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1964 Livingston, Polk County, Texas Class A #4141

Witness spots a large, dark, hairy creature standing 50 yards away

When the witness was about 10 years old, they accompanied a friend and the friend's mother to a small cemetery to visit a grave. After placing flowers, the group heard a crash at the woods edge and saw a large dark hairy creature standing behind the back fence about 50 yards away. The creature grunted and shuffled back into the woods, and the group quickly got in the car and left.

Full-body sightingVocalizationUnidentified sound
1964 Ennis, Ellis County, Texas Class B #2396

Tall creature seen by witness

The witness's father and a companion were fishing at Chambers Creek when a large hairy creature estimated at eight to ten feet tall appeared before them and roared while displaying its arms. Frightened, the two men ran to the truck and drove back to town. The account notes the creature was reportedly seen by others afterward.

Full-body sightingVocalization
Spring 1963 North Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida Class B #6992

Large bipedal creature passes child's window near Ft.Myers

At around 10 p.m. in 1963, the witness was lying in bed trying to sleep when heavy footsteps passed the bedroom window. The witness saw a huge shadow moving bipedally with a human-like walk, described as taller than a man, then heard a loud low-pitched moan. Frightened, the witness ran to the parents' bedroom sobbing and shaking.

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April 1961 I Believe Willow Creek, Calif., Humboldt County, California Class B #5232

Hunters have unusual late night experience near Willow Creek

Two companions camped under a large pine beside a mountain dirt road after their car slid near snow. After dark in the tent they heard grunts, loud breathing and bark crunching as something large circled the tent on two feet. After firing shots from the tent and finding nothing outside, they later heard a long loud high-pitched scream some distance away, then slept until morning and found no footprints in the bark.

VocalizationFootstepsScreamUnidentified sound
1960–1969 Daingerfield, Morris County, Texas Class A #9879

Two sisters have late-night sighting through bedroom window

The witness and her younger sister were talking in a dark bedroom late at night when they heard twigs crunching outside. Looking out the window in bright moonlight, they saw a very large hairy bipedal animal in the yard. Their grandfather came to the room, knocked out the window screen and fired a rifle at it. The animal bellowed, ran on two legs and stepped over a barbed-wire fence toward a creek, and no sign was found the next day.

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1958 Union Valley, Texas #98887e15-5921-4377-83fb-1ff9feef33c9

Sasquatch sighting near Union Valley, Texas (1958)

In 1958 the guest's father and his brother-in-law were driving home after hauling hay when they passed a big white hairy creature standing and yelling by an old house and corral. They turned around twice to look again, seeing it shaking its hands up and down with long hair on its arms and body, before it was gone on the third pass.

Full-body sightingVocalization
October 1955 Tete Jaune Cache, British Columbia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/iqimrATuQKXg0yc7o6x_-4bDjWzMteVl9yuRWmJEZt0

Sasquatch sighting near Tete Jaune Cache, British Columbia (1955)

The witness hiked up a mountain to visit an abandoned mine and encountered a large hair-covered biped at close range. The creature approached to within about twenty feet, foraged on leaves, then noticed the witness and retreated while vocalizing. The witness considered shooting it for science but refrained, then examined droppings and a bedding site before describing the encounter as a lasting mystery.

Full-body sightingVocalizationScat
1936 Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/11/10/sc-ep271-monsters-among-us

Full-body sighting near Jefferson, Wisconsin (1936)

In 1936 a night watchman found a strange creature digging in a burial mound. It stood on its hind legs and ran off. On a second night it stood again and uttered syllables sounding like Gadara before running off. He told only his wife, then his son when he thought he was dying.

Full-body sightingVocalization
July 1924 Washington #0ad7e1d7-18bc-473d-a117-acc5b0bf0906

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1924)

Five miners in 1924 reported poltergeist-like activity around their mine and cabin, including voices, machinery sounds, an apported pencil and isolated footprints. After one miner reportedly shot a creature, several creatures allegedly attacked the cabin at night throwing rocks and trying to enter. Only left footprints were reported the next morning.

