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5 May 1974 Shawingan Lake B.C. Vancouver Island, British Columbia Class A #24564

Woman recalls multiple witness daylight sighting on Shawnigan Lake

Five girls were walking in the woods when they heard crashing from across a meadow and hid to watch. They observed a very tall, hairy bipedal figure with long arms approaching, noticing a foul smell. After one cousin made a noise, the figure was startled and walked back into the woods, and the girls ran home.

Full-body sightingOdorFootstepsAnimal behaviour
April 1974 Princeton, British Columbia Class A #294

Two brothers see and verbally confront upright, walking, hairy creature

Two brothers on an early morning run outside town saw an upright, fully hairy creature cross the road onto a gravel road. After one shouted, the creature turned to face them in a brief standoff of about 45 seconds, then walked away around a bend. Minutes later they found large barefoot tracks in light snow and noted a slight lingering odor.

Full-body sightingTracksOdor
Summer 1973 Langley, British Columbia Class B #2424

Strange sounds heard at summer camp; animals reported missing

In summer 1973 the witness, then a child at a camp in Langley, joined a counselor and another child to search the back of the camp property for a neighbor's missing sheep. After finding bloody sheep fur on a barbed-wire fence, the group heard an extremely loud roar and fled in panic. The camp was then closed with officials blaming a loose bear. Years later the witness heard online Bigfoot scream recordings and felt they matched the sound exactly.

Scream
10 January 1969 Hope B.C., British Columbia Class A #10119

Motorist observes animal cross the road in front of him

The witness was driving at night with two companions when a large creature crossed the road in front of the vehicle from left to right, visible in the headlights for about six to eight seconds. The driver stopped at the crossing spot but the creature was gone and was not seen again. The witness described a tall greyish figure with very long arms, a thick torso and an apelike forehead that briefly turned its upper body toward the vehicle while walking.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
September 1968 Courtenay, British Columbia Class B #857

Possible sighting around 2:00AM near Courtenay

The witness arrived home late at night under bright moonlight and saw a large dark form standing in a ditch behind a telephone pole across the road, watching. The witness pointed it out to a parent, who glanced toward it and hurried the family inside. The form remained motionless during the several minutes observed, and a next-day check found only muddy water in the about 2-foot-deep ditch.

Partial sighting
August 1966 Penticton, British Columbia Class B #10572

Possible approach to a camp outside Penticton

The mother, sleeping with family in a tent trailer at a campground, was awake during the night while something was outside. In the morning the family found a cooler that had been tucked under the trailer dragged out, crushed, with food missing. The mother said she had seen its shadow on the tent wall and insisted it was neither a bear nor a man, remaining upset for most of the day.

SilhouetteProperty disturbance
May 1966 Spillimacheen, British Columbia Class A #1408

Bear hunter sees bigfoot mating

The witness was on foot hunting bears near a small clearing when he spotted three brown hair-covered animals scuffling as they moved away. He hid behind a log and watched as two mated face-to-face on the ground while the third stood and moved nearby, then he fired a rifle shot that missed. The three animals then fled into the treeline running on two legs.

Full-body sightingAnimal behaviour
October 1965 Fort St.John, British Columbia Class A #5172

Multi-witness road-crossing sighting outside Fort St.John

In 1965 a family of five was driving on the Alaska Highway in the early evening when an upright hairy figure crossed the road directly in front of their pickup near Mile 91. The occupants in both the cab and the camper watched it cross quickly. They later stopped at a cafe where the father made a joking remark about what they had seen. A lingering egg-like smell was also noted in connection with the crossing.

Road crossingFull-body sightingOdor
1960–1969 British Columbia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/uclvx_fyhzI7g7jxKcWdauGJG-UABLHWk49O0iH_7VM

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1960)

A prospector in British Columbia in the 1960s saw a creature standing upright across a pond. It rocked back and forth with hands and arms swinging slowly. The witness emphasized the hands were as large as canoe paddles.

