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Daylight sighitng by motorist on Hwy 6 near Easterville
The witness was driving north in daylight when a tall, hairy biped rose from the roadside ditch. It crossed the highway from east to west behind a truck ahead, moving very quickly without looking toward the witness, and continued into spruce forest. The witness continued to the next junction and called home to report what was seen.
"Clump of grass" in ditch stands and lopes across road
The witness was driving north on a paved highway in the early evening when a figure rose from the dry grass in the roadside ditch. The figure crossed the road about 100 yards ahead without looking to either side, moving quickly with long steps, then entered brush and disappeared. The witness continued to the first available telephone and called home to report what had been seen.
Backcountry campers in the Nopiming Provincial Park are approached and hear vocalizations
While camping on an island during a multi-day canoe trip, the witness and a companion heard a distant crying-like sound that grew louder and became high-pitched growling as something paced on the opposite shore after dark. They tracked the sounds with flashlights but never saw the source, though they thought trees were swaying. After a rifle shot was fired over the sounds, the vocalizations stopped and the source was heard running away through the forest.
Girl celebrating her birthday has encounter with upright animal walking through yard
The witness went outside to retrieve a bicycle. As relatives shouted from the yard and house, the witness saw a slim hair-covered figure with long arms walk past nearby, look toward the witness, and continue into the bush. Relatives searched immediately after and found footprints, from which a cast was made that was later lost.
Man recalls seeing a sasquatch in the early evening near Great Falls
The witness was heading inside for supper when a dog barked toward the river. The witness saw a large shaggy upright creature about 100 yards away running toward the river, which stopped, faced the witness, and gave a loud high-pitched scream described as roar-like. A strong rotten-fish odor was noticed, and the witness fled inside with the dog.
Childhood incidents in Manitoba
As a child at her family's Manitoba farm, the witness was picking Saskatoon berries with her mother when she noticed a large reddish-brown hair-covered creature standing very close and picking and eating berries by hand. After she got her mother's attention, her mother screamed and pulled her back to the farmhouse, and the witness did not see the creature leave. The encounter happened on a bright sunny afternoon at less than 15 feet distance.
Tracks in Manitoba (1960)
The witness relayed an urban legend that large footsteps were found around a bulldozer when the town was built in the 1960s. She noted there was no concrete discussion, photos, or identifiable witness. She was unsure if there was truth to it.
Moose hunter shoots "bigfoot" to death
While hunting moose alone on the west side of a lake, the witness mistook a tall hair-covered biped seen from behind for the rump of a wounded moose and shot it between the shoulder blades, killing it instantly. The witness then walked around the body, noting its very large size, dark brown long hair, bare palms with opposed thumbs, and flat five-toed feet estimated around fifteen inches, before leaving quickly out of fear and concern about hunting without a license. The account was kept private for about thirty years until the witness recognized similar creatures in published film and began speaking about it.
Sasquatch sighting in Manitoba (1940)
An elderly mail carrier told the witness he was returning by horse and buggy from a dam community in the 1940s when a tall hair-covered wild man came from the bush screaming. His horse bolted and the creature ran alongside the wagon. He said he kept his head down and pretended not to see or hear it, which he believed saved him.
Tracks near Fairford Reserve, Manitoba
Several pupils went to where the figure had stood and reported finding large barefoot prints in patchy snow that were later destroyed.
Boy sneaks up on huge "man" at edge of playground at night
On a windy night in fall 1976, a teenager out walking reached a school track and noticed a very tall, naked, hair-covered figure standing near a baseball backstop. The witness hid behind a transformer and watched the still figure sway slightly for a few minutes before slipping away unseen. A check the next morning found no clear tracks.
Odor near Seven Sisters Falls, Manitoba
On a later rainy visit with a companion the witness slipped on rock, felt watched, and the companion reported a rotten smell nearby while neither saw the source.
Sasquatch sighting near Gypsumville, Manitoba
Other people reportedly witnessed the same thing in the same location.
Sasquatch sighting near Fairford, Manitoba
Another woman reported seeing a sasquatch on the same reserve about three weeks earlier, roughly a mile away.
Scream in Manitoba
The witness's former husband and young daughter were sleeping in a tent near a ravine when deer burst through the camp and the dog shook in fear. The husband saw a very large shape step to the ravine edge and heard splashing below, followed by intense screaming and roaring. They abandoned gear, ran to the truck, and returned the next day to find the campsite scattered.
Vocalization in Manitoba
While singing at the lake on a morning walk months before the main encounter, the witness heard what sounded like melodic opera singing with syllables coming from nearby. She assumed it was a person practicing. She later wondered if it was mimicry.
Vocalization in Manitoba
While crying at the lake on a winter walk months before the main encounter, the witness heard what sounded like her own crying echoed from across the lake. When she stopped, the sound stopped after a second. She dismissed it at the time as cold air playing tricks.
Property disturbance in Manitoba
The witness found a garter snake tied in a knot on her doorstep the morning after her main encounter. She had seen two similarly knotted snakes on the trail the previous day. She interpreted it as a sign the animals knew where she lived.