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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Feb 1979 Jacksonville, Duval Cty;, Florida

    State troopers who asisted four motorists with mechanical problems on the shoulder of Interstate 95 near Jacksonville were told of an encounter with a hairy white humanoid that sounded like a tank going through the underbrush.

    #991710 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. Apr 1979 Walthourville, Liberty Cty, Georgia

    Mrs. Victory saw a dark figure pass by the kitchen window and asked Mr. Ford to check it out. He went out and saw a huge hairy creature walking past a shed, went in and got a shotgun and came…

    #991739 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. Jun 1979 Alaphaha, Berrien Cty, Georgia

    Gene Millbrook saw a squatty 5.5-foot thing with no clothes, hairy all over, hobbling down a ditch beside a highway near Alapaha about 2 a.m. He took Lamar Warren to the spot and they saw tracks, which Warren later showed…

    #991740 one small Creature description Footprints

  4. Mar 1979 Crofton, Christian Cty, Kentucky

    Truck driver only caller to state police, but others have called the sheriff's office or Crofton police to report a huge hairy creature running in front of vehicles on the Pennyrile Parkway, between the 12 and 20-mile markers. None have…

    #991764 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  5. Mar 1979 Tunica, Tunica Cty, Mississippi

    Two sightings covered: On March 8 Tom, Jeanette and Rodney Goff heard a ruckus and smelled a foul odour. About 2 a.m. next night they heard a dog howling and spotted a 7 to 8-foot creature running around the house…

    #991805 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  6. Jan 1979 Casar, Cleveland Cty, North Carolina

    Driving on Hwy 10, Kay Price, Gaye Smith and Wanda Smith saw the creature standing by the road, did a U-turn and Gaye got out of the car and approached. The creature jumped up on the Cedar Park dam, and…

    #991821 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. Jan 1979 Casar, Cleveland Cty, North Carolina

    Mrs. Sally White checking why dog was barking and jumping up, saw something long and black coming up through the woods. She had seen the same thing twice before, just before Christmas and just after, but gives no further description.

    #991822 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. 1979 Casar, Cleveland Cty, North Carolina

    A catch-all entry for items of description supplementing those mentioned in individual reports.

    #991823 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Feb 1979 Joelton, Davidson Cty, Tennessee

    Rusty Davis said he had seen a big thing that growled at him in the woods near his home, so Roger Davis, Steve Hunter and Gerry Yaney went with him to look, in bright moonlight with a few patches of…

    #991857 one, no description Creature description Footprints

  10. Sep 1979 White House, Robertson Cty, Tennessee

    Don Roberts was on his way to visit his brother when he saw a 5-foot hairy creature walk into a field, then run. Bill Cook claims to have not only seen it but wrestled with it. Several dogs have been…

    #991858 one small Creature description

  11. 1979 Mount Vernon, Fairfax Cty, Virginia

    Thelma Crisp apparently the only person to report a sighting, but something was heard screaming at night for many months in 100 acres of swampy woods lying between posh subdivisions where George Washington once farmed. Screams were recorded, authorities mounted…

    #991926 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  12. 1979 Bassett, Henry Cty, Virginia

    Angela Mize Williams arrived home at night, found dogs cowering on porch and heard a thump beside the car, but saw nothing. Next morning found very large footprints around the house and leading through a field to a wooded area.…

    #991929 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  13. 1979 White Plains, Charles Cty, Maryland

    Deer hunter reported seeing a giant hairy apelike creature walk across Rte 301.

    #992107 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Jan 1979 Spencerville, Montgomery Cty, Maryland

    Boys found footprints on the bank of a small creek. One was clear, the others smeared.

    #992118 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  15. Feb 1979 Harford Cty, Maryland

    Hunter reported to have seen a hair-covered, apelike creature near the Holtwood Dam.

    #992119 one, no description

  16. 1979 Sykesville, Carroll Cty, Maryland

    Howdy Gassaway said construction workers at a housing project had seen the "Sykesville monster."

    #992120 one, no description

  17. Apr 1979 Level, Harford Cty, Maryland

    David Strong and Vallie Channell found two tracks north of Rte 155 near the old B & O railroad tracks. They were about 50 yards apart, on a steep hill a half mile from the Susquehanna River.

    #992121 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  18. 1979 Rocks, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Mike Blevins reports a sasquatch sighting.

    #992122 one, no description

  19. Feb 1979 Blandford, Hampden Cty, Massachusetts

    Outdoor writer Frank Sousa and tracker John Tangredi presumably checking as a result of sasquatch report in the same area, found a single large track in the Cobble Mountain area near Blandford. Part of the surface was snow, part ice.…

    #992204 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  20. May 1979 Apollo, Armstrong Cty, Pennsylvania

    A tall, hairy creature came out of the woods and walked towards a trailer. Two men shot at it and it ran back in the woods.

    #992448 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  21. Jul 1979 Youngstown, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Witnesses heard heavy movements, snapping of tree limbs, grunting, growling, screaming, from a wooded area near their home. Large footprints were found in the vicinity. (Report says 14" by 17", but since width is always listed second, and there is…

    #992449 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  22. Jul 1979 New Florence, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Bigfoot sighted.

    #992451 one, no description

  23. Jul 1979 Latrobe, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    On July 4 Mr. and Mrs. L. heard bellows, grunts, screams, growls, snapping twigs and breaking branches from the woods behind their house. Nothing was found the next day, but another search July 10 turned up a footprint near the…

    #992452 Creature description Footprints

  24. Aug 1979 White Oak, Allegheny Cty, Pennsylvania

    Witnesses saw a large, dark figure near their home. It gave out a blood chilling scream. Their dog began barking, then whimpering and cowering.

    #992453 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. Oct 1979 White Oak, Allegheny Cty, Pennsylvania

    A large hairy figure with red eyes was seen, and footprints were found at the entrance of a nearby mine.

    #992454 Creature description Footprints