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6 October 2019 Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut Class A #63731

Recent sighting on Connecticut Water Co. property near Killingworth

The witness was walking off trail with a companion when they noticed a dark figure behind a low stone wall. The figure stood up with its back to the witness and walked quickly into the woods without running. The companion did not see it but heard movement, and the pair searched for about three hours without finding it again.

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August 2016 OLD MYSTIC, New London County, Connecticut Class B #55771

Possible close encounter behind a home near Old Mystic village

Around 5 p.m. the witness went into the yard behind his home after dogs barked and two deer ran past. About 20 feet away in swamp vegetation he saw only a long jet-black-haired arm pulling on plants. The individual gave a loud whoop that was answered from farther down the swamp. The witness briefly turned to check his house door and when he looked back the individual was gone.

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fall of 2016 Connecticut #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/TLSRsyRry32QQ9YICkj1Vlluh5lcXDsHy6YxYh6LPDA

Sasquatch sighting in Connecticut (2016)

The witness and a companion camped overnight on a remote section of trail while on a hunting trip. Through the night they heard whistles, a deep growl, a piercing scream and bipedal footsteps, saw a small figure peering from behind vegetation, and had a heavy log thrown into their fire pit. After firing a shotgun blast they heard crashing retreat, later found the camp destroyed with a tent lodged high in trees and gear snapped apart, and were pelted with rocks while leaving the area.

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May 2014 Bridgewater CT, Litchfield County, Connecticut Class A #48732

Large hairy biped seen chasing deer behind a home at dusk near Bridgewater

In the early evening the witness went outside to call the dog in and saw six or seven deer running as if chased. Behind the deer in tall grass about 100 yards from the house, a large hairy animal was running on two legs and towering above the 4-foot grass while chasing the deer. The witness, familiar with local wildlife including bears, concluded it was not a bear.

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summer 2014 Connecticut #c6ab5ec3-e69e-4af6-8817-f682007be113

Sasquatch sighting in Connecticut (2014)

The witness went outside in early evening to get the dog which was barking at the back fence. A group of deer ran across the tall unmaintained field as if chased, followed by a tall upright brown creature moving easily through brambles and towering over the grass before disappearing into the woods.

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5 May 2013 Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut Class B #62902

Encounters on rural property a few miles from Housatonic River outside Bethel

Late at night the witness arrived home and got out of the car with a young dog, which ran toward a brushy stone wall barking aggressively. The witness shone a flashlight and watched a dark bulky shape with bright reddish-orange eyes move slowly, crouch behind a tree and peer out before standing taller. The witness first assumed it was a bear but later concluded it was a sasquatch.

Partial sightingEyeshine
May 2012 Connecticut #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/kTDgzxKGmJusUbFfUiu5FEkGl-kZ7GWDLMMvIOBm3kQ

Property disturbance in Connecticut (2012)

The witness hung meat, sweets, wind chimes and plastic ducks with cameras but never photographed the taker, finding chewed toys with straight human-like teeth marks. A porch camera later caught a translucent moving outline and a figure walking down deck steps. After whistling exchanges by a brook, a video showed eyeshine with a turning blinking head close to where he had stood.

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2 February 2009 Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut Class B #25484

Woman witnesses tall creature looking into her kitchen window near Woodstock

The witness woke around 2 a.m. and went to the kitchen for milk. While at the counter she saw a face with large red glowing eyes looking in the rear window for several seconds before she ducked behind the counter. When she turned on exterior lights and looked again, nothing was visible.

Partial sightingEyeshine
winter of 2000, after Christmas, early snowfall morning Connecticut #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/_hVc2jjpNEX4qdmXMbKY0skHADpEZsL8LB4C5TH0IS4

Sasquatch sighting in Connecticut (2000)

After months of rabbits and chickens disappearing from locked hutches without feathers or remains, the witness went to feed animals after fresh snow. He found open doors and human-like footprints leading to the tree line and felt watched. He threw a stick at a trunk-like shape in the woods, which then stood and ran off on two legs crashing through trees. The family later moved cages closer to the house and continued to occasionally hear loud screams from the woods.

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1992 Connecticut #21f69b2e-7990-44db-9e8e-0a33110c35dd

Sasquatch sighting in Connecticut (1992)

The witness's middle daughter, about three, came inside twice about 20 minutes apart saying a hairy man was watching her in the backyard. Adults went out to check the yard edge and woods and found nothing. The grandmother remarked not to be surprised if she did see something.

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Summer 1990 Winsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut Class A #78609

Three witnesses watch a "Winsted Wildman" two miles SW of Winsted

The witness and two companions stopped during a daytime drive to look from a bridge down into a dry dam area. The witness noticed a large gray creature moving quickly away from under the bridge through stones and brush, leaning forward and appearing to have no visible head. The group quickly returned to the car and drove away.

Partial sighting
June 1989 Bristol/Burlington Town Line, Hartford County, Connecticut Related account #74290

Sasquatch sighting near Bristol/Burlington Town Line, Connecticut (1989)

The witness and a relative claimed to see a Bigfoot from a car in the same neighborhood.

Partial sighting
1983–1987 Connecticut #21f69b2e-7990-44db-9e8e-0a33110c35dd

UFO sighting in Connecticut (1983)

While working evening and midnight shifts as an officer the witness says the department was repeatedly called about silent lights in the sky, often described as five lights in a triangle that disappeared. The airport reported nothing on radar and the calls were laughed off.

Partial sighting
Date unknown Connecticut #c6ab5ec3-e69e-4af6-8817-f682007be113

Sasquatch sighting in Connecticut

The witness's father as a youth was snapping turtle fishing from a small boat with his grandfather at a secluded pond. They saw something move easily through the woods, pause to peer from behind a tree at them, then disappear. The grandfather dismissed it as a bear but the father remained terrified.

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my 18th birthday, December 26 Cornwall, Connecticut #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/KcQSPG0ibmmvcEvpa9fzroW8YMWKsNniDpLthrMOoy4

Footsteps near Cornwall, Connecticut

The witness and a friend hiked into Dudleytown to look for ruins and heard something paralleling them that stopped and started with them. After the friend headed back, the witness saw a six-foot bipedal figure with long arms take a quick lateral step behind a tree and disappear. They both then hurried out of the woods.

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when I was probably about 11, 12 years old Connecticut #21f69b2e-7990-44db-9e8e-0a33110c35dd

UFO sighting in Connecticut

At age 11 or 12 while riding in the back seat home from a county fair the witness looked out over the mountains and saw a distant wide string of red yellow green white lights moving back and forth for about 15 seconds. He told his parents who said they saw nothing, and then it disappeared.

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