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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Jan 1972 Drexel, Burke Cty, North Carolina

    Deputy Joe Colvin and volunteer Jerry Pruitt parked with lights off, Pruitt heard something, lights were turned on and showed a big grey object, like a 6-foot man with a fur coat pulled over his head. In the later story…

    #991807 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. 1972 Fort Fremont, Beaufort Cty, South Carolina

    Unnamed woman reported seeing a large, hairy, manlike creature playing in the water like a child, at Prichards Island.

    #991833 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. 1972 Paris, Lamar Cty, Texas

    Making butane delivery in late evening a few miles from Paris, stopped on dirt road, then smelled foul odour and saw hairy creature approaching truck. It was as tall as the truck. They drove off, but saw it again as…

    #991881 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. Jun 1972 Lexington, Rockbridge Cty, Virginia

    Teenagers found tracks on the bank of the Maury River, which Ron Dooley measured, twice in 1972. In each case the right foot was larger than the left. Dimensions given are for the left foot. The right foot was 16…

    #991915 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  5. Jun 1972 Lexington, Rockbridge Cty, Virginia

    Teenagers found tracks on the bank of the Maury River, which Ron Dooley measured, twice in 1972. Dimensions of the left foot for this set were 17 x 9.5 x 6.5. These tracks and a single footprint found the next…

    #991916 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  6. Jun 1972 Monterey, Highland Cty, Virginia

    Charles Owens and two relatives were walking up the side of a mountain when a huge hairy biped came running down towards them. They fled in panic, one of them running into a tree and another jumping into a creek.

    #991918 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. 1972 Harford Cty, Maryland

    Dave Chenowith reported a Bigfoot sighting.

    #992026 one, no description

  8. Jun 1972 Silver Run, Carroll Cty, Maryland

    Kathy and Shelley McDonnell and Butchie, Bonnie, Bobbie and Brent Gosnell all saw a 6-foot creature covered with red brown hair jump in front of their vehicle on Mayberry Road, then jump up to the side of the road and…

    #992027 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Aug 1972 Garrett Cty, Maryland

    Investigator Andrew Milhollan told of a camper reporting a Bigfoot at Deep Creek Lake.

    #992028 one, no description

  10. before 1972 Dutchess Cty, New York

    Young man and brother-in-law drove up mountain looking for the animal the young man had seen before, planning to shoot it with a shotgun. An 8 to 9-foot creature came out of the bushes yards behind the truck and started…

    #992263 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  11. before 1972 Dutchess Cty, New York

    Young man leaving a lovers' lane saw a 7-foot, hairy creature following the car.

    #992264 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  12. Oct 1972 Champion, Somerset cty, Pennsylvania

    Family returned home in the late evening and a hairy manlike creature that they had seen before grabbed their car and shook it violently from side to side. Later they found their dog "nearly ripped in half", fatally injured.

    #992363 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  13. Apr 1972 Grand Rapids, Manitoba

    Allan Skrumeda and Allan Pfeil were driving on Rd. 327, two miles west of the Hwy 6 junction when Skrumeda saw a huge upright creature walking with its back to the car on the road 100 feet ahead. He braked…

    #992618 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Jul 1972 Stanley Mission, Churchill River, Saskatchewan

    Checking the portage at Grand Rapids on the Churchill River, Kamel Pecher heard something moving in the trees. Going back for his kayak and pack he came on fresh tracks four times as long as his fist and twice as…

    #992673 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  15. 1972 Overton Cty, Tennessee

    Jerry went to sleep after a night out, in the car in an open garage under the house. He woke up when something rocked the car violently up and down. Light was on, and looking out the back window he…

    #992700 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  16. about 1972 Clarion, Clarion Cty, Pennsylvania

    Larry McCamant, then about 14, had been hunting squirrels all morning, and was sitting on a giant rock when he heard a noise behind him, turned and saw a 6 to 7-foot hairy animal walking upright. He watched it walk…

    #992706 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  17. Oct 1972 Russellville, Logan Cty, Kentucky

    Bow hunting for deer, Phillip Wilkins came down from a portable deer stand and walked to the edge of a 50-acre soybean field that was surrounded by woods on three sides. Standing 30 feet from him and about 20 feet…

    #992734 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  18. 1972 Buford, Baxter Cty, Arkansas

    Susan Clow, then in 2nd year high school, in wooded ravine behind home, heard something walking through leaves, then saw climbing up the other side of the ravine 50 to 100 yards away a very big, hairy animal on two…

    #992744 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. Sep 1972 Forest Lake, Washington Cty, Minnesota

    Bow hunting in Cory's Swamp near Big Marine Lake, saw a creature walk by swinging its arms.

    #992770 one, no description Creature description

  20. Oct 1972 to 1973 Russellville, Logan Cty, Kentucky

    Bow hunting 5 miles West of Russellville of Hwy 178, one mile in, saw 7 to 8-foot, 400 to 600 lbl, man/ape creature at edge of a soybean field next to a large forest.

    #992920 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  21. 1972 to 1973 Berea, Madison Cty, Kentucky

    Speeping in tent in yard, M.C. got up about 2 a.m. and saw 7-8 foot white creature standing by a tree near the house. Watched each other for several seconds, then it turned, pushed off, shaking the tree, and ran…

    #993007 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. 1972 Wells, Cariboo Dis, British Columbia

    Woman in drugstore office in Quesnel said that Mr. and Mrs. Peter Carter saw tracks in mud on an old logging road near Wells in the spring of 1972 that were far larger than his size 12 boots.

    #1000093 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  23. Jul 1972 Sechelt, Sechelt Peninsula, British Columbia

    Jon Stewart notified John Green that he had found big footprints at the same place on the Sechelt Peninsula where he had seen a sasquatch and many footprints in October, 1971.

    #1000094 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  24. Dec 1972 Castlegar, West Kootenay Dis, British Columbia

    Gail Davidson and her husband found 150 yards of 16-inch tracks on a trail on a hill behind their house. Stride was six and a half to seven feet. Tracks went in both directions. Details of tracks were not clear.

    #1000095 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  25. about 1972 Stewart, Portland Canal, British Columbia

    Guenter Schoening told Joel Hurd that while working at Granduc Mine near Stewart, he was told that an ore truck driver on a stormy, snowy day had seen a creature like a man but twice as large on the road…

    #1000177 one large, sex unknown Creature description