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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Nov 1979 Kingwood, Somerset Cty, Pennsylvania

    Snowmobiling with a friend, witness saw a huge, hairy biped walking across a distant field.

    #992455 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. 1979 Apollo, Armstrong Cty, Pennsylvania

    Unnamed man pulled into his driveway and saw a huge, black, erect creature leaning against a tree. After a few seconds it retreated into the woods.

    #992456 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. Dec 1979 New Albany, Bradford Cty, Pennsylvania

    Two men from Wilkes-Barre at a hunting cabin on Hatch Mountain found tracks in snow when they went to a nearby spring at 9.30 p.m. The snow had just fallen. Harlan Robinson, Dale Vester and Mr. and Mrs. Loren Kipp…

    #992457 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  4. 1979 Flin Flon, Manitoba

    Marvin Daniel said that near Flin Flon he had found a single track which was cast and was studied by a government biologist who estimated it was mode by a human weighint 500 to 600 pounds. The cast was destroyed.…

    #992631 one, no description Creature description Footprints

  5. Jul 1979 Steinbach, Manitoba

    Member of a farm family near Steinbach saw a 7-foot, hairy creature outwside and next morning found footprints 18 inches long.

    #992632 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  6. Oct 1979 Gypsumville, Manitoba

    Up to 10 residents of Little Saskatchewan Indian Reserve said to have seen and 8-foot, black creature that walks upright like a man. David Thompson said he saw it standing in the middle of the road. Norman Shorting and Ivor…

    #992633 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  7. 1979 Leesville, Vernon Cty, Louisiana

    Playing on a fallen tree bridging a stream in a wooded area, Keith Knudsen saw a tall figure covered with dark hair running towards him on two legs. He turned and ran home and it kept running towards him until…

    #992677 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. about 1979 Pinawa, Manitoba

    Petra Drynan said a sasquatch came out of the bush, walked across Hwy 211 and entered dense bush on the other side of the road. Pinawa is an Atomic Energy of Canada town, populated by highly educated people who would…

    #992694 one, no description Creature description

  9. Jan 1979 Fulton, Morrow Cty, Ohio

    Hunting fox with father and brother in thick wooded areas behind home, came across some large tracks. Father wouldn't look. Later found more, smelled a musky smell and saw something large moving away in the woods. After they got home,…

    #992723 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  10. 1979 Mannington, Marion Cty, West Virginia

    James Gump says he and his brother and his mother and father all saw many large humanlike footprints at their house, presumably made by something that could be heard screaming in the middle of the night and that had several…

    #992767 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  11. Jul 1979 Manahawkin, Ocean Cty, New Jersey

    Scot K. was riding his bike through woods in the pine barrens and stopped to wait for some friends. He heard a branch snap, then saw 40 feet awat an 8 to 9-foot creature covered with blackish brown rust-coloured hair.…

    #992776 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  12. 1979 Westchester, Cook Cty, Illinois

    Skipping school, Tom Mackie and a friend were walking into the woods when they saw a very large, black, hairy animal running away from them down the path, arms swinging, much faster than a man could run. (Mackie claims to…

    #992817 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  13. 1979 Bosque Cty, Texas

    Informant and friend squirrel hunting in dried up creek bed with banks 5 to 25 feet high that ran for miles to the Brazos River. Late afternoon friend's dog started acting strangely and eventually ran away back down the creek.…

    #992898 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. 1979 Springfield, Robertson Cty, Tennessee

    Building a dam in a creek in a wooded valley behind tobacco barn, confidential and brother heard a stick break and started to leave. Confidential crossed fence and turning back to get BB gun came eye to eye with huge…

    #992900 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  15. 1979 Santee, Knox Cty, Nebraska

    T.S. hunting in Brazile Creek Wildlife Area on the Missouri River an hour before sunset saw downhill from him at the edge of a ravine a 7-foot creature covered with grey hair. It was standing very erect, turning its head…

    #992945 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  16. Apr 1979 Woodlawn, Marion Cty, Texas

    Dawn-Marie, husband and two girls in private 460 acre tract of woods and pastures. Heard crunching in brush. Later husband target shooting in ravine with pistol, creature jumped into and then out of ravine, over 6 feet deep, landing 10…

    #992958 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  17. Nov 1979 Fort Gordon, Richmond Cty, Georgia

    In U.S. Army Signal School, Fort Gordon, Small Arms Impact Area, in a ravine by a small creek, J.R.H. was approached unhurriedly to about 20 feet by a man-ape creature, 10 to 10.5 feet high, est. 1100 lbs. Covered except…

    #993005 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  18. Dec 1979 Prince Rupert, North Coast Dis, British Columbia

    Marjory Washbrook saw tracks in 6" of snow in her garden at 8 a.m. They went from the sidewalk, which animals also use, down rock steps, over the lawn, up into the neighbour's yard, back into her garden, up on…

    #1000115 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  19. 1979 Nelson, West Kootenay Dis, British Columbia

    Brent Hastings hiking in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park when he saw what he thought was a man walk upright across the base of the glacier, a long way off. Later found that the distance covered was far too great for…

    #1000204 one large, sex unknown

  20. Jun 1979 Salmon Arm, Shuswap Dis, British Columbia

    Jon Clark, 15-year-old Chase Jr. Secondary student was walking towards his school bus stop near Pillar Lake when he saw a creature standing in the shadow of trees by the road. It was on its hind legs, hunched over, two…

    #1000205 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  21. Jul 1979 Hope, Coquihalla Valley, British Columbia

    Peter Stewart, Westcoast Transmission employee, heard 3rd hand that an Indian from Kamloops named Darwin John had seen and fled from "a large hairy object 10 feet tall" that he encountered while clearing trees for a pipeline right of way…

    #1000206 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. Jul 1979 Port Alberni, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia

    Claude and Dorothy Martin, Nanaimo, were driving a truck over the "hump" between Port Alberni and Parksville, and stopped for water at a little creek. There they saw a creature standing upright like a human, eyes gleaming orange in the…

    #1000207 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  23. Apr 1979 Little Fort, North Thompson Dis, British Columbia

    Tim Meissner, 16, and John Landry, 19, fishing from a boat on Dunn Lake, April 28, heard a loud, high-pitched, drawn out scream, and saw a creature standing on the shore 300 yards away with its arms raised. It ran…

    #1000242 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  24. Apr 1979 Little Fort, North Thompson Dis, British Columbia

    Two days after seeing an upright animal on the shore of Dunn Lake and finding the concealed body of a deer with a broken neck, Tim Meissner returned with several friends for a further search. They separated and Meissner heard…

    #1000243 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  25. May 1979 Haney, Pitt Lake Dis, British Columbia

    Lance Barnett wrote a report stating that he, 17, Joe, 27, Craig, 17, Bruce, 15 and Kevin, 14, climbed up Gold Creek valley to a 2,000 foot pass leading to Pitt Lake. He said they observed an alder sapling with…

    #1000244 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints