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July 1978 Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Class A #12067

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.

Partial sighting
July 1978 Southwest Of Wichita Near Viola, Sedgwick County, Kansas Class A #1325

Fisherman hears heavy breathing ,turns and sees tall man-like creature

The witness was standing fishing in knee-deep river water while a companion fished downstream. Hearing heavy breathing behind, the witness turned and saw a tall, athletic, hair-covered male-like creature standing by a tree on the bank about 100-150 feet away. The two stared at each other for several minutes, and as the witness moved sideways downstream the creature moved between trees keeping watch, until the witness reached the companion; when they returned the creature was gone and no prints were found in dry sandy soil.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
23 February 1978 Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas Class A #1312

Chief of police in Chetopa finds two and a half miles of tracks that measured 17 inches in length, 5 5/8 in width. Thousands of curious people came out to look at the tracks. The incident was reported on the local TV news

The police chief in Chetopa reported discovering a two-and-a-half-mile trail of large footprints and recorded their dimensions. The discovery attracted thousands of onlookers and was covered on local television news. The chief later suggested the trail was a hoax made with wooden feet, an explanation the compiler doubts.

TracksPossible hoax
1978 Riley County, Kansas Class A #1315

Couple reported being stalked while walking along a dark country road.

Two companions were walking in a rural area at night and noticed something following them for an extended distance while hearing movement in nearby brush. Only the companion reportedly saw the figure, described as a very tall biped that emerged from the tree line at close range. He did not mention it at the time and told the other walker about it years later.

Partial sightingFootsteps
25 November 1977 Montgomery County, Kansas Class A #1332

newspaper article about a sighting by a jogger. Later, a sherif deputy found a track at the scene of the incident.

Late on Thanksgiving night in 1977, the witness was returning home from jogging when he heard a noise in nearby bushes and ran uphill toward his house. He then turned and watched a large figure running along the road before it went over a barbed-wire fence with little effort and disappeared into a field. A deputy later reported finding an unusually large, deep foot-shaped track in gravel.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
Winter 1976 Leavenworth / Kansas City, Leavenworth County, Kansas Class B #7558

Military police find tracks at Ft.Leavenworth

In 1976 while stationed at a military installation, the witness was sent to search along the river for a runaway dependent. In fresh snow in heavy cover the party found very large footprints, which the witness and another MP followed a short distance. They stopped after encountering a fresh-garbage-like stench and did not report the prints officially for fear of career repercussions.

TracksOdor
15 November 1975 Sedgwick County, Kansas Class A #1326

Early morning sighting by a hunter

The witness went alone to hunt rabbits along a flood-control dike in the early morning, then hid to wait for doves. He heard splashing to the south and watched a distant creature standing in the stream, splashing water and briefly rising on two legs to look and smell before resuming splashing. He tried to approach from downwind via the north and a cliff overlook, but the creature was gone when he arrived.

Full-body sighting
10 October 1975 Galesburg, Neosho County, Kansas Class B #113

Son and friend find footprints. Later something stalks them along riverbank, incident retold by his father

Two witnesses were paddling a rowboat along a brushy creek at night to check limb lines. They heard something moving with them in the dense brush along the bank. A large rock was thrown downward and landed in the water in front of their boat, after which they left the area.

Rock throwingFootsteps
9 November 1974 Lebo, Coffey County, Kansas Class A #10660

Motorist has nighttime sighting of animal east of Lebo

The witness was driving slowly on a rural road at night to bring awards to a scout campout when a hair-covered biped stepped over a fence into the road. She stopped close to it, stepped out behind her car door, and watched it for about a minute under her headlights while noting red glowing eyes and a musky odor and feeling calm. The biped then crossed the road, stepped over the opposite fence, paused to look back, and strode toward trees out of sight.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingEyeshineOdor
1970–1989 Lenexa, Kansas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/04/14/sc-ep422-this-haunts-me-to-this-day

Sasquatch sighting near Lenexa, Kansas (1970)

While throwing a football alone at night, the witness noticed a small head with pointed ears peeking from behind tall hedge bushes and threw the ball toward it after it repeatedly ducked. Later that same night while sleeping near a low bedroom window, a much larger hairy face appeared at the glass, made eye contact, shifted its eyes, wrinkled its brow and opened a wide mouth showing pointed teeth. The witness fled to a parent's room while heavy pacing was felt and heard around the house, then police were called but found nothing. The next morning the witness found large prints around windows and garden, recalled repeated early-morning howls, a growl with a branch breaking, grunting in the basement and a violently shaking backyard tree.

Partial sightingFootstepsTracksHowlGrowl +2
1970–1989 Lenexa, Kansas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/04/14/sc-ep422-this-haunts-me-to-this-day

Tracks near Lenexa, Kansas (1970)

The witness, then a child living with a parent, repeatedly heard something going through trash cans without seeing an animal. One summer day while checking a newly planted flower bed, the witness found barefoot-like footprints in the soil and wondered if someone was looking in windows at night.

TracksProperty disturbance
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
about two weeks ago Norton, Kansas #2d7f3652-190c-4075-abe1-623c27c3e4c9

Cryptid sighting near Norton, Kansas

The witness was driving in the morning when something struck the rear of the car. Looking in the mirrors, she saw a large long-haired quadruped with a human-like face running across the road through open fields. She chose not to stop and continued driving.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingVehicle contact
a few days later Neosho Falls, Woodson County, Kansas Related account #62352

Whoop near Neosho Falls, Kansas

Relatives fishing at the same spot a few days later heard the same mimicked whoop sound from the opposite direction.

Whoop
Date unknown Neosho Falls, Woodson County, Kansas Related account #62352

Sasquatch sighting near Neosho Falls, Kansas

The witness and companions returned later that night with a firearm and heard nothing.

at 1 A.M. Bennington, Ottawa County, Kansas Related account #32256

Howl near Bennington, Kansas

The witness heard a long howl later that night while still camping and fishing.

Howl
in the past Dunlap, Morris County, Kansas Related account #25860

Tracks near Dunlap, Kansas

In the past the witness saw unidentified prints and heard howls and apparent woodknocks in the same area.

TracksHowlWood knock
About 1975 Galesburg, Neosho County, Kansas Related account #113

Tracks near Galesburg, Kansas

Two witnesses found large tracks in fresh snow and followed them about a half mile to an old railroad trestle, needing to jump to match the stride.

Tracks
Date unknown Kingman County, Kansas Related account #35984

Scream near Kingman County

The witness heard something yell outside a large south-side window and heard it leave, covering 20 yards in 3-4 steps into the woods.

ScreamMovement only
after moving in Kingman County, Kansas Related account #35984

Object throwing near Kingman County

After moving in, the witness reported objects thrown at the house, screams and howls, footsteps and movement sounds at or near the home.

Object throwingScreamHowlFootsteps