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1970–1979 Fairbanks County, Alaska Class A #1258

Sighting by Army personnel on manuevers

During summer military training the witness was camped above treeline with a group and noticed movement across a valley about half a mile away. A dark figure crossed snowfields on two legs with long strides and swinging arms, moving fast in a way the witness felt was unlike a bear or a human. The group watched together until the figure blended into rocks and disappeared, and they were too frightened to inspect the area that night or the next day.

Full-body sighting
September 1964 Fairbanks County, Alaska Class A #1256

Witness observers 6 foot, shaggy, dark brown creature off Richardson Hwy

The witness was rabbit hunting along a dirt road when a very tall, shaggy dark brown figure appeared about 30 feet ahead, stared and grunted, then walked quietly into the woods. The witness did not feel threatened but turned back toward the car while hearing cracking branches and low-to-high tones from where the figure went. Some sounds were answered from the other side of the road, prompting the witness to walk faster.

Full-body sightingVocalization
1950–1959 Portlock, Alaska #118c8ac9-9f00-40d7-9768-ce1b8b84cb4c

Vocalization near Portlock, Alaska (1950)

After years of disappearances, residents heard yelling and cries overnight as rocks and logs were thrown into the village. The fear prompted nearly everyone to abandon the town the next morning, leaving only the postmaster who required permission to leave.

VocalizationRock 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
1920–1959 Port Chatham, Alaska #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/xSi4LRBWZiIRmDsCLlFWHJHga0HyC8Dmb3wI0iC9r6s

Animal behaviour near Port Chatham, Alaska (1920)

Historical accounts describe a thriving fishing town that was abandoned after residents were allegedly killed by a hairy, Bigfoot-like creature. The investigator retells these published and locally repeated accounts as background for his own visit to the remote area.

Animal behaviour
1850–1859 Alaska #118c8ac9-9f00-40d7-9768-ce1b8b84cb4c

Sasquatch sighting in Alaska (1850)

A San Francisco newspaper article from the 1850s reportedly described giant creatures coming out of the hills on the Kenai Peninsula. The creatures were said to capture humans and eat them.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: In the 1980's Kenai-Cook Inlet County, Alaska Class B #1259

While hunting small game, witness gets a glimpse of "the hairy man"

A man hunting small game claimed a tall, fully hairy figure walked across a dirt road near Skilak Lake. The figure paused, looked in his direction appearing surprised, then left swiftly into the woods. The witness watched from a few hundred yards away in daylight, loaded his shotgun because he was unsure of intent, and later chose not to tell authorities for fear of disbelief.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Some time in the middle of the night Fairbanks, Fairbanks County, Alaska Related account #1995

Vocalization near Fairbanks, Alaska

In the middle of the night the witness was awakened by a flying squirrel that landed on his chest, squeaked, and ran off.

Vocalization
As I was making camp Fairbanks, Fairbanks County, Alaska Related account #1995

Footsteps near Fairbanks, Alaska

Earlier that evening while making camp, the witness heard a black bear approaching and scared it away before it got close.

FootstepsFull-body sighting
Date unknown Alaska #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2013/12/30/sc-ep9-a-look-back-at-2013-in-the-bigfoot-world

Sasquatch sighting in Alaska

The witness, a longtime salmon fisherman, had anchored for the evening in Southeast Alaska and watched a large grizzly bear on a nearby beach. The bear suddenly froze and fled into brush. A tall hair-covered biped then walked out, stood watching the boat for about 15 seconds, and quickly disappeared into timber.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Fairbanks, Alaska #da9eb7c7-a46e-450b-b86d-351581432b91

Sasquatch sighting near Fairbanks, Alaska

Another miner reportedly was walking a remote catwalk under utility lines when something from above grabbed him upward and slammed him, nearly knocking him out. After falling, he saw a large hairy dark biped running away impossibly fast along the catwalks.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Alaska #9de1e7c1-7793-4ab5-9cae-9c7d1b2bc4cf

Sasquatch sighting in Alaska

An older hunter in Alaska was walking a ridgeline and saw what looked like a man walking on a distant ridgeline across a valley. He judged it to be 15 to 20 feet tall by comparison with nearby trees. He was terrified and would not appear on air.

