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1950–1959 Place not stated #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/f3pr9QMRrwnB9SKZNsiLJfioKGoqm887zEJ4nvuSodw

UFO sighting (1950)

The host says he was reading about a scoutmaster in the 1950s who was with Boy Scouts and pulled over for a light he thought was a plane. The man told the boys to wait, approached, then there was a flash, blackout, burns, and skin on fire when found. The host admits he had not fully read the story.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1950 Ojai, Calif, Ventura County, California Class A #3684

Daylight sighting on the edge of Sespe Creek (CA Condor Refuge), in Los Padres National Forest

The witness was riding horseback on a forest trail toward a stream while camping. From about 50 yards away the witness saw three hair-covered creatures crouched drinking, then standing after noticing the witness. After an exchanged hand greeting, the tallest led the two smaller ones away up the trail, and the witness later rode to the stream without seeing them again.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1949 Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama Class A #7235

Recollection of an afternoon sighting on Green Mountain

As a child walking home from a relative's house, the witness saw a tall hairy figure standing in a roadside ditch watching him. He ran back to get his relative, and they returned together with a shotgun to find the figure still there watching. As they walked down toward it they lost sight of it, and it was gone when they reached the spot.

Full-body sighting
1948 England #33db6b85-451f-4baa-96d7-4703182f29e5

Dogman sighting in England (1948)

Two or more boys playing near burial mounds on high ground on a summer evening came upon a dog-like man crouched with its back to a tree looking at something in its hands. When it lifted its head and looked at them they ran away and the witness never saw it again.

Full-body sighting
1948 Sol Duc Hot Springs, Clallam County, Washington Class A #1723

Mt. Olympus Incident

Four people were quietly walking horses along a trail in rainy conditions when a black creature about eight feet tall stood up from a stooped position beside the trail and ran away, leaving a foul odor. The group did not look for footprints.

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August 1944 Yreka, Siskiyou County, California Class A #2896

Sister and brother see 3 creatures near Yreka

Two children walking on a dirt road by a clearing saw three bipedal hairy figures of different sizes about 50 yards away. The figures watched the children for about two minutes, then turned and walked into the woods, and the children ran home. The mother dismissed the sight as sheep, but the witness later concluded the figures matched Bigfoot descriptions.

Full-body sighting
July 1944 Eben Jct., Alger County, Michigan Class B #28897

Memory told of a possible daylight sighting while playing in the woods in Eben Junction

In summer 1944, the 9-year-old witness and his cousin were playing in a woodlot on a family farm, knocking dead saplings against live trees. They stopped and saw a huge man-like figure standing broadside nearby looking at them, which then turned and walked away. The boys ran out and told their mothers, who dismissed it as a neighbor, and the witness says they avoided that part of the woods afterward.

Full-body sighting
Summer 1944 Alberta Class C #1422

Second-hand story about a Stony Indian woman's encounter.

Wagon occupants traveling on a dirt road near a lake stopped when a large hair-covered human-like figure was seen standing in the road ahead. One occupant covered the others in the wagon and the group turned the vehicle around to leave the area.

Full-body sighting
October 1943 Memphis And Little Rock Ark., Lonoke County, Arkansas Class A #2494

Bus driver encounters ape like creature during an unscheduled stop

The witness was six years old and riding in the back of a bus at night with family. After the driver reboarded saying a big ape had almost gotten him, the bus started moving and the witness and a relative watched a large ape-like figure cross the highway behind the bus and enter the woods on the other side. Other passengers including parents also saw the start of the crossing.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
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.

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Spring 1942 Gould, Harmon County, Oklahoma Class B #1303

Sisters observe tall hairy creature running away from them

Two witnesses were going through a shelter belt to collect cows from a pasture when they heard rustling in the trees. Thinking it was a cow, they turned and saw a very tall hairy biped running away from them. The witnesses then ran in the opposite direction.

Full-body sighting
28 November 1941 Fort [name Withheld], British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/01/24/sc-ep187-mountain-giants

Sasquatch sighting near Fort [name Withheld], British Columbia (1941)

A 1941 newspaper report said Fort [name withheld] was being terrorized by an enormous Sasquatch. A family who cited the behemoth claimed it was at least 14 feet tall. It was described as about twice as tall as a normal Sasquatch.

Full-body sighting
16 November 1941 Gypsumville, Manitoba Class A #9552

Moose hunter shoots "bigfoot" to death

While hunting moose alone on the west side of a lake, the witness mistook a tall hair-covered biped seen from behind for the rump of a wounded moose and shot it between the shoulder blades, killing it instantly. The witness then walked around the body, noting its very large size, dark brown long hair, bare palms with opposed thumbs, and flat five-toed feet estimated around fifteen inches, before leaving quickly out of fear and concern about hunting without a license. The account was kept private for about thirty years until the witness recognized similar creatures in published film and began speaking about it.

Full-body sighting
September 1941 Ruby Creek #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/02/23/sc-ep82-100-bigfoot-nights

Sasquatch sighting near Ruby Creek (1941)

A mother home with three children saw a large man-like creature approaching. The family fled to a nearby village while the creature broke into the house, destroyed property and ate stored fish. The husband later found large humanoid tracks, hair and blood around the house.

Full-body sightingTracksProperty disturbance
Fall 1941 Yakima County, Washington Class A #1689

A tall black creature covered with hair and very muscular was seen walking quickly across a clearing

In fall 1941 a couple picnicked in the foothills of Mt. Adams and were driving out of a clearing in the afternoon. The woman looked back and saw a tall, black, hair-covered and muscular creature walking quickly across the clearing toward the forest. Her companion slowed the car but did not see it before it disappeared into the forest.

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1940–1949 Lake Wales, Florida #1f8ff750-46df-47ab-9d7d-fec2c6137c69

Cryptid sighting near Lake Wales, Florida (1940)

An older woman wrote that she and her uncle set traps for disappearing oranges and caught a tiny hair-covered naked man speaking an unknown language. Police put him in an orange crate, then the house was pelted with sticks, stones and oranges by dozens of similar beings until he was released. A later police worker recalled the crate incident.

Full-body sightingRock throwingObject throwing
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
1940–1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5

Paranormal encounter near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1940)

The witness relays a family story about his uncle as a young child seeing people others could not see. During a home wake, the uncle said the deceased person from the casket was curled under a table smiling and beckoning to him.

Full-body sighting
1940–1949 Manitoba #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/12/15/sc-ep389-manitoba-bigfoot-encounter

Sasquatch sighting in Manitoba (1940)

An elderly mail carrier told the witness he was returning by horse and buggy from a dam community in the 1940s when a tall hair-covered wild man came from the bush screaming. His horse bolted and the creature ran alongside the wagon. He said he kept his head down and pretended not to see or hear it, which he believed saved him.

Full-body sightingScream
1940–1949 St. Anthony, Idaho #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/11/03/sc-ep376-the-dog

Sasquatch sighting near St. Anthony, Idaho (1940)

As a young teenager bringing cows across a canal near dark, the diarist saw a large bear-like figure standing on hind feet by a sapling 600-700 feet away and felt intense chill. Cows were undisturbed and his father was unconcerned. Next morning with his friend [name withheld] he found a huge bare footprint in wet mud under the sapling, estimated 8.5-9 feet tall using [name withheld]'s height, and nearby found a stick-bed with a strong repulsive odor.

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