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Jul 1980
Guffey, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Witnesses saw a tall hairy creature waling in a field. It moved quickly and made deep breathing noises. They had previously seen a strange blue light hovering in a field.
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Aug 1980
Berwick, Columbia Cty, Pennsylvania
Bill and Tom Talanca driving on the north side of Jonestown Mountain, north of Berwick, rounded a bend a quarter of the way down and encountered a large creature covered with black hair standing in the middle of the road.…
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Aug 1980
Johnstown, Cambria Cty, Pennsylvania
A footprint 17.75 inches long and 7.5 inches wide was found in a low, soft spot behind the rabbit cage back of the Jim Young home a mile of Frankstown Road in a wooded area. It was 3.75 inches deep…
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Aug 1980
Latrobe, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Waiting for the fire to go out after an outdoor party, man noticed a 9-foot, apelike creature standing at the edge of the woods holding a log over its head. He left immediately, but returned later and found the fire…
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Aug 1980
South Fork, Cambria Cty, Pennsylvania
Witness reported seeing a 7-foot, hairy creature with a sulfur odour.
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Aug 1980
Berwick, Columbia Cty, Pennsylvania
Bill Talanca reported finding an 18-inch by 7.5-inch, 5-toed track in the area where he reported seeing a sasquatch. (Jonestown Mountain, 2463)
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Sep 1980
Trafford, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania
Tweo boys saw a tall, hairy creature move slowly down a path towards them. It was covered with shiny black hair but the face was human-looking. It appeared to float or glide rather than walk.
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Sep 1980
Boyles Run, Pennsylvania
Witness near Dornsife Mountain heard strange mumbling and screeching sounds from a wooded area and smelled an uncomfortable odour, like an old cigar. Later he found a 17 by 6, 5-toed track in the vicinity.
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Sep 1980
Boyles Run, Pennsylvania
Woman saw a tall hairy biped walking through a cornfield.
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Sep 1980
Boyles Run, Pennsylvania
Witness heard a strange screaming and heavy breathing after dark. Next day he found a 17-inch footprint, not shaped like a human print but with 5 toes.
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Oct 1980
Kingwood, Somerset Cty, Pennsylvania
Man out walking heard a low gutteral growl and saw a 10-foot hairy creature weighing about 600 pounds which came within 25 feet of him before he ran to his car.
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Oct 1980
Kingwood, Somerset Cty, Pennsylvania
Two Kingwood brothers were hunting swuirrel about 500 yards behind their house, and noted that the area was unusually quiet. Then one noticed a huge hairy creature walking on two legs, crossing a field toward the tree line. He called…
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1980
Markle, Allegheny Cty, Pennsylvania
Man saw a tall hairy creature standing in the shadows in his driveway.
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Jan 1980
Wilmot, Ashley Cty, Arkansas
John Simms enroute to Overflow Swamp bottoms to do some trapping when truck broke down on North Mile Road (dirt and gravel) in woods half a mile from the swamp. Waiting for another man who had gone for parts, Simms…
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Nov 1980
Aliceville, Pickens Cty, Alabama
Informant and Bill drove to family farm three miles from Aliceville, no one living there, in evening. As entered driveway headlights hit a creature stepping over a 5-strand barbed wire fence, hand on top wire and swinging its leg over.…
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1980 to 1981
Honey Island Swamp, St. Tammany Cty, Louisiana
Father and son deer hunting in Honey Island Swamp, heard a splash as they were walking to the river (presumably a branch of the Pearl). They turned and saw about 75 yards away a dark hairy creature, very muscular, standing…
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Dec 1980
Miltona, Santa Rosa Cty, Florida
Michael Sigler, then 12, was deer hunting in Blackwater State Forest just outside Milton, an area of pine forest scrub, when he saw a large animal run across a power line clearing 150 yards away. He immediately fled.
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May 1980
McBurg, Lincoln Cty, Tennessee
Johnny Thompson and sister (presume they were children at the time) looking around old garbage dump off Leatherwood Creek Road on ridge between McBurg and Delrose, heard grunts and hoots, sister looked up and saw 7-foot creature standing 30 feet…
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early 1980's
Elyria, Lorain Cty, Ohio
Keith Ziegman tells of reading reports of several sightings in Elyria just off Taylor St. near North Ridgeville. In one a man saw the creature near some woods and it ran off through deep mud at a speed he could…
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1980
Upland, Clay Cty, Kansas
Motocross biking on dirt road near the Southwest shore of Milford Lake, Kenny and informant topped a hill and saw 75 yards away at the bottom an 8-foot, broad, very dark creature with no neck and a large head. They…
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1980 to 1981
Mashpee, Barnstable Cty, Massachusetts
Two co-workers of Dave Schroeder saw a tall dark, hair-covered bipedal creature WITH A BLACK DOG at the entrance to Lowdens Garden Center on Rte 151 in Mashpee, Mass.
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Oct 1980
Oakdale, Allen Cty, Louisiana
Jeff Johnson was hunting with a dog, and felt he was being watched. The dog went into a thicket, there was a scream and the dog fled home. Could make out a 7-foot form, very large, facing him. It started…
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Jun 1980
Evansville, Vanderburgh Cty, Indiana
Feeding rabbits about 5-6 a.m. in vacant lot behind house in rural area North of Evansville, heard something walking through brush. Looked up and saw dark manlike figure, said hello, its swayed from side to side, then approached. Had deep,…
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Jun 1980
Evansville, Vanderburgh Cty, Indiana
Tim McCutchan's friend Neil riding mini bike in nearby woods stopped to rest in a clearing, and this creature charged out of the woods, sweating, winded, with a beet-red face. Neil started the bike, startling the creature, and took off.…
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late 1980's
Balding, Union Cty, Arkansas
In truck loading oil at night close to Felsenthal Wildlife Refuge, driver smelled strong gamey smell, turned on headlights and saw large apelike creature staring at him. Enormous, with red eyes. He drove off with loading hose still attached.