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same summer, like two months afterwards Connecticut #c6ab5ec3-e69e-4af6-8817-f682007be113

Sasquatch sighting in Connecticut (2014)

About two months after the first sighting, the witness and a friend were hitting golf balls from an elevated barn deck toward the back field. A large brown bipedal creature came out of the treeline, seemed to notice them, then retreated into the woods. The next day they found branches snapped high where it had emerged.

Full-body sightingTree break
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.

Partial sighting
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.

Property disturbancePartial sightingEyeshineWhistleMovement only
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
Summer 2008 Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut Class B #74596

Heavy bipedal footsteps heard deep within Macedonia Brook State Park

In 2008 the witness and a companion were sitting at a secluded spot deep in the woods on a relative's large forested property. The woods became unusually silent, then heavy bipedal-sounding footsteps approached up a steep brushy slope. Both fled to the house without seeing what made the sounds.

Footsteps
2008–2009 Connecticut #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/kTDgzxKGmJusUbFfUiu5FEkGl-kZ7GWDLMMvIOBm3kQ

Unidentified sound in Connecticut (2008)

On the first night in a long-empty cabin the witness heard hours of loud cracking and later found large bark strips lined up on the ground. The next afternoon he and his son smelled a strong odor and found a large scat pile by the cabin steps. The following evening all three heard a long powerful scream nearby and searched with a flashlight without finding the source.

Unidentified soundTree breakScatOdorScream
Summer 2005 Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Class B #23330

Possible nighttime sighting while walking dogs near Norwich

Late at night the witness took two leashed dogs for a walk on a moonlit dead-end street. The witness first watched a human-shaped figure move from bushes toward the back of a neighbor's house, then waited near the end of the street and saw a hair-covered biped run across a lawn into adjacent woods. The dogs barked intensely and pulled toward the creature.

Full-body sighting
25 November 2004 EAST HAMPTON, Middlesex County, Connecticut Class B #13585

Possible activity near Salmon River State Forest

Late on a Thanksgiving night in 2004, the witness and his mother were washing dishes when an extremely loud impact shook the side of the house near the woods. The witness stepped into an adjacent dark room and saw a very large upright shadow moving quickly away from the house toward the woods. His mother said the next morning she had felt watched for hours, and no footprints were found because the ground was frozen.

SilhouetteObject throwing
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.

Partial sightingTracksFootstepsProperty disturbanceScream
August 1995 Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut Class B #5121

Fisherman hears unusual late night vocalizations at Roraback WMA

The witness walked alone at night to a pond in a wildlife management area to fish. After fishing for about an hour in bright moonlight, the witness heard a loud, deep guttural sound repeated four times from the woodline where they had entered. The witness saw nothing, heard no approach or departure, continued fishing nervously for another hour, then left without further incident.

Vocalization
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.

Partial sighting
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
11 November 1987 New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut Class B #18333

Possible vocalizations near Bakersville

Two companions were jogging home in the dark along a rural road in the early morning hours. They heard a loud, high-pitched scream that held then dropped in pitch and ended in a cackle, first from a distance on the left. About an hour and several miles later they heard a similar but closer scream on the right, felt they were being followed, and hurried the rest of the way home.

Scream
1 August 1986 Bristol/Burlington Town Line, Hartford County, Connecticut Class B #74290

Whoops and knocks heard by four locals camping north of Bristol

Four young people camped overnight in a wooded area in summer 1987. During the night they heard knocking, whooping, and footsteps around their tent, and something stepped on a companion's hand through the tent wall. Two of them looked outside but saw nothing, hearing only something heavy moving away quickly. Years later they interpreted the incident as a Bigfoot encounter.

Wood knockWhoopFootstepsRock throwing
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
3 June 1976 Stevenson, Fairfield County, Connecticut Class A #77112

Daylight encounter on railroad bed near lower Paugussett State Park

The witness was walking along railroad tracks toward a friend's house when they tripped, looked up, and saw a tall dark figure ahead. The figure looked at the witness, then quickly ran off the tracks, up a small embankment, and into the woods within seconds. The witness described it as very tall, fully covered in dark hair, and making no noise.

Full-body sighting
middle of summer 1976, like July August Connecticut #21f69b2e-7990-44db-9e8e-0a33110c35dd

Sasquatch sighting in Connecticut (1976)

At age 14 on a summer day the witness was walking between the rails looking down when he stumbled forward. He looked up to see a tall hairy silhouette about 50 to 75 feet away. It stood briefly then turned, took a few steps up a rocky incline and went into the woods without sound.

Full-body sightingSilhouette
1972 Connecticut #21f69b2e-7990-44db-9e8e-0a33110c35dd

Structure or nest in Connecticut (1972)

As a child the witness and friends found very large pressed-down beds in tall grass in a field that could fit several kids. In winter at the same spot they found very large footprints in snow with long stride they could not match. They joked about giants at the time and thought no more of it until later.

Structure or nestTracks