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2013 Boston Bar, British Columbia #8ed86716-4641-42f7-8540-84e2d5f5398c

Growl near Boston Bar, British Columbia (2013)

A few days later the guest returned to the same area with his friend [name withheld]. They heard a deep growl, loud tree knocks, and heavy footsteps pacing them through thick timber. As they retreated toward the car, the guest saw a tall, dark-haired, muscular figure watching them from the treeline before it screamed and left. Both men fled in the car and the friend later cut off contact.

GrowlWood knockFootstepsRock throwingFull-body sighting +1
July 2006 Chilliwack, British Columbia Class B #18441

Possible approach to campers near Chilliwack

The witness and four companions were camping by the Chilliwack River at night. The witness imitated alleged sasquatch vocalizations, then heard deeper, longer return calls for about ten minutes. A final closer, louder call was followed by loud breaking of sticks and brush 20-30 feet into the trees; the group had no visual contact and the witness did not return to the site the next day.

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25 August 2005 [Sunshine Coast Region - North Of Vancouver], British Columbia Class B #12855

Various incidents on British Columbia Expedition

During a multi-night group expedition the witness slept locked in a truck parked on a logging road above the tent camp. At about 4:30 a.m. something struck the truck, waking the witness, who remained still with eyes closed and heard heavy bipedal footsteps walk away down the road. After a radio mic click apparently drew it back past the truck, the steps departed again toward another camper's position, who also reported hearing movement. The episode lasted about 15 to 20 minutes and involved no visual sighting.

FootstepsVehicle contact
January 2004 Between Osoyoos & Greenwood, British Columbia Class B #15419

Photographer is "escorted" out of the woods between Osoyoos & Greenwood

The witness drove to an abandoned homestead to take sunset photographs. While walking back to the truck through knee-deep snow he heard twigs snapping and footsteps running through thick woods alongside him. He ran to the truck, heard a deep elk-like grunt, and saw pines shaking with snow falling off as he left. He returned two weeks later and found snapped-off saplings.

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15 August 2000 Campbell River, British Columbia Class B #7911

Possible stalking at Echo Lake near Campbell River

Two coworkers surveying a woodlot heard close bipedal-like footsteps in dense brush in the morning, then heard a single twig snap near their midday lunch spot. Later that afternoon a large hidden animal bolted from behind a knoll toward the treeline as one worker walked past, crashing through tall brush. The writer heard the movement but did not see it; the companion briefly saw only the dark top of its head or back above tall shrubs. The writer interprets the three incidents as one animal trailing them through the day.

FootstepsPartial sightingUnidentified sound
1998–2004 Ainsworth Hotsprings, British Columbia Class B #9069

Possible approaches to a boat ramp on Kootenay Lake

The witness reports sleeping aboard a boat moored in a marina slip and repeatedly hearing a heavy visitor come down the metal access ramp late at night and walk across the floating docks, displacing the dock enough to rock the boat. The steps sound widely spaced and cover the ramp and dock sections unusually quickly. The pattern recurred at least once each summer holiday over several years, with a bucket of fish offal sometimes found emptied afterward and whoop-like vocalizations also heard.

FootstepsWhoopVocalizationProperty disturbance
August 1997 Highway 97, British Columbia Class B #2434

Nightime sighting at Bowron Lake campsite

The witness woke while family members slept to loud knocking sounds behind the tents. The witness woke their father, and they heard knocking from two directions around a meadow and knocked back, getting replies. They grabbed a camera and went to investigate, but the knocking stopped and they only heard branches cracking and heavy footsteps nearby.

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June 1996 Campbell River, British Columbia Class B #4766

Mother and child hear roar while lost on Read Island

The witness was hiking with a child after becoming lost and stopped by a berry thicket along an old logging road to pick berries. The witness heard footsteps moving through thick brush behind the thicket, called out, and felt watched as the steps paused then resumed more slowly. An unseen source then produced a very loud deep growl rising toward a roar, prompting the witness to flee with the child.

FootstepsGrowl
12 October 1993 Nakusp, British Columbia Class B #17142

Possible vocalizations heard by swimmers near Nakusp. Possible tracks found the next day

Four people were walking back to their vehicle from an undeveloped hot spring late at night when something kept pace with them in dense brush. After a comment that it was probably a bear, a very loud wail came from the brush, followed by something running downhill on two legs. The group fled to the vehicle and agreed they had heard a sasquatch. The witness returned the next day and found large human-like tracks in mud.

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5 May 1974 Shawingan Lake B.C. Vancouver Island, British Columbia Class A #24564

Woman recalls multiple witness daylight sighting on Shawnigan Lake

Five girls were walking in the woods when they heard crashing from across a meadow and hid to watch. They observed a very tall, hairy bipedal figure with long arms approaching, noticing a foul smell. After one cousin made a noise, the figure was startled and walked back into the woods, and the girls ran home.

