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Youth has daytime sighting near LaVale
The witness was playing by a creek when they spotted a tall, muscular creature in a nearby thicket. The animal stood upright on two legs and walked toward the creek while favoring one side. Startled, the witness fled and never saw the creature again.
Man recalls seeing a tall dark creature behind his house at dusk near Laurel
On a summer evening at dusk the witness was behind the home with the dog near a drainage pond bordering woods. The witness noticed rustling and saw a tall, hairy bipedal figure about 100 yards away just inside the treeline. The witness and dog watched it for a couple minutes until it looked toward them, then it turned and walked deeper into the woods, increasing its pace.
Six People Witness "Large dark Animal, run away on two legs" near Gunpowder State Park
The witness and several companions were sitting in parked cars at a state park fishing area late at night. They heard something crashing down a wooded slope and saw a tall dark human-like figure land on the road, pause to look back, then sprint away with loud slapping footsteps. The group briefly got out, then left without discussing it and did not speak of it among themselves for months.
A sighting by two campers at Little Bennett Campground
The witness claims to have watched a large brown-haired creature at the Little Bennett campsite in Frederick, Maryland on July 31, 1996. The creature was observed from about 20 yards away for about two minutes while feeding on tree leaves before moving off into the woods.
Large, dark creature seen crossing the road.
The witness was riding a motorcycle north on a straight stretch of road. A large dark bipedal thing emerged from woods on the right, crossed the road in six steps, and disappeared into woods on the other side. The witness first thought it was a person and noted no other traffic was present.
Sasquatch sighting near Sykesville, Maryland (1981)
The witness was fly fishing alone in a river pool in the morning when a dog on the far bank began barking. A tall dark-haired biped stood up from the brush, was observed walking through the thicket, then left for the woods. The witness reported the sighting, returned to find police blocking the road, and later saw a large search with vehicles and helicopters but never received follow-up.
Man witness confrontation between bigfoot and stray dog, near Sykesville
The witness was fishing on the north bank of a river when a dog on the south bank barked at brush and confronted an upright, hair-covered animal. The animal knocked the dog down, emitted a ticking sound and a musky odor, then walked into the woods where the witness lost sight of it while wearing waders. The witness later found the dog with blood on it and reported seeing a taped-off police search at the site.
Woman recalls sighting near Williamsport
In the summer of 1970 the witness was walking with a pony and dog in thick woods behind the family home when a large dark hairy biped was seen on a hill beyond a fence about 50 feet away. The witness fled in fright while the animals showed no reaction. The figure was never seen again.
Sasquatch sighting near Westminster, Maryland (1970)
A Maryland storyteller said his best friend was running in woods at night and collided with a hair-covered biped local legend called a werewolf. The creature broke the runner's arm and threw him down. The storyteller later reinterpreted it as a sasquatch-type animal.
Various activities reported near the Gunpowder River.
A family is said to have seen a very tall creature estimated at about ten feet in height. No details about when the sighting occurred or what the creature looked like beyond its height were provided. The account was listed alongside other local reports of tracks, sounds, and prowling around camps.
Dusk sighting above a creek in the Severn Run area
The witness, then 13, was playing alone along a stream between subdivisions on a clear late-fall afternoon. Feeling watched, he looked uphill about 250 ft away and saw a tall dark figure standing and looking in his direction. He ran away without looking back and told no one at the time.
Hunched figure seen covered with hair
In mid-summer or early fall of 1978 or 1979, the witness and a friend were in the woods behind the witness's house when they saw a tall hair-covered hunched figure in reeds about 300 feet away. They watched it for about 20 seconds before it noticed them, stood up, and ran into the woods. The witness was struck by how fast it moved through marshy mud that caused the children to sink to their knees.
Sasquatch sighting in Maryland
A man posted videos claiming he shot a small Sasquatch near a reservoir with a rifle, saying larger ones were nearby. The hosts laughed about the videos, noting the first take contained laughter and the object looked like a rat or coat in snow, treating it as a joke.
Sasquatch sighting in Maryland
The witness, then a teen, walked deep into unfamiliar old-growth woods while squirrel hunting alone. After feeling dread and hearing movement and strange chattering laughter from a laurel thicket, he fired a warning shot and saw a hairy bipedal figure emerge. He fled as it pursued parallel to him until he reached his house, where he and his brother later fired into the woods.