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2000–2001 Hague, Warren County, New York Class B #20363

Campers describe a possible approach to a camp near Lake George, Adirondacks

Six people were camping at a lakeside site late at night. After most of the group went to bed, the witness entered a tent set very close to the water. The witness and a companion heard splashing and branches moving behind the tent, then the witness saw an elbow-like shape drag down the tent wall. This was followed by loud heavy thuds of something running away from camp.

Partial sightingFootsteps
2000–2001 Endicott/Owego, Tioga County, New York Class A #10136

Close roadside observation of female upright animal along country road

Two companions driving slowly on a dark rural road late at night noticed a large dark figure standing on a steep bank at the road edge. They initially thought it was a large person in dark clothing, but as they passed within a few feet it turned its torso to look at them, showing a broad human-like face with a very wide upturned nose, a large torso with breasts, and a conical head with dark coarse hair. They concluded it did not appear human and continued driving without stopping.

Partial sighting
11 July 1998 Otsego County, New York Class B #1597

Sequence of loud vocalizations heard by campers

The witness took two young relatives camping overnight near an old logging road and storm-damaged trees. During the evening and night the group repeatedly heard unidentified noises and guttural patterned calls that seemed to get responses from farther away. In the morning the companions briefly saw something near bushes that froze then moved into shadow, and the group stopped after hearing a rock crash nearby. No footprints were found on the hard ground.

Unidentified soundVocalizationPartial sightingRock throwing
Summer 1998 Erie County, New York Class B #1520

Witness sees yellow. glowing eyes while four-wheeling

The witness and a companion were riding a four-wheeler through a swampy forest off abandoned tracks at dusk. The witness first noticed a black flash in the woods, then heard whistling and rustling behind them while riding slowly. Looking back, the witness perceived a large black bulk pursuing them and saw two yellow glowing eyes. The companion reportedly saw nothing, and the witness did not mention it at the time to avoid alarming the companion.

Partial sightingEyeshineWhistleMovement only
September 1996 Sandy Creek, Oswego County, New York Class A #5326

Nighttime sighting by motorist near Sandy Creek

Late at night the witness was driving on a narrow wooded road when a hairy figure darted from the roadside and crossed in front of the vehicle. The witness braked hard and briefly saw the figure from the side and rear in the headlights as it went up a bank into the woods. The figure was described as tall, powerfully built and long-haired with no visible neck.

Road crossingPartial sighting
1995–1996 New York #d13c179d-c46a-4207-9373-0e38be93ed5f

Sasquatch sighting in New York (1995)

The witness's family had moved to a remote house bordered by extensive forest. Over three consecutive nights an exchange student staying in the lower level reported a face watching him through the window while working out. The witness heard car-door-like slams and footsteps with no vehicle present, and on the final night the witness and the father chased outside and heard something crashing rapidly and powerfully through dense woods away from any road.

Partial sightingFootstepsUnidentified soundMovement only
14 September 1994 Tuxedo NY, Orange County, New York Class A #63832

Motorist sighting in Harriman State Park not far from Appalachian Trail

The witness was riding as a front-seat passenger with two companions driving slowly on a winding park road at night with high beams on. The witness saw a large upright hair-covered being run across the road in front of the car and climb the bank into dense thickets. The driver saw movement but not details, and the occupants heard sounds of it moving upslope through leaf litter before it disappeared.

Partial sightingRoad crossingFootsteps
November 1986 Addison/Erwin, Steuben County, New York Class A #2630

While taking a break during a deer drive, hunter sees 6 foot tall creature run away down hillside

The witness was deer hunting with companions and stopped to rest on a hill. A black entity about the witness's height ran very fast down the hill about 50 yards away and disappeared in about five seconds, with breaking deadfall heard as it left. The witness was startled, thought it might have been watching, and later wondered if it was a large bear or loose livestock.

Partial sightingFootstepsPossible misidentification
8 August 1980 KENT, Putnam County, New York Class A #11841

Two young boys see crouching animal

In summer 1980 the witness and a companion were hanging out listening to the radio on a moonlit trail when a companion pointed out a hunched figure holding a small tree about 30 feet away. They shouted at it, advanced for a better look, then fled home in fear. The next day they compared descriptions and agreed closely.

