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October 1955 British Columbia Class A #1083

William Roe account -- Highway worker has lengthy sighting at close range & records much detail

The witness hiked to a deserted mine on a mountain in the afternoon and encountered an upright hair-covered female creature at close range. The creature approached, squatted to strip and eat leaves, noticed the witness, vocalized, and walked away into timber, later appearing briefly on a distant ridge. The witness considered shooting it for science but refrained, then examined droppings and a bedding spot.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
October 1953 Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky Class A #1024

An account of bigfoot tool use

In childhood, the witness and a companion heard a thumping noise while playing and went to investigate. They saw a large hairy animal squatting nearby using pieces of firewood to dig in the ground. The animal stood up, bared its teeth silently, and walked toward them, causing them to flee into the companion's house. When an adult checked moments later, the animal was gone leaving only disturbed ground.

Full-body sightingUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
1950–1959 Bovey, Itasca County, Minnesota Class A #2677

Girl sees creature while picking blueberries. It follows when she screams and flees

A young girl picking blueberries alone near dark felt watched and saw a figure crouched in the patch that slipped into brush. Moments later she saw a very tall, hair-covered, man-like figure by a tree that ducked behind it, then followed her at a distance as she ran home screaming. Her relatives later searched the site armed and reported matted brush with a bad odor.

Full-body sightingMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
August 1943 Probably Central, Ashland County, Ohio Class A #5333

Man recalls being picked up as a child in Mohican Memorial Forest

When the witness was 5 years old and camping with his parents in central Ohio, he became lost in the woods. He claims a large hairy female creature picked him up, carried him quickly through the forest, and left him in camp with a heavy branch on his legs where his parents later found him. He says his parents dismissed his account as imagination and he did not share it widely for decades.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
1940–1949 Portlock, Alaska #118c8ac9-9f00-40d7-9768-ce1b8b84cb4c

Sasquatch sighting near Portlock, Alaska (1940)

In the 1940s near a cannery town, a hunter preparing to enter the mountains was attacked by a very tall hairy creature. His dogs drove the creature off and others found him alive. He lived long enough to describe the attacker as a giant hairy being before dying.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
1932–1942 Oakville, Washington #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/05/10/sc-ep102-very-close-encounter-with-a-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting near Oakville, Washington (1932)

As retold from a casebook, a young woman walking home from a high school dance in snow was beckoned by a big hairy ape-like creature with outstretched arms. She ran away.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
1926 Walden, Jackson County, Colorado Class B #5641

Daylight sighting by woodsman of two bipeds stalking an elk

The witness was positioned on one mountainside watching across a valley toward an opposite slope where an elk was being stalked by two large brown animals first taken for bears. Viewed through binoculars, the two stood upright and walked on two legs, keeping the elk between them and at times hiding behind trees before entering heavy timber after about five minutes. The outcome for the elk was not seen, but the witness thought the pair probably killed it.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
1920 Snyder County, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Snyder County (1920)

Two weeks after being shot, the creature returned to the farm while wood was being chopped by lantern light. It attacked the boy who had shot it, knocking him down and breaking his arm before the father drove it away. The boy was left unconscious but expected to recover, and hunters then scoured the area.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviourHistorical account
1920–1959 Port Chatham, Alaska #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/xSi4LRBWZiIRmDsCLlFWHJHga0HyC8Dmb3wI0iC9r6s

Animal behaviour near Port Chatham, Alaska (1920)

Historical accounts describe a thriving fishing town that was abandoned after residents were allegedly killed by a hairy, Bigfoot-like creature. The investigator retells these published and locally repeated accounts as background for his own visit to the remote area.

Animal behaviour
1919–1920 Evanston, Illinois #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/YScIFc6KhOX9bnVSe-Zq_N8HMM1bxaBDF02R-yZwEzE

Sasquatch sighting near Evanston, Illinois (1919)

A newspaper article described a place called Devil's Hole in lonely woods where a thick-bodied, long-armed hairy half-beast called the Gorilla Moron was said to haunt. It was claimed to have attacked dozens of women within a year, leaving many unconscious. The specific attack on two student nurses detailed in the same article was stated by the reteller to have been by human muggers, separate from the hairy-figure reports.

