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1980–1984 New York #4c19da08-4eb0-4247-8b01-27b22f8ae722

UFO sighting in New York (1980)

The witness and family members saw a large silent saucer-shaped craft with lights hovering over a valley behind their rural home. Neighbors joined them on the veranda until about 15 to 20 people were watching. The craft rose and vanished instantly.

Full-body sighting
10 November 1979 Naples, Ontario County, New York Class A #7368

Morning sighting by deer hunter near Naples

As a teenager pushing deer for his father on a hunting trip, the witness rested against a fallen tree in a gully. After hearing a branch snap, he saw a tall, dark, hair-covered figure standing on the opposite ridge about 30 feet away, which watched him for several minutes before taking a step toward him. The witness fled on foot to the road and waited for his father, who did not believe the account.

Full-body sighting
25 August 1976 Whitehall, New York #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/28/sc-ep401-retired-police-officers-encounter

Sasquatch sighting near Whitehall, New York (1976)

The guest drove into an unmowed field off Abair Road after midnight with a trooper in another field and waited. After tree-breaking sounds and the trooper fleeing, a large hairy upright creature approached to about 30 feet, vocalized intensely, then turned and walked away across the field into the woods.

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early October Somers NY, Westchester County, New York Related account #31940

Sasquatch sighting near Somers NY, New York

Another person reported seeing two chimp-like bipeds emerge twice to drink from the reservoir at sunrise before returning to the woods.

Full-body sighting
11 years ago Sabbath Day Point, Warren County, New York Related account #2405

Sasquatch sighting near Sabbath Day Point, New York

Another person reportedly saw a matching monkey-like figure at the lake with a companion about eleven years before an email report.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1976-2000-2008 Canton NY, St. Lawrence County, New York Class A #25631

Various incidents and sightings from 1976-2008 by family members at their rural home near Canton

In fall 2000 the wife reportedly saw a large dark figure walk across a field about 300 yards from home and into woods bordering a lake. The brief 3-5 second view was described as taller than five feet based on fence posts, stocky with very large shoulders, dark brown to black hair, and walking on two legs, causing an initial bear impression to be dismissed. The account was submitted by her husband along with later family experiences in the same wooded swamp-lake area.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1979 or 80 Canisteo, Steuben County, New York Class A #13662

Daylight sighting near a railroad bed and the Canisteo River

The witness and his son reportedly watched a dark animal from about three-tenths of a mile away in a flat river-bottom area. They observed it walk several hundred feet along the river bank before it went out of sight around a bend. The daylight sighting occurred in late spring during very dry conditions, and nearby railroad workers could not see the animal because a hedgerow blocked their view.

Full-body sighting
a few years prior Clarendon, Orleans County, New York Related account #4799

Sasquatch sighting near Clarendon, New York

A relative of the witness reported seeing a tall bipedal figure with reddish fur cross a trail, pause to look and vocalize, then continue into the woods.

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a week or two later, at exactly dusk Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York Related account #11630

Sasquatch sighting near Pine Plains, New York

A week or two later at dusk the witness and a companion in a parked car saw a tall brown figure and a light-brown leg move into the tree line near a ballfield.

Full-body sighting
the season before Deposit, Delaware County, New York Related account #14373

Sasquatch sighting near Deposit, New York

The witness recalls seeing a very large silent bear at close range in the same area the previous season.

Full-body sighting
in March, a few years before 2018 New York #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/XPMsCXTnM51YAiDdP1GIgBYl_3q8qXbvztVC5ILAkD4

Sasquatch sighting in New York

The witness's mother got up at night and saw a large dark figure at her back patio door putting its hands over the glass as if trying to enter. After the witness drove up with headlights, the figure left over a steep ravine in one leap. The mother remained fearful and kept doors locked.

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when he was a teenager New York #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/12/22/sc-ep66-giants-in-america

Sasquatch sighting in New York

As a teenager riding a three-wheeler late at night along the edge of Guy Hill, the witness noticed a giant hairy monster striding beside him in the woods. He accelerated to about thirty miles an hour with the creature keeping pace effortlessly. He escaped home and has avoided the hill since.

Full-body sighting
when about 11 years old New York #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/OJyBFBo3E5nWOmT6AA3fl3zJ4R85B6A9sKIOwQk5AGQ

Paranormal encounter in New York

While sledding with friends in deep snow before dark, the witness saw a runner in summer athletic clothes moving effortlessly along the fair track. The figure appeared gray and transparent, chased briefly but outpaced the children, then dissipated like smoke leaving no footprints.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown New York #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/OJyBFBo3E5nWOmT6AA3fl3zJ4R85B6A9sKIOwQk5AGQ

UFO sighting in New York

The witness and his partner silently noticed a large triangular object hovering low over trees near their car, lighting the forest with bright lights. After hovering motionless without sound, it moved away over the reservoir until out of sight.

Full-body sighting
Thanksgiving Day New York #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/h3N-b2HzUOoubltptQTj-sA9FbsVorUNRMO8Ha3bm-8

Sasquatch sighting in New York

The guest's teenage son took the dog for a walk to a waterfall on the property and heard heavy breathing. A reddish-brown muscular creature darted from a cove, leapt about 12 to 15 feet, looked back with a surprised expression, then ran down the shallow creek without touching stones. The son was shaken and the family later measured about eight feet tall at the site.

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two years ago in June Whitehall, New York #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/28/sc-ep401-retired-police-officers-encounter

Sasquatch sighting near Whitehall, New York

Two troopers driving back toward town in the early morning saw a huge hairy slumped creature cross the road in front of them. They stopped with lights on and watched it cross a field, go through cattails and up a bank toward the lake direction.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
the night before Whitehall, New York #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2018/01/28/sc-ep401-retired-police-officers-encounter

Full-body sighting near Whitehall, New York

The guest's brother and his friend were planning to camp. The night before the guest's own encounter they rushed to the guest while he was on duty saying they had just seen a monster on Abair Road and urging him to come out.

Full-body sighting
when living in farmhouse as kids and teens Allen, New York #4a294301-740b-4f62-8372-012351209359

Door or window contact near Allen, New York

The family reports years of disturbances in the farmhouse including doorbell and knocks with no one there, loud bangs upstairs, claw-like footsteps down stairs, and a howl from upstairs. Witnesses also describe solid-looking figures including a man at the foot of a bed holding a hat with no head, a sulfur-smelling man from a closet, and hairy legs entering a bedroom, plus moved objects such as truck doors, a broken statue, a sliding piano bench and chair during a blessing.

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one night New York #d13c179d-c46a-4207-9373-0e38be93ed5f

Sasquatch sighting in New York

A school friend later told the witness about riding bicycles with others over a mountain toward town at night. The group saw a very large figure drop about seven feet from a roadside stone wall, land on one foot and spring off the same foot across the road into the woods. The friend wondered how any person could move that way without gear in the dark.

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