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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.

Full-body sightingFootstepsVocalization
1960–1969 Amity, Arkansas #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/hJA1VjGrpz3nurD-riiPpucW4OyxD4SpK99gttclG4I

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.

Road crossingPartial sighting
1960–1964 Louisville, Kentucky #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/FKgzPJcCl-LD7jEndUrZ-Fc4pEQLLYAlJdZ35UatlYQ

Sasquatch sighting near Louisville, Kentucky (1960)

As teenagers, the witness and her boyfriend parked in a dirt cul-de-sac in a wooded park to spend time together. They heard heavy footsteps, snapping twigs and rustling circling them in the dark but could see nothing. When they drove away, the witness looked back and saw a tall, broad, long-armed silhouette step into the light under a street lamp, prompting them to flee. She later heard that a woman's mutilated body was found in the park, after which the park was placed under a nighttime curfew.

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1960 Jackson County, Kansas Class A #1330

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.

Partial sighting
October 1959 Marysville And Grass Valley, Yuba County, California Class B #7211

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.

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1 August 1959 Graf, Dubuque County, Iowa Class B #36817

Screams and stalking at a Girl Scout camp 13 miles west of Dubuque

In the summer of 1959 the witness was working as a counselor at a wooded Girl Scout camp. Over roughly two weeks, staff repeatedly heard footsteps moving through the tent area after dark, saw a dark figure near a hut, and found a director's tent ransacked, with deputies searching each day without finding anyone. On the final night the group heard extremely loud screams that moved from near a remote tent toward a pond and creek and found a large maple branch freshly broken off, leading the witness years later to wonder if the visitor had been a Bigfoot.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingSilhouetteFootstepsScream +2
December 1958 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Ontario Class B #25670

Possible tracks found crossing field of snow 50 years ago in the City of Thunder Bay

At about age 11, the witness was walking alone to a restaurant hangout around midday in winter when he noticed very large bare footprints with distinct toes in the snow of a vacant field. The prints formed a long stride and ran southwest across the entire field. He did not see the maker and did not report it at the time because of his young age.

Tracks
November 1958 Adario, Richland County, Ohio Class A #7425

A Teenager and His Dog Encounter an Ape-like Creature While Retrieving Their Trap Lines

A teenager checking muskrat traps before school with a dog noticed the dog staying close and growling. On a steep bank the witness saw a tall hair-covered figure with a non-human face and a foul smell. The figure quickly walked and ran away across a field, stepping over a six-foot gate without touching it. The witness left without finding tracks because the ground was frozen and snow later covered the area.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
July 1958 Lake County, California #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/z0Eeje6JvJvDDeP-HxDjlRGDKYzn-xYslP585x3gsfM

Sasquatch sighting near Lake County (1958)

The witness, then a teenager, was riding with his brother and a friend in an old pickup checking irrigation on his father's walnut ranch when they spotted a tall hairy biped moving through the orchard. They chased it by farm roads as it ran uphill diagonally across a 40-acre block, stopped to watch it pass close by, then followed it across more blocks until it crossed a road and disappeared into dense brush on a neighboring property. Afterwards they inspected its long strides in wet ground and decided not to tell his father for fear of losing their irrigation job.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingFootstepsTracks
June 1958 Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama Class A #5954

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.

Partial sighting
April 1958 Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California Class B #16691

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.

Partial sightingFootsteps
January 1958 Harriettsville, Noble County, Ohio Class B #8086

A series of large, human-like footprints are found on a farm near Wayne National Forest

The witnesses found a line of very large barefoot human-like tracks in snow on their farm leading into a wooded hollow and thickets, which they did not follow. The tracks were described as about 13 inches long with five toes, no claws, and a 4.5 to 5 foot stride, unlike bear tracks. A game warden viewed the tracks the next day and could not identify their source.

Tracks
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
1958 Port McNeil, British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/11/21/sc-ep276-first-nations-encounters-with-sasquatch-part-3

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.

Partial sighting
summer 1958 Elkhorn City, Kentucky #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/17/sc-ep236-its-skin-was-charcoal-gray

Sasquatch sighting near Elkhorn City, Kentucky (1958)

The guest's teenage mother and aunt were sitting outside a general store when they noticed a hair-covered figure walking on a ridge by an old sheep pasture. The store owner came out and also watched it. After watching them for two to three minutes while hunkered down, the figure stood, walked away along the ridge looking back, and disappeared into timber.

Full-body sighting
1958 Arlington, Snohomish County, Washington Class A #1670

Large footprint find, large creature witnessed by a school bus driver

Two relatives living on a farm reported a strong odor in their dairy barn followed by footprints in the barn lot leading toward dense forest. A few days later additional tracks were found near a creek and plaster casts were made. At the time the residents said they had never heard of Bigfoot and interpreted the activity as contact with some kind of giant.

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July 1957 Quantico VA, Prince William County, Virginia Class A #679

Marine had late night sighting on military base in Quantico

The witness was on night guard duty at a Marine camp when a dog walking with them began barking. The witness looked up and saw a tall figure covered in light-brown hair standing nearby that did not move when encouraged to chase it. After the witness chambered a round in a rifle, the figure ran away on two legs and was not seen again.

Full-body sighting
Winter 1957 East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois Class A #55706

Memory told of daytime encounter near Farmdale Park

As a child hunting in snowy woods along a creek, the witness came over a hill and watched a tall black hairy figure moving around a stick hut in a blackberry patch and picking berries. After the figure noticed the witness, it left very quickly. The witness then reported a multi-hour gap with no memory of leaving before arriving home.

Full-body sighting
1957 Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska Class A #25012

Woman recalls an encounter as a child, in an alley in the town of Valentine

Two children playing hide-and-seek ran into an alley and came face to face with a tall, dark-haired bipedal animal about fifteen feet away walking toward them. The animal screamed loudly without slowing or changing direction, prompting the children to scream and run home. They were not pursued and did not encounter it again.

Full-body sightingScream
October 1956 Washington County, Missouri Class A #1158

Child encounters a man-like creature in a shed

As a child the witness hid in an old corn crib during a hide-and-seek game near a relative's house at sundown. Inside the dark crib the witness heard heavy breathing and saw a huge hairy man-like creature standing over them staring, with a hog-pen-like smell. The witness ran back to the house crying and reported the encounter to a relative, who did not take it seriously.

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