Partial sightingAnimal behaviourHistorical account
1906 Ben Avon, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Sasquatch sighting near Ben Avon, Pennsylvania (1906)

Four men returning home were accosted by a long-haired gorilla-like wild man and fought it to the ground, binding its wrists. It freed itself, climbed a tree with cat-like agility, then later came down and fought the two watchers, badly biting and scratching one and tearing clothing before disappearing.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviourHistorical account
1881 Armstrong County, Pennsylvania #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/05/07/sc-ep322-a-history-of-wild-men

Animal behaviour near Armstrong County (1881)

A gorilla-like monster was reported visiting a house and carrying a dog away into the woods. It later allegedly attacked and badly wounded a large hound. A party was organizing to capture it.

Animal behaviourHistorical account
28 March 1856 Paraclifton, Arkansas #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/cijfno2JjIwKuXOWOOTabQswJ2QIODxqGgTLbpFafK4

Sasquatch sighting near Paraclifton, Arkansas (1856)

A newspaper correspondent described a party tracking a famous wild man to a frozen lake where dogs lost the trail. A rider watched the figure break ice with its arms, come ashore and shake itself. When headed off, it dragged the hunter down, gouged his eyes and bit him, destroyed the saddle and bridle, then rode the horse toward the mountains using a sapling as a club.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
1855 [name withheld] County, Oklahoma #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/13/sc-ep200-the-200th-show-part-one

Sasquatch sighting near [name withheld] County (1855)

After thefts of food and disappearances of women and children, tribal leaders sent mounted warriors to confront man-like beasts. The party rode for hours and charged a group seen from a hilltop amid a strong smell of decay and a mound of victims. Gunfire and hand fighting left the creatures and their captain dead, and survivors buried the dead.

Full-body sightingOdorProperty disturbanceAnimal behaviour
1850–1859 Alaska #118c8ac9-9f00-40d7-9768-ce1b8b84cb4c

Sasquatch sighting in Alaska (1850)

A San Francisco newspaper article from the 1850s reportedly described giant creatures coming out of the hills on the Kenai Peninsula. The creatures were said to capture humans and eat them.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1979 -'84 Wayne County, West Virginia Class A #1207

One of several sighting and vocalization reports. When witness called out " it stood up at the edge of the hill and huffed and puffed."

Five people drove to a rural spot at night to hang out. After dogs in a hollow below barked then fell suddenly silent, the group heard movement in brush and saw a tall fur-covered figure stand at the hill edge making huffing sounds. When the driver turned on the car headlights the figure covered its face and moved behind trees as the group fled in the car.

Full-body sightingSilhouetteVocalizationMovement onlyAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: est.1990 Marmet, Kanawha County, West Virginia Class A #23191

Man remembers seeing a large hairy creature in a cemetary near Marmet

The witness was walking home through a graveyard at dusk when they noticed a large dark hairy creature among the tombstones. The creature paced, appeared to dig at a grave, made wailing sounds, and made shoulder-shrugging and hopping movements. When it noticed the witness it acted agitated and started toward them, causing the witness to leave.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 1980/82 Columbiana County, Ohio Class A #4306

Sighting at a home on Duke Vodrey Rd., above Beaver Creek.

The witness reports lying on a bed in a mobile home when an entity stood outside the back screen window for one to two minutes with loud cavernous breathing. A pet dog hid inside a dog box, growling and whining, and would not come out. The witness describes the moment as terrifying.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 2000/01 Hoxeyville, Wexford County, Michigan Class B #26196

Possible intimidation experienced by two bow hunters near Cadillac

The witness and a companion were bowhunting deer from separate ground positions near a creek and swamp. The witness heard quiet rustling behind a small hill, then a large tree shook violently and a loud roar/scream sounded. The witness fled to the truck, met waiting officers, and returned with them to retrieve the companion, who had also heard the scream and seen deer flee. The group left the woods together without explanation for the sound.

Movement onlyScreamAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 62 or 63 Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan Class B #30089

Memory told of a possible encounter while deer hunting east of Manistee

The witness was deer hunting alone in a swamp in late November when he heard an unfamiliar loud scream to the north followed by a loud branch breaking. He became uneasy and walked out to his car while watching behind him. Near his car he noticed a broad, roughly 8-foot-tall bipedal form standing about 35 yards away behind dense cover, which he believed had followed him. He left with a handgun ready and avoided hunting the swamp for several years.

ScreamTree breakPartial sightingSilhouetteAnimal behaviour