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More sightings of a strange creature centering around the town of Ottosen. Other stories told about strange sounds, footprints and animal mutilatations.
A witness doing dishes at night looked up to see a hairy-headed creature with burning red eyes staring through a nearby window for about three minutes. Frozen with fear, the witness screamed, and the creature fled into the darkness outside the rural home.
Nine year old playing hide and seek comes face to face with a small ape-like creature
The witness, then nine years old, went outside at dusk during a hide-and-seek game to look for siblings in a pine grove behind the house. The witness followed glimpsed movement around the trees, then saw a small dark-faced figure with large eyes watching through a pine and moving to keep eye contact. A high-pitched noise sounded from the trees, the figure ran away, and the witness ran back to the house.
Woman wakes to find sasquatch staring at her son while in her car
The witness stopped to nap in her parked car with her infant son at a rustic picnic area at night. She awoke to a horrible smell and saw a dark-haired bipedal creature 3-4 feet away, leaning over the hood and staring through the windshield. After a few minutes of it staring, she started the car, reversed, and drove away east.
Husband and wife have bedtime visitors at their window near Emily
One evening in September 1978 around 10:30 p.m., the witness and his wife were going to bed when something was noticed outside their bedroom window. After turning on the light, they reported seeing three bipedal creatures with widely spaced orange-rimmed eyes peering through the screen, one stooping to look in. The visitors then made a loud vocal sound and left walking bent forward.
Picnicker has daytime sighting outside Buffalo Creek
In 1978 the witness was picnicking with family near Wellington Lake in the afternoon when she saw a white-furred bipedal creature about 60 feet away. The creature repeatedly stepped out from behind a boulder and ducked back as a companion turned to look, repeating this four to five times before disappearing. The companion never saw it. The creature alternated between bipedal and stooped postures and moved swiftly and silently, striking the witness as playful rather than frightening.
Young boy observes animal chasing family horses
In summer 1978 a child sitting on a house deck noticed the family dog growling and horses running agitated toward the barn. The child then glimpsed a large dark brown to black bipedal figure with a massive chest running in a lower field about 100 to 200 yards away. The figure disappeared after the child screamed, and the father later searched the area but found nothing.
Daytime sighting on Route 17 near Church View
In 1978 while driving on Route 17 in Virginia, the witness slowed for a dead animal in the road and noticed a strong swampy odor. He glimpsed a dark figure crouching at the woods edge, then watched in the rearview mirror as it entered the roadway in a few long strides, paused in a hunched posture over the carcass, and retreated quickly when another car approached. He was shaken and later wondered if the figure could have been a sasquatch, but states he cannot identify what he saw.
Man recalls his encounter that included stomping and tree shaking at Dodge Point
The witness was walking through trees near Dodge Point when he heard loud stomping made by two feet. He then saw two trees being violently shaken and briefly saw a hairy left arm and shoulder between trees. The stomping subsided and he ran back to the house, then drove to town with his wife to tell her parents.
Nighttime sighting by motorist between Barton and Carver
The witness and a roommate were driving at night when they saw eye reflection and a dark brown creature standing behind limbs by the road. The creature was visible from chest to head with arms at its sides and stood watching as they drove by. They returned in daylight and found a trail crossing toward the river but no clear tracks.
Rural resident describes daylight sighting of a bigfoot north of East Conemaugh
The witness, then a teenager, took a shortcut through woods to return a neighbor's loose German shepherd. In a clearing by a fenced garbage pile, the witness saw a black hairy gorilla-like figure crouched at the fence, reaching through with a hand-like arm to move objects. The dog whined and blocked the witness, and after watching for several seconds the witness left and returned the dog by the road.
Teenagers observe animal hiding behind trees in yard near Cape Fair
Late one night in July 1978 the witness was home with two relatives when dogs on the porch began barking and growling and would not leave the porch. The witness looked out into the flood-lit front yard and watched a large figure partly behind a tree move quickly uphill between trees in long strides. The figure went over a five-foot barbed-wire fence in a single stride and disappeared. A relative may have glimpsed something, and a morning check found nothing unusual.
Woman recalls being paralyzed by fear during childhood sighting near Lake Hudson State Park
When the witness was about 10, she was picking raspberries near a river bridge while her family fished nearby on a hot clear summer day. She heard a slight rustle, looked up, and saw a large black ape-like figure watching her from the wooded side of the dense patch. She described freezing with fear, then running to her parents without looking back. No other family members saw the figure.
Witness recalls seeing a Sasquatch looking in the door of his parents' cabin when he was a young boy
The witness reports that at around 9-10 p.m. one night in July in 1977 or 1978, when they were about five or six years old, they saw a sasquatch looking in through the door of their cabin while they looked out at it. No further descriptive details of the entity are given in this section. The witness states they remain strongly convinced of the memory as an adult.
Youth has sighting while fishing on Kansas River near Topeka
When about 10 years old, the witness was fishing apart from two relatives on the Kansas River. He saw a large dark hairy figure standing in the water and splashing as if bathing. After the figure looked at him, he ran back to his relatives in fear and the group left the area.
Sasquatch sighting near Midland County (1978)
The guest and her step-cousin rode a single minibike down a wooded trail into a sandy turnaround clearing. Above tall bushes ahead they saw a large dark head with huge dark eyes watching them motionlessly. The driver tipped the bike, both quickly righted it and fled without looking back, later confirming with each other what they had seen.
Three witnesses have daytime sighting near Strawberry
When the witness was a child, they were walking in the woods with two other children when they noticed a brown conical-shaped head with deep-set eyes watching them from behind a tree uphill about 100-120 feet away. The shape remained motionless while they watched it for about a minute. The younger companion became upset and the children ran from the area. The witness remains uncertain what was seen.
Two young campers have frightful, dawn encounter near Cave Junction
Two sisters sleeping in a tent trailer awoke early in the morning to scratching on the bottom, top and sides of their bunk. When they unzipped a window they smelled a strong foul odor and saw dark brown fur pressed against the mesh. They woke their parents, but whatever was there was gone by the time the parents went outside.
Memories told of activity over several years at a family home near Oglethorpe
A family living in a rural wood-frame home reported repeated nighttime visits over several years by two large hair-covered bipeds, one larger and one smaller. The creatures were said to peer in windows, mimic an infant's sounds, produce a strong septic odor, throw heavy tanks, damage a vehicle, and leave hair on the house. Livestock on surrounding farms were found dead with intestines removed. After the father fired through a wall at one creature, only the smaller one was reportedly seen, and activity lessened after relatives guarded the house and a protective ritual was performed.
Young camper frightened by large hand gathering berries
The witness was camping with family in a wooded Oregon area near a shallow river and was playing outside a camper while two relatives napped. After hearing underbrush rustle and noticing a small sapling bend, the witness moved closer and saw a large hairy hand reach from behind berry brush to grab berries from about 8 to 10 feet away. The witness ran back to camp without seeing the rest of the creature and later described the hand as clearly a hand rather than a paw.
Encounter near Sulphur River not far from Sulphur Springs
The witness walked down a creek bed on family land and stopped on the return uphill. The witness heard repeated high-pitched screams, first from thick woods ahead and later from behind. The witness saw a patch of dark fur by a tree and later the outline of a large head crouched behind a bush about 20 yards away. Frightened, the witness left quickly for the car without seeing the source again.