Full-body sighting
when I was about nine years old Fairbanks, Alaska #9de1e7c1-7793-4ab5-9cae-9c7d1b2bc4cf

Sasquatch sighting near Fairbanks, Alaska

The nine-year-old witness took the family dog to the edge of a snowy field by base housing at night. A helicopter with a spotlight moved erratically over the woods, apparently pursuing something. A huge dark being burst from the treeline into deep snow, moved very fast alternating bipedal and quadrupedal motion, then re-entered the woods with the helicopter following.

Full-body sightingMovement only
Date unknown Alaska #debccbb5-061e-4cb6-a946-d61ea232365a

Sasquatch sighting in Alaska

The guest's hunting friend said that while flying in a bush plane in Alaska, he and the pilot looked down into a clearing and saw a Sasquatch walking across. The pilot did not turn back. The friend later admitted he had seen one but had not wanted to say so.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/dG066zcV9vjVWFBsxXkZR_kktRENsQnnY-PZJ_yYLOo

Sasquatch sighting near Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska

A young boy was deer hunting alone in the wilderness when a large sasquatch appeared in front of him, roaring and tearing apart a stump. The witness reported mentally receiving threats while two more creatures flanked him. Years later he remained too traumatized to return to the site with a film crew.

Full-body sightingScreamAnimal behaviour
Date unknown Alaska #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/tlRGHMrE5m2HIKPOHxBWxhPt_WvpEE_Gpp438UyZmYY

Object throwing in Alaska

While playing at the river the witness and others would skip rocks over to a small island in the river. On some occasions rocks would come back at them from the island with no visible thrower. This was described as ongoing playful interaction.

Object throwing
Date unknown Alaska #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/tlRGHMrE5m2HIKPOHxBWxhPt_WvpEE_Gpp438UyZmYY

Footsteps in Alaska

The witness camped with the sibling and a friend from the city in a clearing containing moose bones and antlers. After midnight they heard branching breaking and multiple bipedal-sounding runners circling camp in the dark, fired rifles without effect, found the dog terrified in the tent and felt something touch a tent, then saw large shadows in firelight. They packed out carrying the dog while being followed down the trail, with one silent individual flushing very close, until reaching the car.

FootstepsMovement onlySilhouetteDoor or window contact
around seven years old Slana, Alaska #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/tlRGHMrE5m2HIKPOHxBWxhPt_WvpEE_Gpp438UyZmYY

Sasquatch sighting near Slana, Alaska

The witness was riding in the back of the family car after collecting river water when a large hairy figure stood up from a roadside ditch about 20 feet away and watched the car. The figure was described as [name withheld]-sized with long brown and gray hair and a mostly human-like angry face. The witness told the parents in the car, who dismissed the report.

Partial sighting
Date unknown Alaska #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/kGApXRMUm60FJhjd1yw_nAgdOawSWSSax1__5WaafoU

Vocalization in Alaska

While filming a solo survival episode in Alaska, the witness heard a huge vocalization like a silverback gorilla followed by a loud crashing like a freight train moving through the forest. He decided at the time not to mention it on the show because he did not want the encounter to overshadow his survival work.

VocalizationMovement only
Date unknown Port Chatham, Alaska #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/xSi4LRBWZiIRmDsCLlFWHJHga0HyC8Dmb3wI0iC9r6s

Movement only near Port Chatham, Alaska

While investigating the abandoned town area with night vision, the witness made a vocal call and saw something large move through the woods across an embankment in apparent response. He could not determine its shape and did not claim it as a creature, noting it paused as if listening.

Movement only