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August 1995 Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut Class B #5121

Fisherman hears unusual late night vocalizations at Roraback WMA

The witness walked alone at night to a pond in a wildlife management area to fish. After fishing for about an hour in bright moonlight, the witness heard a loud, deep guttural sound repeated four times from the woodline where they had entered. The witness saw nothing, heard no approach or departure, continued fishing nervously for another hour, then left without further incident.

Vocalization
Summer 1990 Winsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut Class A #78609

Three witnesses watch a "Winsted Wildman" two miles SW of Winsted

The witness and two companions stopped during a daytime drive to look from a bridge down into a dry dam area. The witness noticed a large gray creature moving quickly away from under the bridge through stones and brush, leaning forward and appearing to have no visible head. The group quickly returned to the car and drove away.

Partial sighting
June 1989 Bristol/Burlington Town Line, Hartford County, Connecticut Related account #74290

Sasquatch sighting near Bristol/Burlington Town Line, Connecticut (1989)

The witness and a relative claimed to see a Bigfoot from a car in the same neighborhood.

Partial sighting
11 November 1987 New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut Class B #18333

Possible vocalizations near Bakersville

Two companions were jogging home in the dark along a rural road in the early morning hours. They heard a loud, high-pitched scream that held then dropped in pitch and ended in a cackle, first from a distance on the left. About an hour and several miles later they heard a similar but closer scream on the right, felt they were being followed, and hurried the rest of the way home.

Scream
1 August 1986 Bristol/Burlington Town Line, Hartford County, Connecticut Class B #74290

Whoops and knocks heard by four locals camping north of Bristol

Four young people camped overnight in a wooded area in summer 1987. During the night they heard knocking, whooping, and footsteps around their tent, and something stepped on a companion's hand through the tent wall. Two of them looked outside but saw nothing, hearing only something heavy moving away quickly. Years later they interpreted the incident as a Bigfoot encounter.

Wood knockWhoopFootstepsRock throwing
1983–1987 Connecticut #21f69b2e-7990-44db-9e8e-0a33110c35dd

UFO sighting in Connecticut (1983)

While working evening and midnight shifts as an officer the witness says the department was repeatedly called about silent lights in the sky, often described as five lights in a triangle that disappeared. The airport reported nothing on radar and the calls were laughed off.

Partial sighting
3 June 1976 Stevenson, Fairfield County, Connecticut Class A #77112

Daylight encounter on railroad bed near lower Paugussett State Park

The witness was walking along railroad tracks toward a friend's house when they tripped, looked up, and saw a tall dark figure ahead. The figure looked at the witness, then quickly ran off the tracks, up a small embankment, and into the woods within seconds. The witness described it as very tall, fully covered in dark hair, and making no noise.

Full-body sighting
middle of summer 1976, like July August Connecticut #21f69b2e-7990-44db-9e8e-0a33110c35dd

Sasquatch sighting in Connecticut (1976)

At age 14 on a summer day the witness was walking between the rails looking down when he stumbled forward. He looked up to see a tall hairy silhouette about 50 to 75 feet away. It stood briefly then turned, took a few steps up a rocky incline and went into the woods without sound.

Full-body sightingSilhouette
November 1968 South Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut Class A #847

Daytime sighting from a farm house in the hilly area of Newton farm, outside South Kent

As a child, the witness watched from a second-floor farmhouse window as a tall, hairy biped crossed the front yard uphill, repeatedly glancing back and briefly meeting his gaze before disappearing around the house. Frightened, he ran to his parents, and a relative and a companion went outside and found oversized footprints that they followed by car across a plowed field until the tracks led uphill toward the forest and disappeared.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
August 1953 White Hills Region, Shelton, Fairfield County, Connecticut Class A #16408

Children observe bipedal animal walking along railroad tracks near the Housatonic River

In 1953 three young children were picking blackberries near a railroad track when a tall hair-covered biped came down a steep hillside and walked north along the tracks, looking at them briefly. The witness recalled long arms, a long stride, a primate-like face, and a thin build with short dark hair. The children ran back to the cottage to tell parents, who dismissed the account.

Full-body sighting
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
Five or ten minutes after the sighting South Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut Related account #847

Sasquatch sighting near South Kent, Connecticut

Two neighbors with rifles arrived at the farmhouse shortly after asking if anyone had seen anything.

Date unknown Seymour & Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut Related account #77999

Sasquatch sighting near Seymour & Oxford, Connecticut

The witness reports a sense of being watched while driving on the same road on other occasions, with no visual details provided.

a few weeks prior to the early morning encounter Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut Related account #25484

Property disturbance near Woodstock, Connecticut

A few weeks before the window encounter, a covered pot of chicken stew left to cool on the rear deck was found with the brick and lid displaced and stew splattered out.

Property disturbance
about 12:30AM in late November 2005 EAST HAMPTON, Middlesex County, Connecticut Related account #13585

Vocalization near EAST HAMPTON, Connecticut

A relative living with the witness reported hearing loud distant animal sounds after returning from work.

Vocalization
Date unknown Griswold, New London County, Connecticut Related account #69612

Sasquatch sighting near Griswold, Connecticut

Five other stories are mentioned from people camping in the same area, which also offers camping, swimming and trails.

in the past Bridgewater CT, Litchfield County, Connecticut Related account #48732

Scream near Bridgewater CT, Connecticut

In the past, screeching, screams and howls were heard on the farm property.

ScreamHowl
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.

Full-body sighting
later in the season Bridgewater CT, Litchfield County, Connecticut Related account #48732

Scream near Bridgewater CT, Connecticut

Later in the season the witness and a companion heard a loud screech-like sound from another corner of the property while coyotes went silent.

Scream
all summer OLD MYSTIC, New London County, Connecticut Related account #55771

Whoop near OLD MYSTIC, Connecticut

The witness reports hearing whoops and wood-knock type sounds repeatedly over the summer and in the past, with similar activity since 2014.

WhoopWood knock