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Memory told of seeing a bigfoot on the side of a road along Middle Branch Creek
When the witness was ten, the witness and the mother drove at night to assist a relative whose truck had broken down near a creek and woods. Headlights revealed a crouched figure behind a fence watching the relative's truck. The relative and the witness approached on foot with a makeshift light, at which point the figure stood tall on two legs and ran into nearby woods, disappearing within a few steps.
Woman remembers daylight sighting while walking in the Slate Creek area
In August 1969 the witness was walking on a hillside path above her sister, who was walking on a dirt road toward the store. When her sister passed a natural spring, a tall hairy creature stood up from the brush, and the witness screamed for her sister to run. Her sister saw the creature and ran, while the creature quickly stooped back down and moved into brush along the creek.
Family has multiple encounters with white bigfoot creature
A family was camping by a river when the mother went behind the truck at night and saw a whitish upright creature at close range. She ran screaming to the others, and the family hurriedly broke camp while an older brother fired shots as the creature circled and crossed the road. Afterwards they found three-toed footprints near the truck and a large dent where the creature had struck the vehicle, then left immediately.
Memory of seeing something chimp-like in the trees and being chased out of the woods near Brereton
In July 1969 the witness and two younger brothers were on bikes on a bridge over a creek when they watched a 4-foot dark brown young animal play in a tree about 300 feet away for five minutes. The witness felt overwhelming terror without seeing a threat and led the brothers away. While they rode about a half mile home, a brother reported a strange hairy man chasing them, which the witness interpreted as an adult protecting its young.
Fisherman witnesses bigfoot cross the road in front of his car
Shortly before dawn on a foggy morning, the witness was driving toward a fishing area when headlights illuminated a large fur-covered creature in the road. The creature moved across the highway and leapt up a steep roadside embankment estimated at 14 feet high. The witness was badly shaken, stopped at a cafe, and later reported the incident to county authorities.
Man spots Bigfoot in field
The witness was driving a spray rig along an orchard boundary and scanning a neighboring field when a tall dark figure was seen walking about 100-150 yards away. The witness stopped the vehicle and watched from the hood as the figure moved with a smooth human-like stride into a walnut grove and did not reappear. A few days later the witness estimated the figure's height from a comparison tree and found no footprints on the hard soil.
Motorist observes animal cross the road in front of him
The witness was driving at night with two companions when a large creature crossed the road in front of the vehicle from left to right, visible in the headlights for about six to eight seconds. The driver stopped at the crossing spot but the creature was gone and was not seen again. The witness described a tall greyish figure with very long arms, a thick torso and an apelike forehead that briefly turned its upper body toward the vehicle while walking.
Teenager has face-to-face encounter with tall, hairy, man-like creature
After sneaking into a community pool at night, the witness ran into adjoining woods to avoid the caretaker and collided with something. He looked up and saw a manlike figure about eight feet tall covered head to foot in long hair with a strong smell. He ran back toward his friends warning them not to go that way, and none of them went to check the spot.
Multiple childhood interactions recalled by a woman who grew up near Kalamazoo
As a second-grade child the witness wandered from a school picnic into adjacent pine woods while gathering cones. She collided with a huge hair-covered biped holding aside a tree limb and stared up at its expressive face as its look shifted from startled to gentle. After a prolonged motionless pause the creature released the limb, which swung overhead, and walked away with long powerful strides.
creature sitting on a wood pile seen watching witness.
The witness was staying overnight at the family property and went outside about 2 a.m. to quiet barking kennel dogs. On the way out and again on the way back, the witness noticed a large silver-colored being sitting calmly on a woodpile and watching. The witness went inside, locked the door, awoke shaking three hours later, and later called a friend and drew what was seen.
Early morning sighting near Scott City Diversion Canal
When the witness was a child, he accompanied his grandfather to unlock gates and check boats at a remote fishing spot early one summer morning. After getting out of the truck, they saw a tall hair-covered figure standing on the far side of the lake near the dam about fifty yards away looking at them. The grandfather told the boy not to worry and turned him toward the boats, and when the boy looked again the figure was gone.
Sasquatch sighting in Mississippi (1969)
The witness and his siblings were catching fireflies in a pasture when their grandfather saw something loping toward them on all fours and ran shouting to distract it. The children then saw a hairy, mangy-looking creature approach within about ten yards. It stopped when the grandfather arrived, stood erect while watching them, then walked into the [name withheld].
UFO sighting in Oklahoma (1969)
As a teenager sleeping alone in his brother's bed, the witness woke suddenly in the early morning and looked out the open window. He saw a silent, motionless, internally lit white sphere hovering at an angle where it could see into the room. After watching for several minutes, he woke his younger brother, and when two faces appeared at the screen the object slowly receded upward until it looked like a twinkling star and was lost. He resolved never to forget the sighting and did not speak of it publicly for decades.
Sasquatch sighting in Kentucky (1969)
Two lifelong friends were target shooting with small-caliber rifles along a river while a nearby reservoir was filling and flooding caves. After one rifle jammed, they returned to their car when they heard limbs snapping and saw small trees swaying and breaking. They circled back to the riverbank clearing and came face to face with a hair-covered creature standing on a deadfall, which one of them shot multiple times in the chest. The creature fell silent, then revived and ran one way while the two men fled the other, later tracking it and sparking local monster lore.
Sasquatch sighting (1968)
Two outside examiners visited the exhibitor's home in December 1968 to inspect a hairy human-like body kept in ice. During the examination the glass covering cracked and the men reported a smell of decomposing flesh. Both men came away convinced the body appeared real and one later described it in a scientific paper.
Daytime sighting from a farm house in the hilly area of Newton farm, outside South Kent
As a child, the witness watched from a second-floor farmhouse window as a tall, hairy biped crossed the front yard uphill, repeatedly glancing back and briefly meeting his gaze before disappearing around the house. Frightened, he ran to his parents, and a relative and a companion went outside and found oversized footprints that they followed by car across a plowed field until the tracks led uphill toward the forest and disappeared.
Nighttime sighting by motorists east of Carpentersville
Two companions lost while driving at night stopped beside a side road to turn around. A tall, dark-haired, upright creature crossed in front of their van from left to right, looking toward them. As they backed out, one thought it turned back toward the van, and they fled in fear.
Witnesses describe 'huge' black creature that throws dirt at them near Chittyville.
On the evening of August 11, 1968, two people driving northeast of Chittyville reported encountering a large black hairy creature estimated at about 10 feet tall with an unusually large head. They claimed it threw dirt at them through the car window, frightening the passenger, before they left the area and notified police.
Young boy has night time sighting near Chrisney
A child staying overnight at a relative's farm looked out an attic window after bedtime and saw a dark figure illuminated by a truck's headlights near a shed. The figure had unusually long arms, a rounded head, and did not reflect light before running west. Two relatives searched the area with shotguns and a vehicle but found no one.
Sasquatch sighting in California (1968)
A treasure hunter prospecting in the desert saw a figure he first thought was another prospector, then realized was a giant ape-like man. He said he had only a small pistol and fired shots that went over it, after which it turned its head toward him and left.