure moving quickly with swinging arms. They stayed in the barn overnight and next morning found fish left on a stringer had been eaten.
Sasquatch sighting near Corvallis, Oregon (1981)
At age eleven while staying with family friends on a farm, the witness went for an evening walk on a dirt road with an older family friend. After deer burst from nearby woods, a very tall dark bipedal figure roared loudly and charged through brush toward them, causing them to flee to the car and drive away. Wildlife officials later suggested a bear, which both witnesses rejected.
Mother and sons have encounter with unidentified "prowler."
In the evening the witness and two family members were at home when a strong foul odor entered through open windows. A relative then saw a large hairy unclothed figure watching the house, chased it toward the chicken area where it carried a chicken, hit a wire fence and leapt over a brush pile to escape. Later a hairy face appeared in the living-room window, a storage building and freezer were found entered, and responding deputies found nothing.
Several years later bowhunter confirms sighting of Bigfoot family east of Montpelier
The witness was bow hunting with a group and was dropped off to hunt over a ridge toward a beaver pond. From 75-100 yards away he saw three hair-covered figures at the pond's edge and watched them walk around the pond through scrub into timber. He started toward the pond to look for tracks but left the area after realizing their size.
Motorist & passenger see white creature standing off I-15
The witness and a companion were driving on the interstate at night when headlights lit up a white erect figure over six feet tall on a nearby mountainside. The figure appeared to be watching highway traffic and was visible for only a few seconds in the dark. Both occupants noticed it and verbally confirmed to each other that they had seen it.
Memory told of a sasquatch standing in headlights on Christmas Eve west of St. Jacob
On Christmas Eve evening the witness was driving north on a rural Illinois road when headlights revealed a tall, hair-covered figure standing in the roadway. The witness slowed to almost a complete stop, moved into the opposite lane to avoid hitting it, and observed it closely from inches away before driving on to turn around. When the witness returned about 1.5-2 minutes later, the figure was gone.
Memory told of a tall hairy figure seen in a corn field near Lawrenceville
The witness was riding on a school bus at night after a game when they noticed a tall, hair-covered figure standing in a corn field near a scarecrow. The figure was watched for several seconds as the bus passed about 75 to 100 yards away. Other passengers did not see it and laughed when the witness called out.
Duck hunter has encounter on Lake Cherokee.
The witness was exiting the water after duck hunting when they noticed a tall dark hairy figure about 200-300 feet away near the shore. The witness and the figure reportedly observed each other for about 20 minutes before the figure turned and walked slowly along the lake bank toward the treeline. The witness did not approach or search for tracks and left for their truck after it disappeared.