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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Jul 1972 Hope, Hope-Princeton Hwy, British Columbia

    F. Western Smith was looking for mountain goats on the cliff face just east of the big slide, with another man; saw a reddish brown figure come out of a cave about a thousand feet above the highway. It stood…

    #1000178 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. May 1972 Copalis Beach, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington

    James Figg was driving northwest on County 101 half a mile past Copalis Crossing when he saw a big black erect figure coming down the road about half a mile away, in his lane. After a few seconds it noticed…

    #1000249 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. Jun 1972 Taholah, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington

    Allen Ebling, a resident of Quinalt Indian Reserve, was driving to work shake cutting early in the morning when he saw about 100 yards away from his truck a dark creature 7 to 8 feet high running in a slight…

    #1000250 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. Feb 1972 Kapowsin, Pierce Cty, Washington

    #1000253 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  5. Feb 1972 Kapowsin, Pierce Cty, Washington

    #1000254 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  6. Dec 1972 Puyallup, Pierce Cnty, Washington

    #1000255 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. Feb 1972 Kapowsin, Pierce Cty, Washington

    Newspaper says Robin Borton saw something moving through the shadows that looked like a man, but bigger, covered with whitish grey hair. He is also quoted as saying he has had other sightings, as has neighbour Larry Sullivan, and that…

    #1000256 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. Aug 1972 Puyallup, Pierce Cty, Washington

    #1000257 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Feb 1972 Silverdale, Kitsap Cty, Washington

    #1000258 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  10. Jul 1972 Puyallop, Pierce Cty, Washington

    #1000260 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  11. Aug 1972 Puyallop, Pierce Cty, Washington

    #1000261 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  12. Sep 1972 Puyallop, Pierce Cty, Washington

    #1000262 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  13. Dec 1972 Pacific Beach, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington

    Julie Reed, 12, of Pacific Beach, and Gayle Delacruz, 13, of Taholah, were passengers in a car on the road between Pacific Beach and Aloha, when they saw a heavy, man-sized, slightly stooped, brown creature with hanging arms cross the…

    #1000263 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Sep 1972 Puyallop, Pierce Cty., Washington

    Dorothy Grimm and her son David, 13, were returning from church in the evening when they saw in their headlights on the road a heavy creature covered with dark hair. It was on all fours, but stood up, ext. 8…

    #1000275 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  15. Feb 1972 Lake Isabella, Kern Cty, California

    Gary Justus, his wife Sandy, Kathy Algreen and Patsy Stumbaugh, all teenagers, were at a campground at the Southwest end of Lake Isabella, across the lake from the lodge, Whiskey Flats. They were outside their camper, about midnight, when they…

    #1000416 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  16. Feb 1972 China Lake, Tulare Cty, California

    California Bigfoot Organization found tracks on Nine Mile Canyon road, (leaves Hwy 395 South of Little Lake and goes Northwest, crossing the South Fork of the Kern River) Tracks were on the bank by the road. They backtracked them more…

    #1000417 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  17. Jun 1972 Strawberry, Tuolomne Cty, California

    Warren Johnson writes that creatures were heard at camp for two nights, ate bait left out and seemed to be asking for more. Three sets of footprints left, 16 inch, 20 inch, and 26" by 14" with a 72-inch stride…

    #1000560 more than two, sex unknown (large) Footprints

  18. Oct 1972 Redding, Shasta Cty, California

    Randy Norton and Steven Gillispie, camping by Clear Creek, at the Placer Street bridge, heard and had glimpses of two creatures during the night, then at dawn saw on the hill to the west a creature like a gorilla but…

    #1000561 two large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. 1972 Stevens Pass, Washington

    Mack Hamilton says only "in Stevens Pass I saw another, but this one was all black," after previously describing a sighting of a creature with red hair that looked like an orangutan (no entry, as no place or date given,…

    #1000671 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  20. 1972 Sumas, Whatcom Cty, Washington

    Jim White said he and a friend were bird hunting when the friend yelled and White turned around and saw movement of a large animal in the bushes 50 yards away. The friend said he had seen what must be…

    #1000828 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  21. before 1972 Grande Ronde Riv, Oregon

    Witness was fly fishing for summer steelhead in the Grande Ronde River in Northeastern Oregon when he noticed a very large animal sitting on a rock watching him. He kept an eye on it as he fished and it continued…

    #1000944 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. Oct 1972 John Day, Grant Cty, Oregon

    Herbert Roth and his father were hunting about 20 miles from John Day. At midnight, hearing a noise around their camp trailer, Herbert got out and saw by flashlight a 7 to 8-foot creature, black, heavy, with red-reflecting eyes, about…

    #1001015 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  23. 1972 Cannon Beach, Clatsop Cty, Oregon

    Ray Cameron was on his way home to Cannon Beach from Astoria late at night when a white sasquatch ran across in front of him. (Near Seaside, but not stated which side.)

    #1001027 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  24. Feb 1972 Eugene, Lane Cty, Oregon

    Jim Kunkle and a friend were spotlighting for deer in the vicinity of Triangle Lake. They saw several deer running down a hillside "like bats outa hell". They had never seen deer act like that, especially at night, so they…

    #1001032 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. Apr 1972 Oakridge, Lane Cty, Oregon

    Luther Roam and his father-in-law, James Ping, fishing along Salmon Creek less than three miles East of Oakridge, found a single left-foot track 17.5 inches long, 7.5 inches wide and 1.5 inches deep, very wide at the toes. There were…

    #1001033 one large, sex unknown Footprints