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January 1989 Washington County, New York Class A #1601

Hikers find footprints and see 10 foot tall creature outside home

The witness and a companion found very large footprints and broken branches while hiking and felt watched and followed back to the companion's house. The next morning the witness, sleeping on a couch by large front windows, saw a very tall brown human-like hairy creature in the clearing outside. After watching for several minutes, the creature approached, climbed a bank, and struck the house wall hard enough to wake the companion.

Full-body sightingDoor or window contact
July 1988 Poestenkill, Rensselaer County, New York Class A #5685

Nighttime road crossing sighting by couple outside Poestenkill

The witness and a companion were driving home late at night when they saw a tall figure covered in red hair leap over a roadside fence and run upright across a field toward woods. The witness estimated the figure at 7-8 feet tall and described it as human-like and moving upright, while the companion also watched it run upright swinging its arms until it disappeared. Both stated it was not a bear or deer and concluded it must have been a bigfoot.

Full-body sighting
November 1986 Addison/Erwin, Steuben County, New York Class A #2630

While taking a break during a deer drive, hunter sees 6 foot tall creature run away down hillside

The witness was deer hunting with companions and stopped to rest on a hill. A black entity about the witness's height ran very fast down the hill about 50 yards away and disappeared in about five seconds, with breaking deadfall heard as it left. The witness was startled, thought it might have been watching, and later wondered if it was a large bear or loose livestock.

Partial sightingFootstepsPossible misidentification
21 December 1985 Ellenville, Ulster County, New York Class A #8064

Ulster County, 1985 Winter Hike Leads to Encounter with Large Bipedal Creature

In winter 1985, the witness and a companion were walking in deep snow near a closed attraction when they saw a large brown human-looking biped about 150 feet away. The creature paused to look at them, then walked away quickly with a long stride while glancing back. The witnesses were frightened, tried briefly to follow and look for footprints, but found none.

Full-body sighting
5 May 1985 Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York Class B #11630

Dusk and evening sightings around Stissing Mountain

In late spring 1985 the witness and a companion were driving in daylight when a tall figure crossed the road in a few strides and entered a field. They reached the spot seconds later but the figure had disappeared from the open field. The witness later described the figure as tall, heavy, hunched and dark with obscured facial features.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
May 1983 Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York Class A #5245

Sighting by mother and daughter near Kinderhook

The witness was driving with a companion and turning beside a cow pasture in the late afternoon when they noticed a large hairy human-like figure rising from a crouch to a standing position. The witness stopped the car suddenly, the figure glanced toward them and then departed in the opposite direction through the pasture. The whole incident lasted less than five minutes.

Full-body sighting
January 1981 Whitehall, Washington County, New York Class A #2704

Man has clear sighting of a bipedal primate on clear winter night

Late at night two people parked near a bridge watched a tall figure cross a marsh, step over a fence without stopping, then turn and run toward them at high speed. They drove away over the bridge while the figure pursued briefly before breaking off at the hardtop road and returning to the forest. The writer states the figure matched no known animal or human they had encountered.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
8 August 1980 KENT, Putnam County, New York Class A #11841

Two young boys see crouching animal

In summer 1980 the witness and a companion were hanging out listening to the radio on a moonlit trail when a companion pointed out a hunched figure holding a small tree about 30 feet away. They shouted at it, advanced for a better look, then fled home in fear. The next day they compared descriptions and agreed closely.

Partial sighting
summer of 1980 Sackett's Harbor, New York #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/12/01/sc-ep63-bigfoot-on-the-family-farm

Sasquatch sighting near Sackett's Harbor, New York (1980)

After cattle broke through the fence, the witness's brother and a friend went deeper into the woods to find a missing cow. They came running out saying they had seen big monkey people and that one chased them.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
1980–1984 New York #4c19da08-4eb0-4247-8b01-27b22f8ae722

UFO sighting in New York (1980)

The witness and family members saw a large silent saucer-shaped craft with lights hovering over a valley behind their rural home. Neighbors joined them on the veranda until about 15 to 20 people were watching. The craft rose and vanished instantly.

Full-body sighting
10 November 1979 Naples, Ontario County, New York Class A #7368

Morning sighting by deer hunter near Naples

As a teenager pushing deer for his father on a hunting trip, the witness rested against a fallen tree in a gully. After hearing a branch snap, he saw a tall, dark, hair-covered figure standing on the opposite ridge about 30 feet away, which watched him for several minutes before taking a step toward him. The witness fled on foot to the road and waited for his father, who did not believe the account.

Full-body sighting
August 1979 Don't Know, Hamilton County, New York Class A #6695

Encounter with Juvenile Creature

In 1979 the witness had moved ahead of a hiking group in the Adirondacks to watch beavers and was walking back to the main trail. Something flushed from thick brush ran diagonally toward the witness on the trail, pounding loudly and wailing like a woman screaming, and was seen partially as a fast, upright furry figure about four and a half feet tall. The witness initially assumed a bear cub but later doubted that because it ran upright for about 150 feet and the vocalization resembled sounds associated with Bigfoot reports.

Partial sightingScreamFootstepsPossible misidentification
25 August 1976 Whitehall, New York #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/28/sc-ep401-retired-police-officers-encounter

Sasquatch sighting near Whitehall, New York (1976)

The guest drove into an unmowed field off Abair Road after midnight with a trooper in another field and waited. After tree-breaking sounds and the trooper fleeing, a large hairy upright creature approached to about 30 feet, vocalized intensely, then turned and walked away across the field into the woods.

Full-body sightingGrowlTree breakFootsteps
September 1975 Findley Lake, Chautauqua County, New York Class B #6384

Occasional incidents from 1970's up to recent years, near Findley Lake

Around 1975 the witness was at a hunting camp late at night with two relatives when they heard a loud strange call moving through the woods. They moved to a nearby field to try to intercept the source as it approached to about 100 yards. The calling then stopped and nothing was seen or crossed the road, so they waited without further result.

Vocalization
8 August 1973 Maryland, Otsego County, New York Class A #13874

Old sighting (1973) and recent vocalizations (2005/06) on the outskirts of Maryland (town)

On February 2, 2006 around 6 a.m. the witness was walking to a vehicle after dropping children at a sitter. From across the road and over a creek about 100 yards away, the witness heard a single loud yell lasting six to seven seconds that sounded like the Ohio Howl. The witness did not remain to listen for a second vocalization.

Howl
July 1973 Greenwood Lake, Orange County, New York Class B #2144

Scream exchanges heard by camper on Appalachian Trail near Greenwood Lake

The witness hiked to a bedrock outcropping to camp overnight. Around midnight the witness awoke and heard a loud high-pitched scream from about 100 yards away. The witness shouted back and exchanged screams for about an hour, including screams later heard from a different direction, while throwing gathered stones toward the sounds. In the morning the witness found dry leaves in the sound area and was puzzled at hearing no movement noise.

Scream
10 October 1972 Verona Beach, Oneida County, New York Class B #27035

Man recounts childhood incident at his home on Oneida Lake

The witness, age 11 at the time, was in bed when a large shadow was cast on the bedroom wall from outside the window for about 20 to 30 seconds. A few minutes later the witness heard the back storage room door being ripped off and sounds of ransacking, including the freezer being opened and heavy objects moved. The next morning the storage room was found in disarray with the door off, faint scratches without tool marks, and frozen foods missing.

SilhouetteUnidentified soundDoor or window contactProperty disturbance
Summer 1970 Cazenovia, Madison County, New York Class B #454

Man recalls incident as a child in a swampy area near Cazenovia

When the witness was a young child, the witness and a companion were chopping a rotted fallen tree with hammers far out in a swamp. After hearing a loud noise described as like a scream, they saw a very large dark man-like form walking very near them. Both children dropped everything and ran home without looking back.

Partial sightingScream
July 1969 Long Lake Village, Hamilton County, New York Class B #1524

Couple sees "something" looking through their window late at night

The witness and his wife were lying awake in a lakeside cabin at night when his wife repeatedly said a raccoon was looking in a small rear window. After several minutes he rolled over quickly and saw a dark-faced, brown-furred creature with a large conical head peering in, which left within seconds. The next morning he found a single large heel/footprint about eight inches wide in mud by a small stream behind the cabin.

Partial sightingTracks
Winter 1969 Cortland County, New York Class A #1451

Woman followed by large, dark shape in the experimental forest on the campus of SUNY College

The witness was walking alone through a small college forest on a trail to work on a dark winter evening. Something off the trail followed alongside her, keeping pace and making increasingly loud breaking and movement sounds, and she glimpsed a very tall blocky dark shape moving beside her while hearing breathing. She stayed on the trail with it alongside until the edge of the woods, then ran to a nearby building while it remained in the woods.

Partial sightingSilhouetteFootsteps