Full-body sightingTracksRock throwingProperty disturbanceVocalization
1914 Seattle, Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/12/sc-ep397-bigfoot-west-coast-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Seattle, Washington (1914)

A laborer picking berries was attacked by a hairy giant called Bosco that clawed his throat and struck him with a 25-pound window weight. Witnesses, tracks, bitten trees, eaten dog remains, and asphalt footprints were reported. The creature was seen swimming, eating fish, and peering into buildings.

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1907 Verona, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Verona, Pennsylvania (1907)

A late pedestrian encountered a white-haired apparition that shrieked, dropped to all fours, clawed the sidewalk, and launched at him. He fled crying to a sheltering doorway while the pursuer passed on and vanished between houses. Neighbors reported being kept awake by weird cries.

Full-body sightingVocalizationHistorical account
April 1904 Sixes, Coos County, Oregon #f6d857df-e3db-48c7-adaf-4d0fa463d47c

Sasquatch sighting near Sixes, Oregon (1904)

In 1904 near Sixes miners reported a wild man seen three times in three weeks. Two men heard something walk around and shake their cabin corner, heard a frightful noise, saw it walk away, shot and missed. Later a similar visit at dawn ended with the creature hurling a four-pound rock after being shot at.

Partial sightingVocalizationDoor or window contactRock throwing
14 January 1902 Chesterfield, Bannock County, Idaho #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/01/24/sc-ep187-mountain-giants

Sasquatch sighting near Chesterfield, Idaho (1902)

A group of youngsters skating on a river encountered an 8-foot hair-covered creature that yelled and brandished a large club. They fled on skates to their wagons and escaped. Tracks found later away from the river were 22 inches long with four toes.

Full-body sightingVocalization
1895 Winstead, Connecticut #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43

Sasquatch sighting near Winstead, Connecticut (1895)

A town selectman chasing a lost hog stopped in a clearing to pick blackberries. He saw a naked, hair-covered figure weighing about 180 pounds. The figure noticed him, made an unfamiliar sound, bounded over bushes, and disappeared.

Full-body sightingVocalization
Winter 1890 Sweetwater County, Wyoming Class B #1245

Vocalizations heard from creature seen by witness

A father and son were returning from an unsuccessful hunting trip when the father stopped by a fallen tree to light his pipe and saw a tall hairy unclothed figure standing nearby. The figure vocalized loudly after noticing the man, then walked quickly toward the woods. The son joined his father and both watched the first figure and a second slightly smaller one walk along the woods edge before disappearing into the trees.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTracks
1881 Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Vocalization near Morgantown, Pennsylvania (1881)

A party out driving with horses through a hill pass had a lead horse become unmanageable and show terror as a wild cry came from the thicket, refusing to pass. Local farmers also reported livestock depredations and peculiar footprints in snow that searchers could not resolve. The newspaper presented the story without conclusion.

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Date unknown Blind River, Ontario Related account #5473

Vocalization near Blind River, Ontario

A long-time neighbor called a relative in a boat on the lake who confirmed hearing the unexplained sounds.

Vocalization
that evening Blind River, Ontario Related account #5473

Vocalization near Blind River, Ontario

On the evening of the sighting and again after two quiet nights the witness heard an hour of loud bass-heavy monkey-like vocalizations from further up the lake.

Vocalization
late at night Blind River, Ontario Related account #5473

Vocalization near Blind River, Ontario

On the prior late night the witness, family members and a long-time neighbor heard loud organized whoops, grunts and knocking from across the lake.

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On October 11, 2008 at approx 1am Westport, Ontario Related account #24733

Vocalization near Westport, Ontario

In the early morning the witness and spouse heard water splashing at the rear trough and loud prolonged O sounds from two directions.

VocalizationUnidentified sound