Full-body sightingOdorFootstepsAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: About 1979 British Columbia Class B #2446

Witnesses hear, smell, and feel something large moving & walking right next to them

Late at night in heavy fog, the witness's wife went to the outhouse and encountered something very close that she heard moving and smelled strongly, then fled back inside. The witness went outside with a gun and flashlight but could see nothing in the fog, though he heard bipedal footsteps, noticed a strong odor, and heard a low screeching sound toward a relative's home. The next morning he found a barbed-wire fence broken down with nails pulled out but found no tracks or hair.

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BFRO YEAR: 1980-81? Mission, British Columbia Class B #15141

Possible stalking and rock throwing in the Fraser Valley

Three companions walking back from swimming along a forestry road felt watched and heard snapping branches and rustling paralleling their movement. When they shouted and threw rocks toward the roadside bushes, rocks were thrown back at them while growling sounds were heard and the accompanying dog barked. Frightened, they ran to a nearby activity centre and later told a parent, who suggested a bear.

FootstepsGrowlRock throwingUnidentified sound
about 10pm [Sunshine Coast Region - North Of Vancouver], British Columbia Related account #12855

Footsteps near [Sunshine Coast Region - North Of Vancouver], British Columbia

About 10 p.m. on the third night three people in two tents heard something approach, crouch behind a tent, walk between the tents, depart and briefly return.

Footsteps
Date unknown British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2013/12/30/sc-ep9-a-look-back-at-2013-in-the-bigfoot-world

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

The witness was sleeping in a motorhome on Vancouver Island when something large violently rocked the vehicle. He saw a very hairy bipedal creature standing outside the window, then ran outside and smelled a strong musky odor like dead fish. He heard its footsteps stop nearby in the dark and retreated inside without seeing it again.

Partial sightingVehicle contactFootstepsOdor
Date unknown British Columbia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/ARLj0ESb7pT_OjeQZ2opwAzTqi1bKD3iT0XqF9Jr_cc

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

A camper sleeping in a motorhome on Vancouver Island was awakened when something large violently shook and tilted the vehicle. The witness saw a very hairy bipedal creature standing outside the window and went outside without a weapon. A strong musky stench was smelled and footsteps were heard stopping at the dark treeline, then the witness retreated inside without seeing it again.

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about 10 years ago Boston Bar, British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/07/23/sc-ep345-a-hunters-encounter

Rock throwing near Boston Bar, British Columbia

The witness and a friend camped overnight on a logging landing while picking up equipment. At night something threw rocks at them, then after a warning shot it made a very loud scream and crashed through trees. The next morning a healthy tree blocked the road and they saw two large hairy bipeds watching from a treeline before leaving.

Rock throwingScreamTree breakPartial sightingFootsteps
two years later, roughly British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/11/19/sc-ep274-first-nations-encounters-with-sasquatch-1

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

A few days before the October chum opening, the guest and three others were anchored off Village Island when banging, chirping whistles and a strong stink were noticed. In the spotlight two upright creatures were seen on the beach, one larger in the grass and one smaller below, which crouched and covered their faces. Rifles were aimed but not fired, and the figures later left into the bush, with further eye-shine, scenting sounds, and a tree bent as one departed.

Full-body sightingEyeshineWhistleOdorFootsteps +1
on the same job Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia #6eb09fc7-7abb-4a64-a15e-74312b776fba

Footsteps near Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia

Co-workers on the same seismic job reported being followed out of the woods by something unseen. They said the presence paced them, stopping when they stopped and making noise as they moved, leaving them frightened. They radioed a bear alert but later said it was not a bear.

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the next morning about six thirty British Columbia #740fbef8-c6a8-4c6a-b83d-04d7f457816b

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia

After a cold night sleeping out, the witness walked alone to a field where a large track had been found and sat with his back to the woods. He heard heavy stomps behind him and felt the ground shake, then saw a gray figure behind a tree about 30 feet away that struck the tree and vocalized. He scanned with his phone, noted an old tree break nearby and later heard two large knocks from another direction before returning to camp.

Partial sightingVocalizationFootstepsWood knock
The second to last day that I was there British Columbia #740fbef8-c6a8-4c6a-b83d-04d7f457816b

Footsteps in British Columbia

On the second-to-last night of the expedition the witness slept outside by the campfire while companions slept in a nearby shelter. After waking around dawn he startled something behind him that jumped back and landed, then heard distinct bipedal footsteps walking beside his head. He kept still with eyes nearly closed trying to calm himself, then looked and found nothing there.

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