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6,940 encounters
1980 Place not stated Related account #42226

Footsteps (1980)

The witness heard bipedal footsteps paralleling him on a logging trail, smelled a musky odor, heard breathing and grunting-growling after throwing a rock, then ran to his car.

FootstepsOdorGrowl
1980–1989 Packwood, Lewis County, Washington Related account #5453

Sasquatch sighting near Packwood, Washington (1980)

A motorist braked and swerved to avoid a large hairy animal squatting in the road that stood on two legs and left the road.

Full-body sighting
June 1979 Place not stated Related account #28740

Chatter (1979)

While camping with companions the group heard unintelligible chatter from across a lake, later had small rocks lobbed near them, and the witness saw the head and upper body of a dark hair-covered creature at close range.

ChatterRock throwingPartial sightingProperty disturbance
1979 Place not stated Related account #9552

Tracks (1979)

Several other people saw a creature in 1979 and the main witness tracked it to a foot impression on an ant mound and disturbed hay bales.

Tracks
1979 Place not stated Related account #42226

Sasquatch sighting (1979)

The witness and a companion driving in a snowstorm watched a huge fur-covered figure run across the road in front of their vehicle.

Road crossingFull-body sighting
1979 Place not stated Related account #10438

Sasquatch sighting (1979)

While squirrel hunting in 1979 witness briefly saw what looked like Spanish moss that he thought was hair on a head peering from around a tree at 50-60 yards before it vanished.

Partial sighting
1979 Place not stated Related account #10438

Odor (1979)

While squirrel hunting on a foggy damp morning, witness heard sniffing, deep primate-like grunts and movement through a thicket ending in a loud two-legged splash and heavy breathing without seeing the source.

OdorVocalizationMovement only
September 1977 Place not stated Related account #1630

Tracks (1977)

A relative showed the witness and a companion fresh 10-inch footprints with toe and hair impressions, scattered frog legs, and flattened grass leading to a river after rain.

Tracks
1976 Place not stated Related account #231

Property disturbance (1976)

A 1976 encounter in Sykesville reportedly involved property damage.

Property disturbance
1976 Place not stated Related account #28545

Scream (1976)

The witness and two companions digging for bait felt watched and then heard a loud woman-like scream and left quickly.

Scream
1976 Place not stated Related account #48359

Scream (1976)

A group stopped at a road intersection and heard a loud single non-human scream from the woods.

Scream
1976 Place not stated Related account #7473

Sasquatch sighting (1976)

Two earlier sightings were reported to have occurred in 1976.

1975 Place not stated Related account #1830

Sasquatch sighting (1975)

Another person reportedly saw a large hairy figure step from the woods while driving in 1975 before it stepped back.

Partial sighting
1975 Place not stated Related account #6651

Howl (1975)

The witness recalled hearing a howl while hunting as a young person on a road behind a nearby community.

Howl
October 1974 Place not stated Related account #50659

Howl (1974)

In October 1974 porch calling drew a very loud howl from behind the house followed by three huge grunts near the fence, after which the adults sent the children inside.

HowlVocalization
1974 Place not stated Related account #24435

Sasquatch sighting (1974)

A bigfoot was reportedly seen at a strip mine a few miles away about two years earlier.

1972 Place not stated Related account #10805

Vocalization (1972)

The witness says they heard something similar in 1972 and felt menaced, with nightmares for months afterwards.

Vocalization
1971 Place not stated Related account #1730

Animal behaviour (1971)

A group on a class outing was followed for one and a half miles by something that made noisy breathing sounds when they stopped.

Animal behaviourUnidentified sound
1970–1979 Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia Related account #2786

Unidentified sound near Milton, West Virginia (1970)

A relative and companion reportedly saw a gray hairy bipedal creature drinking at the creek and running up the hollow in the late 1970s.

Unidentified soundFull-body sighting
1970–1979 Place not stated Related account #12736

Movement only (1970)

The witness describes walking with a relative along a river when brush kept moving parallel to them uphill, prompting them to turn back.

Movement only