Partial sighting
August 1979 Don't Know, Hamilton County, New York Class A #6695

Encounter with Juvenile Creature

In 1979 the witness had moved ahead of a hiking group in the Adirondacks to watch beavers and was walking back to the main trail. Something flushed from thick brush ran diagonally toward the witness on the trail, pounding loudly and wailing like a woman screaming, and was seen partially as a fast, upright furry figure about four and a half feet tall. The witness initially assumed a bear cub but later doubted that because it ran upright for about 150 feet and the vocalization resembled sounds associated with Bigfoot reports.

Partial sightingScreamFootstepsPossible misidentification
Summer 1970 Cazenovia, Madison County, New York Class B #454

Man recalls incident as a child in a swampy area near Cazenovia

When the witness was a young child, the witness and a companion were chopping a rotted fallen tree with hammers far out in a swamp. After hearing a loud noise described as like a scream, they saw a very large dark man-like form walking very near them. Both children dropped everything and ran home without looking back.

Partial sightingScream
July 1969 Long Lake Village, Hamilton County, New York Class B #1524

Couple sees "something" looking through their window late at night

The witness and his wife were lying awake in a lakeside cabin at night when his wife repeatedly said a raccoon was looking in a small rear window. After several minutes he rolled over quickly and saw a dark-faced, brown-furred creature with a large conical head peering in, which left within seconds. The next morning he found a single large heel/footprint about eight inches wide in mud by a small stream behind the cabin.

Partial sightingTracks
Winter 1969 Cortland County, New York Class A #1451

Woman followed by large, dark shape in the experimental forest on the campus of SUNY College

The witness was walking alone through a small college forest on a trail to work on a dark winter evening. Something off the trail followed alongside her, keeping pace and making increasingly loud breaking and movement sounds, and she glimpsed a very tall blocky dark shape moving beside her while hearing breathing. She stayed on the trail with it alongside until the edge of the woods, then ran to a nearby building while it remained in the woods.

Partial sightingSilhouetteFootsteps
only three weeks ago Warren County, New York Related account #1599

Sasquatch sighting near Warren County

An unspecified sighting at a cemetery in Ticonderoga was said to have occurred three weeks before the investigation.

Partial sighting
Date unknown City: Kingston. Town: Port Ewen, Ulster County, New York Related account #59664

Sasquatch sighting near City: Kingston. Town: Port Ewen, New York

The companion's mother reportedly also saw things on the farm.

Partial sighting
one evening at twilight City: Kingston. Town: Port Ewen, Ulster County, New York Related account #59664

Sasquatch sighting near City: Kingston. Town: Port Ewen, New York

The male [name withheld] reportedly saw a large hand at twilight at the new back deck that appeared to mimic him while smoking.

Partial sighting
this past summer Township Of Unadilla, Close To The Village Of Sidney, Otsego County, New York Related account #12388

Sasquatch sighting near Township Of Unadilla, Close To The Village Of Sidney, New York

A young child staying with the witness told her mother about a man in the window.

Partial sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1985-86 Williamstown, Oswego County, New York Class B #3614

Large figure prowls around cabin outside Williamstown

Two friends were staying overnight in a cabin by a creek when late at night someone tried the locked door and did not answer. A tall shape then appeared at the side window, and they remained huddled inside without sleep until morning. Next morning they found barefoot-like prints with a wide stride going up a steep embankment near the creek.

Partial sightingSilhouetteDoor or window contactTracks
Date unknown Long Lake Village, Hamilton County, New York Related account #1524

Sasquatch sighting near Long Lake Village, New York

A young girl at the same lake said she was feeding a bear crackers and her father saw a furry thing bending over picking up and eating crackers.

Partial sighting
In the fall of 1999 Findley Lake, Chautauqua County, New York Related account #6384

Sasquatch sighting near Findley Lake, New York

A relative reported seeing something very large and black while cutting firewood and left quickly on a four-wheeler.

Partial sighting