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Youth's presence startles unknown animal
As a teenager cutting through dense swampy woods on a military reservation, the witness noticed the forest go silent and felt watched. He saw a brown, long-haired form that rose to an estimated 8-10 feet and crashed rapidly through thick brush. He remained frozen until normal forest sounds returned, then left and never returned to the area.
Three witnesses throwing rocks in lake see a Bigfoot peeking at them
Three teenagers were rolling boulders off a ledge above a lake when they noticed an upright, hair-covered animal watching them from the forest edge about 50-70 yards away. They watched it for about half an hour before leaving, returning the next day to estimate its height from where it had stood. The following morning they found stored food missing from camp.
Teens have unusual experience near Myers Flat
Five boys were camping overnight in a repaired old logging cabin in the woods. During the night they were awakened by huffing, shuffling and prying sounds as something circled and probed the cabin walls. When the door was opened they saw only dark hairy legs in the darkness, a companion fired a rifle, and the creature screamed and fled with heavy thuds, leaving torn ground and indentations.
UFO sighting near Perry, Oklahoma (1965)
The witness's grandmother said she and a young relative living with the family repeatedly saw unidentified lights while sitting outside the house in the evenings during the mid-1960s through the 1970s. The sightings occurred at the family farm property.
Coon hunters observe large, hairy "monkey" in pin oak
Late at night in 1963, the witness and four companions were hunting raccoons with dogs in a creek bottom south of Tyler, Texas. After the dogs treed something, the group illuminated a large reddish-furred animal in a pin oak that was howling and screaming while waving its arms and shaking limbs. After someone fired at it with a .22, it growled and the group fled with the dogs back to their vehicles.
Two teenagers have late night sighting near Coulterville
The witness and a companion were in bed in a dark room at a ranch at night looking out a window. A large hairy creature looked in the window for about ten minutes, alternating looking inside the room and outside. When the witness went outside to look, nothing was visible.
Camping group has night time sighting near the Dosewallips River
The witness, then a teenager on a church group camping trip in the mountains, was sleeping apart from the group and watching the peaks. He noticed the jagged horizon looked smooth and swaying, realized it was the silhouette of a large standing animal at the foot of his sleeping bag, smelled a skunk-cabbage odor, hid under his bag, and later found it gone. Around the same time other children by a rock overhang shouted about seeing a big gorilla-like figure moving and walking away, which the adults dismissed.
Boy Scouts have sighting while camping at Quednau Ranch
The witness was on a Boy Scout campout in the Murdoch area near Tampa. On the second night after midnight during an initiation outing with another scout, they saw a very large figure running bipedally into the woods at high speed while giving a high-pitched scream or shriek. A strange smell was noted but was attributed at the time to sulphur water. The troop reportedly never returned to the area to camp.
Sasquatch sighting near Crandon, Wisconsin (1962)
At age 12 the guest and her older cousin went into thick woods near the family lake cabin to pick raspberries and became lost after filling buckets. While arguing about the way out, the guest saw a tall, lean, hairy man-like figure at very close range that studied her, moved its mouth, and held its hands out before looking toward the cousin. The figure then disappeared quickly, and the two children dumped their berries and ran out via a logging road to the grandmother's house, keeping the incident secret for years.
Man describes childhood sighting at rural property on the outskirts of Atlanta
In the early 1960s on a sunny afternoon, four siblings playing behind their house noticed a very large hair-covered animal under the house in the unfinished basement. The children approached it, threw small rocks, and formed the impression its human-like face was smiling with its mouth closed, while it stayed calm. Frightened, they ran inside for their mother, and when they returned the animal was gone without a trace.
UFO sighting near Portsmouth, New Hampshire (1961)
A couple driving south through New Hampshire late at night noticed strange lights that did not look like a jet. The lights approached the road, they heard a buzzing sound, and then experienced missing time before finding themselves displaced in their car.
Possible Evening Encounter by Woman on Horseback near Union
The witness was riding a horse alone on a forested trail in the late evening while working as a camp horse instructor. When the horse became spooked and ran with its reins loose, she saw a large white-colored figure moving parallel to her among the trees. The figure was about as tall as she was on horseback and kept pace with the running horse for a short time, leaving her frightened for hours.
Sasquatch sighting near Amity, Arkansas (1960)
The guest's father as a teenager drove to the family's rural property after nearby flooding and sightings. He saw a fast upright figure cross the road in three long steps. He stopped, lit a honeysuckle-covered bush with headlights and flashlight, saw a dark hand move and then stared face to face with the figure for minutes before it walked away.
Motorist's sighting results in a collision
In 1960, a man claimed to encounter a very hairy figure on the Pottawatomie Indian Reserve northwest of Topeka, Kansas. He was reportedly so frightened that he drove across a yard and struck a clothesline. The account survives only as an excerpt from a published book.
Hunters Have Unusual Night Time Encounter
While deer hunting and camped overnight, the witness and a companion heard a very loud yelling-like scream from nearby woods and followed the companion's dogs with rifles. In a flashlight beam they saw a bipedal figure handling the dogs, throwing one, which then turned toward them and fled into trees with crashing brush and a lingering odor. They left the area that night and heard the vocalization again from farther off while packing.
Daylight sighting at eastern dike of East Lagoon in Aliceville
A teenager walking back from a pond across a field saw a very dark tall figure walking along a path about 50 yards away. The figure was visible from the torso up above tall sagebrush, estimated at about 8 feet tall, and walked with its head slightly bent forward before going into the woods. The witness ran home to tell relatives.
Man describes possible sighting during childhood in Hinkley Basin
Two boys were riding bicycles down an old fire road when the witness slowed for mud and saw a dark brown man-shaped figure step from behind a redwood. The figure ran down a steep slope toward a creek while the witness heard two-footed steps on leaves for about two minutes. A companion riding behind also glimpsed the figure.
Cryptid sighting near Port McNeil, British Columbia (1958)
The guest says his father saw a double-headed sea serpent outside Port McNeil in 1958. He links it to the year of the record sockeye return on the British Columbia coast and to stories of a dinosaur-type Belle Isle Sound monster.
Memory told of a possible childhood encounter at Georgefield Barracks
The witness was staying at home with her older sister while her parents were out. After hearing movement outside and seeing a large head at the window, she opened the front door, turned on the porch light, and came face to face with a tall hair-covered figure. Her middle sister arrived and ran toward the figure, which then left and quickly disappeared. The sisters did not discuss the incident at the time and only recalled it decades later.
Creature seen by witnesses
The reporter recounts childhood stories from older relatives about a creature inhabiting a swampy, logged area. One story describes relatives and companions seeing a strange human-like figure beside their dying fire. Other stories describe loggers abandoning work in fright and hunting dogs being attacked and disappearing for days.