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Daylight road crossing sighting of a Sasquatch 65mi NE of Valdez
The witness and his wife were driving south on the Richardson Highway on a Sunday morning to get breakfast when a very large furry biped ran across the road in front of them. It crossed in only a few running steps and went into the ditch and timber. The witness described its arms and legs as human-like and its fur as dark possibly with auburn tips, and judged it too large and fast to be a human.
Daytime sighting of reddish-colored bigfoot near Fairbanks
Driving home on Auburn Drive in Fairbanks in July 2009 around 6 p.m., the witness noticed a figure standing by the roadside about 100 yards ahead. As the witness closed to about 50 yards the figure bolted into the woods toward the elementary school, ran away from the road then turned to run parallel to it before disappearing. The witness stopped at the entry point, later circled via side roads to the school parking lot to look into the woods, but did not see it again.
Hunter describes powerful wood knocks at a cabin in remote wilderness south of the town of Chicken
The witness was sleeping in a remote cabin when loud wood-on-wood knocking sounds woke him in the early morning hours. The knocks repeated for several minutes very close to the cabin and stopped when he tried to rouse his companion. The next morning both looked around the area but found no explanation for the sounds.
Passenger on the Alcan Highway sees a tall bipedal creature walk across the road
The witness was riding as a passenger in a westbound vehicle on the highway when he saw a tall, single-colored figure crossing the road ahead on an incline. The figure reportedly walked upright in long strides across the lanes and into the forest. When the vehicle reached the crossing point, there were no houses or any sign of the figure in the woods.
Fishermen find footprints east of Egegik
A commercial fisherman on a multi-day photography trip in remote Alaska found an exceptionally large human-like footprint in gravel and sand. The impression was deeper than nearby bear tracks, showed no claw marks, was documented with a boot for scale, and could be traced for about a hundred feet. He and his companion felt uneasy as if watched but reported no sounds or odors.
Driver on Alcan Highway has noon, road encounter near Alaska-Canada border
The witness was driving westbound toward Tok with a companion while towing a trailer. The witness noticed a tall, light-colored animal standing at the treeline with its back turned, reaching up a white-bark tree with its right arm. The witness stopped the truck to get a camera, but the animal was gone by the time they exited the truck. The witness later estimated its height at over nine feet by measuring a similar tree from memory.
Sasquatch walks past window of house at night
The witness's daughter was home alone late at night when she heard something pacing back and forth outside her bedroom window. She looked out and saw a very large black figure that appeared well above the bottom of the window. She called her parent terrified and hid until she was picked up. The reporting parent found her hysterical and felt uneasy approaching the house.
Snowmobiler has encounter in deep snow near Potter, AK
The witness was snowmachining at night with two companions when the witness rode ahead into an opening in the woods. After noticing strange tracks and a depression in fresh snow, the witness's headlight illuminated a figure about 10 to 12 feet ahead running away. The figure ran through deep snow, jumped over a snow-covered log, and disappeared into trees and darkness. The witness turned back, rejoined the companions, and left the area.
Four nocturnal hikers get pelted with snow near Anchorage
The witness and three companions took a late-night winter walk on game and recreational trails in the woods. On the way back they heard footsteps and branches breaking around them and something repeatedly threw snow or hard snow clods at them, while dogs barked nearby and a rank carcass-like odor was noticed. They jogged most of the way out, leaving around 3-3:30 a.m., and the witness believed deep snow ruled out a prank by a person.
Sasquatch sighting near Fairbanks, Alaska (2003)
While driving down from a remote mine after an extended shift, two occupants noticed what looked like a burnt stump in a fenced slurry pond valley that began walking upright. They watched it take about ten steps before it entered the treeline, noting a tall dark form with long thin limbs. They were too exhausted to report it and continued home.
Two boys find footprints on Harris River bank
Two cousins walking along a riverbank saw what the cousin thought was something standing about 100 feet ahead. The writer could not see it clearly without glasses, and the cousin then dismissed it as a stump. Going to the spot, they found three large human-like footprints in the sand, then left for a family picnic area.
Possible track found by hunter near Palmer / Hatcher Pass
The witness and a companion were tracking game near the edge of a swamp in the early morning when they found a single large human-like footprint among moose tracks. The witness described it as an 11-inch right foot with five toes and a large big toe, estimated to be a couple days old, with no other similar tracks found. Heavy rain prevented making a cast, and when the witness returned two days later the track was water-filled and unrecognizable.
Campers' encounter just after dark in the Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve
The witness and a companion had made camp for the night off a trail. While standing on the trail smoking, the witness saw a large dark upright form that was first mistaken for a person on a bicycle. After calling to the companion and looking back, the witness saw it move quickly into the woods on two legs. No trace was found the next day.
Creature observed walking back and forth by witnesses
Two companions on a caribou hunt watched from a ridge with binoculars as a large grey animal on hind legs crossed a distant clearing between spruce trees over about half an hour. They lost sight of it when caribou entered the area and it moved into heavy brush. After the hunt, a bush pilot suggested the description matched the Iliamna region's 'Hairy Man' known to local native people.
Family on their way home see a large, hairy creature cross the road
Four people driving home reported a large hairy bipedal figure crossing the road in front of them and disappearing into brush toward a river. They described it as about seven feet tall and ape-like, covering a roughly 35-foot-wide road in four to five steps. They later returned to look for tracks and reported finding unfamiliar inward-pointing prints, but no other sounds or signs.
Hunter hears footsteps late at night in Goldstream Valley, just north of Fairbanks
In late August 1997 the witness was camped alone without a tent on an aspen hillside after hunting grouse. In the middle of the night something circled the camp at close range, moving bipedally with shuffling steps, breaking branches and making low muttering sounds. After several minutes the witness spoke aloud saying he wanted no trouble, after which the prowler stopped and then trotted downhill away.
Family observes large biped from car
The witness was driving with three children and pulled into a turnaround at dusk with headlights on. Movement in bushes beside the road revealed bright blue eyes on a tall dark figure standing and looking at them, with huge feet noted. The witness drove away quickly and reports avoiding the area after dark since.
Two witnesses see a large orangutan-type animal sitting in the road
The witness was driving a companion's low truck at night near the Denali Park tourist area when the headlights lit a hairy figure sitting on the center line with knees drawn up and head lowered. The witness passed very close to it at road level and compared it to an orangutan, noting no known Alaska animal matched. Both occupants stayed silent until reaching Healy, where they confirmed to each other that both had seen it.
Fisherman views a sasquatch through binoculars at a distance of 1000 feet
The witness was waiting on an anchored fishing boat while a companion was upriver checking the salmon run. While scanning the shore with binoculars toward evening, the witness saw a sasquatch walking across the tundra about 1,000 feet away. The animal moved with long smooth steps and had dark shoulder hair that bounced behind like a cape.
Sasquatch sighting near Fairbanks, Alaska (1980)
A long-time mine operator recalled working at the bottom of a long metal tunnel when he sensed a presence and looked up to see a tall figure bent over to peer through the tall doorway. When he waved and shouted, the figure quickly left. He later realized its height must have exceeded the doorway because it had to stoop.