Full-body sighting
1960–1969 British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/09/10/sc-ep361-dr-john-a-bindernagel

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1960)

The guest recalls a 1960s report with an eyewitness drawing by a prospector in British Columbia. The creature was described as standing upright across a pond, rocking and swinging its arms, with hands noted as large as canoe paddles.

Full-body sighting
1958 Port McNeil, British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/11/21/sc-ep276-first-nations-encounters-with-sasquatch-part-3

Cryptid sighting near Port McNeil, British Columbia (1958)

The guest says his father saw a double-headed sea serpent outside Port McNeil in 1958. He links it to the year of the record sockeye return on the British Columbia coast and to stories of a dinosaur-type Belle Isle Sound monster.

Partial sighting
October 1955 British Columbia Class A #1083

William Roe account -- Highway worker has lengthy sighting at close range & records much detail

The witness hiked to a deserted mine on a mountain in the afternoon and encountered an upright hair-covered female creature at close range. The creature approached, squatted to strip and eat leaves, noticed the witness, vocalized, and walked away into timber, later appearing briefly on a distant ridge. The witness considered shooting it for science but refrained, then examined droppings and a bedding spot.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
October 1955 British Columbia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/emxwtZ2Fw-5pmgp2LbbBKp6yQuE0M6VuF9UCVxWFsX0

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1955)

A hunter watched a hair-covered female-like biped strip leaves and eat, approach within 20 feet, notice him, then walk away while making a half-laugh vocalization. He chose not to shoot and later examined feeding and sleeping signs.

Full-body sightingVocalization
October 1955 British Columbia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/JIXgl3Wz15O7YUv4aMl5Gq6qfU8nSrXrFWjjSs1TQUE

Sasquatch sighting in British Columbia (1955)

Retold as a classic historical report, a hunter watched a large hair-covered biped emerge near a mine, eat leaves, notice him, and walk away vocalizing. He described human-like ears, small dark eyes, broad nose, and long arms, and decided not to shoot.

Full-body sightingVocalization
October 1955 Tete Jaune Cache, British Columbia #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/iqimrATuQKXg0yc7o6x_-4bDjWzMteVl9yuRWmJEZt0

Sasquatch sighting near Tete Jaune Cache, British Columbia (1955)

The witness hiked up a mountain to visit an abandoned mine and encountered a large hair-covered biped at close range. The creature approached to within about twenty feet, foraged on leaves, then noticed the witness and retreated while vocalizing. The witness considered shooting it for science but refrained, then examined droppings and a bedding site before describing the encounter as a lasting mystery.

Full-body sightingVocalizationScat
1950–1959 British Columbia Class C #2440

Camp cook sees a sasquatch at a logging camp while loggers were away from camp

A cook at a remote logging camp reportedly saw a being she described as a sasquatch while the crew was away cutting trees. The account is presented as a long-circulating story among local old residents, said to date to the early 1950s. No visual details of the being are given in the report.

Partial sighting
28 November 1941 Fort [name Withheld], British Columbia #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/01/24/sc-ep187-mountain-giants

Sasquatch sighting near Fort [name Withheld], British Columbia (1941)

A 1941 newspaper report said Fort [name withheld] was being terrorized by an enormous Sasquatch. A family who cited the behemoth claimed it was at least 14 feet tall. It was described as about twice as tall as a normal Sasquatch.

Full-body sighting
29 July 1934 Chehalis Indian Reservation, British Columbia Class A #14331

Old newspaper article (Lincoln Nebraska Journal and Star) near Chehalis Indian Reservation

The supplied text does not describe a claimed encounter. It contains only an instruction to download a larger readable version.

9 April 1934 Harrison, British Columbia Class A #14329

Old newspaper article (Fresno Bee) Univ. Calif. students plan expedition to BC

March 1934 Harrison, British Columbia Class A #14328

Old newspaper article (Lima, Ohio) about encounters near Harrison Mills