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18 May 1977 Preble County, Ohio Class A #4970

Case report about a sighting by a boy and local rumors about a bigfoot in area.

Two boys were walking their dog in the evening when they noticed a strong rotten-egg smell and saw a large hairy creature. The creature chased them across a field toward home, taking very large steps, and disappeared from view near railroad tracks and a highway. After reaching home they told a parent, who called law enforcement, and responding deputies searched the area.

Full-body sightingOdorAnimal behaviour
19 March 1977 McKenzie Bridge, Lane County, Oregon Class A #4595

Late night sighting by family along Hwy 126, near McKenzie Bridge

The witness was driving home at night with family when a large standing figure was seen motionless beside the highway. The witness turned the car around for another look but nothing was there. Years later the witness and his wife realized they had seen figures on opposite sides of the road, indicating two creatures.

Full-body sighting
February 1977 Calais, Noble County, Ohio Class A #374

Two women driving to work are surprised to see a very large hair covered biped running along the side of their car.

The witness and a relative were driving to work in the dark when they noticed something in a creek bed beside the road. The creature reportedly emerged on two legs, moved toward their car and ran alongside it briefly before they sped away frightened. They described it as very large with brown shaggy hair covering its body.

Full-body sighting
January 1977 British Columbia Class A #2447

Boys see man-like creature splashing in water

The witness and a young relative were playing near water when they noticed a tall, black-haired, human-like figure squatting at the water's edge, apparently splashing. They shouted to it several times without response, after which it stood up and watched them. The pair fled to shore, looked back to see it still watching, then kept running.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
Fall 1977 West Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania Class A #11506

Youth watches while bipedal creature pushes down trees

The witness was exploring woods near the house in the early evening. From a sand pit, the witness watched a large black figure about 50 to 75 yards away for about five minutes as it tore limbs and pushed over rotted trees. Frightened by its size and strength, the witness ran to the parents' house and avoided the woods for six months.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviourTree break
1977 Butler County, Pennsylvania Class A #3550

Midnight traveler watches upright creature cross road

Late at night the witness was driving slowly uphill on the way home when a figure stepped into the headlights and crossed the road. The figure moved very slowly, did not look toward the car, made no sound, and disappeared after crossing. The witness was frightened and chose not to try to hit it because a young child was sleeping in the car.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Spring 1977 In Between Trenton/ Bordentown, Mercer County, New Jersey Class A #22905

Man recalls sighting as a young boy on his way to go fishing in John A. Roebling Park near Bordentown

Two companions walking on a trail toward a fishing spot in the late afternoon saw a tall dark figure cross the trail about 50 yards ahead. The figure took a couple steps, paused to look at them, then moved away quickly and disappeared from view. The witnesses went to the crossing point but could no longer see the figure and found no tracks aside from rub marks, then returned home without fishing.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1977 Sparta, Morrow County, Ohio Class A #1625

Children have daytime close encounter near Sparta; UPDATED with Witness Sketch

Three children walking on a wooded footpath noticed a tall female-like figure with a smaller juvenile standing by a tree off to the side. The larger figure stared at them, gave off a dead-animal smell, stepped toward them, growled and bared its teeth after being pointed out. The group fled toward a residence while hearing branches breaking, prolonged howling and screaming, and trees being beaten.

Full-body sightingOdorHowlGrowlScream +3
Fall 1977 Randolph County, Arkansas Class A #4093

Daytime sighting between Pocahontas and Imboden

The witness was in the yard when the dog barked at something on the ridge road about 200 yards away. The witness saw a bipedal creature stop, come downhill toward the yard, and break through an electric fence before looking around and walking quickly away over the hill. Later the witness returned with a parent to search but found no footprints because the ground was very dry.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
Summer 1977 Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri Class A #1148

Family camping encounter large, fur covered creature. Footprints are discovered at the campsite

A family camping at Sunrise Beach heard branch-breaking sounds overnight and the next morning found a very large footprint in a dried creek bed. Shortly after, they saw a large brownish hair-covered creature watching them from behind a tree on a hillside, which then walked away toward the campground road. The father also reported seeing it cross the road ahead while lifting a wire out of its way, and the family quickly left the area.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingTracksUnidentified sound
1977 Holly, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Holly, Texas (1977)

Two teenage boys clearing brush saw an animal approach, growl and pelt them with rocks, hitting one in the leg. They fled to a nearby house and returned with an older girl carrying a rifle. The creature was still there growling and throwing rocks, a shot was fired with a heavy recoil knocking the shooter down, and both groups left.

