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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Jun 1971 Sharpsville, Howard Cty, Indiana

    Dale King went out in his yard and saw a great apelike creature that his Alsatian dog was lunging at it but not actually attacking, while the creature would swing at it slowly but did not touch it. He called…

    #991048 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  2. 1971 Sioux City, Woodbury Cty, Iowa

    Three young men drove into Stone Park, got out of car, then saw huge ape silhouetted at top of a hill. George Fetterman yelled and beat his chest, attracting its attention. It then started towards them through the trees, making…

    #991081 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. Nov 1971 Cass Lake, Itasca Cty, Minnesota

    Riding with boyfriendthrough woods from Sucker Bay of Leech Lake to her home in Cass Lake, as they rounded a curve a creature ran across the road in front of them, white, six feet or taller. It paused, turned and…

    #991220 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. about 1971 Leonard, Clearwater Cty, Minnesota

    Gerald and Edna Wran found strange tracks in their freshly tilled garden, about a foot long, three toes all about the same length, heel impression half inch deeper than the rest. A couple of weeks later they saw the same…

    #991222 one small Creature description Footprints

  5. about 1971 Leonard, Clearwater Cty, Minnesota

    Same tracks as in 1222, found in road after rain.

    #991223 Footprints

  6. Jul 1971 Busch, Pike Cty, Missouri

    Joan Mills and Mary Ryan driving on Highway 29 north of Louisian turned off on dirt road for a picnic lunch, then smelled something awful and saw a half-man half-ape creature standing in the weeds staring at them. It looked…

    #991258 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. May 1971 Fouke, Miller Cty, Arkansas

    Mrs. Bobby Ford said that she was sleeping on a couch in the living room and was awakened when a hairy paw poked through the window. She screamed and it left. Police were called but found nothing. The animal returned…

    #991551 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. May 1971 Fouke, Miller Cty, Arkansas

    Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Woods and Mrs. R. H. Sedgass were driving north of U.S. 71 when a large hairy creature ran upright across the highway just in front of them.

    #991552 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. about 1971 Fouke, Miller Cty, Arkansas

    Witness said a black, hairy, apelike animal was in a cornfield, "husking corn like it was eating a banana."

    #991553 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  10. Jun 1971 Fouke, Miller Cty, Arkansas

    Willy Smith and Mr. Kennedy found strange tracks in Smith's bean field and he called his brother-in-law, Smokey Crabtree. The tracks had a high instep and a small projection with no bone in it about five inches from the big…

    #991554 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  11. 1971 Davie, Broward Cty, Florida

    Henry Rose and Joseph Simbili were staked out on a prowler report near a mobile home behind the Air Tronics factory on Hwy 84. They heard a thump as if something had fallen on a tin-roofed building, then something splashed…

    #991592 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  12. Feb 1971 Placida, Charlotte Cty, Florida

    The Peninsular Archaeological Society was working on a large Indian mound, which Frank Hudson writes covers 34 acres. Buz Osbon is quoted as saying it is in Big Cypress Swamp, but Romona Hibner says it is on Cayu Pelau offshore…

    #991603 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  13. Apr 1971 Placida, Charlotte Cty, Florida

    Frank Hudson says that while following its tracks, which he does not describe, he came face to face with a sasquatch. He tried to talk to it, and gave the Indian peace sign, with no result, and they stared at…

    #991616 one, no description Creature description

  14. Jul 1971 Belle Glade, Palm Beach Cty, Florida

    Ray Fairman said that while driving on Hwy 27 south of Belle Glade he stopped for what he thought was a hitchhiker, but as he opened the door there was an awful stench of decayed flesh and a huge form…

    #991618 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  15. about 1971 Nobleton, Hernando Cty, Florida

    Woman hanging clothes said to have been chased into her house by a sasquatch.

    #991619 one, no description Creature description

  16. Aug 1971 For Lauderdale, Broward Cty, Florida

    Rabies control officer saw a huge, hairy manlike creature run across the road in front of his car.

    #991620 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  17. Jun 1971 Greenville, Washington Cty, Mississippi

    Going to her daughter's house, Mae Pearl Young went around the side of the building and encountered a black creature over six feet tall with a great big head, broad shoulders, hands on hips. She screamed but it did not…

    #991794 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  18. 1971 Madonna, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Janis Terry saw a creature sitting on something in a small wooded area near her house. It stood up, raised its arms and walked back into the woods. Eyes bright "like an owl's."

    #992019 one, no description Creature description

  19. 1971 Mitchellville, Prince George's Cty, Maryland

    Les Illinski wrote that he had talked to several people who had to swerve their car to avoid hitting Goatman standing in the road.

    #992020 one, no description Creature description

  20. 1971 Riverdale, Prince George's Cty, Maryland

    Ray Hayden and Willie Gheen told Mark Opsasnick that they had seen a half-man, half-animal in a field near Riverdale, and also in a wooded area near Zug Road at Bowie, both in Prince George's County.

    #992022 one, no description Creature description

  21. 1971 Bowie, Prince George's Cty, Maryland

    Ray Hayden and Willie Gheen told Mark Opsasnick that they had seen a half-man, half-animal in a field near Riverdale, and also in a wooded area near Zug Road at Bowie, both in Prince George's County.

    #992023 one, no description Creature description

  22. Nov 1971 Bowie, Prince George's Cty, Maryland

    A group of girls reported to have seen Goatman running through their back yard at 8510 Zug Road.

    #992024 one, no description Creature description

  23. Nov 1971 Bowie, Prince George's Cty, Maryland

    County Police Captain Lawrence Wheeler reports many calls conscerning Goatman activity in the latter part of 1971. Kathy Edwards and a group of teenagers reported a sighting Nov. 17, a mangy creature sitting on a pickup truck. It ran into…

    #992025 one, no description Creature description

  24. Jan 1971 Dutchess Cty, New York

    Young man on snowmobile following huge tracks in deep snow, saw a sasquatch standing a few feet off a path.

    #992262 one, no description Creature description

  25. 1971 Allison Park, Allegheny Cty, Pennsylvania

    Male witness observed a tall, grey, apelike creature in an open field.

    #992362 one large, sex unknown Creature description