Full-body sightingGrowlRock throwing
1977 Arnold, California #469f1cca-9e52-44d4-9757-43bb47d1202c

Howl near Arnold, California (1977)

The witness and a companion were on a deer-hunting trip and had parked to sleep in the bed of a truck. Late at night they heard a loud howl followed by rapid gibberish and saw a dark shape in the road that stood and moved away with smooth motion. After returning to the truck and falling asleep, the witness was awakened by the truck rocking and heard something move alongside the vehicle before kicking scattered camp gear and walking away.

HowlChatterFull-body sightingFootstepsVehicle contact +1
1977 Kentucky #a8ab7573-f1bf-4e52-8b96-4570d503396e

Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (1977)

At age 10 the guest was camping with his father and others on a river sandbar. He woke around 3 a.m. with a stomach ache and sat by the fire. A hairy human-like creature waded in the water, inspected two fish baskets, took one with catfish, looked at him, and walked away.

Full-body sightingFootstepsProperty disturbance
1977 Missouri #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/aMO4ZDXFgouTurhU-_ggi0rfEVzp2t1DoXaok9BFJGc

Sasquatch sighting in Missouri (1977)

The witness was sleeping in a tent with a cousin at a scout camp when waking late at night to sounds at the central table. From the tent flap the witness watched a tall broad ape-like creature pry open the troop food box and eat bread and donuts. After another boy shouted bear, the creature stood upright, tore down the tarp, vocalized, then walked quickly between the tents into the woods.

Full-body sightingWhoopGrowlFootstepsProperty disturbance
late spring 1977 Ohio #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/E1YWTmSabRMruPAP0s3qmJsHMZfhUHFgKDtzn_eviGc

Sasquatch sighting in Ohio (1977)

On a weekend morning the witness and two companions walked down a trail toward the back fields and noticed a strong odor of death and wet dog. The witness saw a small hairy juvenile peeking from behind what proved to be the leg of a very large female standing motionless in a clearing. After he pointed at her she roared, the group fled while hearing screams, howls and chatter around them, and the next morning a large log they played on was found broken.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingOdorGrowlScream +4
1977 Sussex County, New Jersey #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/06/30/sc-ep37-cops-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting near Sussex County (1977)

A family on a farm found a solid wooden garage door torn off and eight pet rabbits killed and mutilated with little blood, after hearing a woman-like scream. On subsequent nights they saw a seven-foot hairy creature near the road and under the yard light. They fired on it as it entered the coop and came toward them, then sent children away. Police blamed a bear, raccoon or wild dog.

Full-body sightingScreamProperty disturbanceDoor or window contact
1977 Kansas #fc9b28df-7c0f-46c6-a981-b0270c6e3826

Sasquatch sighting in Kansas (1977)

The witness was deer hunting with his brother when he saw a very large figure standing by a tree about 300 yards away through his scope. He first thought it was a person in a ghillie suit but decided it was too large to be a man. His brother later found very long footprints in dust where it stood, and they heard strange vocal sounds that day.

Full-body sightingTracksVocalization
1977 Washington #1f8ff7cc-97e6-40e2-a370-dd815123b81f

Sasquatch sighting in Washington (1977)

The witness was walking home at night past a vacant lot filled with small alder trees when he noticed what looked like a bush that had not been there before. When he stepped toward it, the shape stood up, turned, and crashed through the alders and down over a hill toward a creek while he ran home. The next morning he found bent and snapped alders and deep impressions leading through brush over the hill.

Full-body sightingMovement onlyTracks
December 1976 Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas Class A #11592

Youth has sighting near bridge

In late 1976 the witness rode a dirt bike to an old bridge site on the Red River and stood watching ice drift by. He heard dogs chasing something across the river and watched a large dark hairy biped run and leap over a fallen log while the dogs pursued it. One dog yelped and fell silent, the other retreated, and the frightened teenage witness fled home on his bike.

Full-body sighting
November 1976 Falcon, Sampson County, North Carolina Class A #6267

Two young men are confronted in broad daylight by a large creature near Falcon

On a November 1976 afternoon two young men hunting squirrels walked toward a river when a large hairy biped came up from the river bottom toward them. It stopped about 30 feet away, looked at them, snapped a small dead tree and vocalized. The pair retreated over a ridge and ran, later discussing whether it had been a person in costume.

Full-body sightingVocalizationTree breakAnimal behaviourPossible hoax +1