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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. 1950 Hickory, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Mrs. Sunderland and her cousin saw a big hairy creature looking in the window of her farmhouse. When she turned on the porch light it fled on two legs.

    #991981 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. 1950's Norrisville, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Unidentified jogger reported to have seen a sasquatch on a back road.

    #991982 one, no description

  3. early 1950's New Jersey

    Boy at camp saw a hair-covered creature, over six feet, walking like a man.

    #992220 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. early 1950's New Jersey

    Boy at camp saw a hair-covered creature, over six feet, walking like a man.

    #992221 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  5. late 1950's Cambridge Springs, Crawford Cty, Pennsylvania

    A friend of Edward Frew was bothered by something pounding on his farmhouse at night. A group waited up for it on a darkened porch, and when it showed up long past midnight someone shot it. It ran off through…

    #992351 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. late 1950's Cary, Bell Cty, Kentucky

    Larry Wilson and another teenage boy were playing at a coal camp in high mountains. They walked up a hill toward the mouth of the coal mine and saw right in the mouth of the mine a grey or white…

    #992733 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. early 1950's Goodlettsville, Sumner Cty, Tennessee

    Aunts Lura and Mildred up early one morning, presumably at house 5 miles east of Goodlettsville, and saw a large, hairy biped standing 50 yards away in a field looking at them. Mildred chased it into a wooded area on…

    #992750 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. May 1950 Klemtu, Swindle Isl, British Columbia

    Informant and others from Klemtu went to the head of Kitasu Lake to get gravel and on the beach at the end of the lake they saw 10 or 12 sets of humanlike tracks crossing the beach and entering the…

    #1000027 other group of large and small Footprints

  9. Dec 1950 Klemtu, Susan Isl, British Columbia

    Paul Hopkins had landed at the abandoned abalone cannery in Oscar Passage to get a barrel. He went by a building on the wharf. When he returned there were ape tracks leading out of the building (presumably to the interior…

    #1000084 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  10. about 1950 Kemano, Kitlope River, British Columbia

    Chuck Davis, commercial fisherman, recalled being told by Indians from Hartley Bay about a sasquatch seen at Kitlope River in 1950. Witnesses were Johnny Paul, Kemano Channel, and Whyler Robinson, Hartley Bay.

    #1000144 one, no description

  11. 1950's Klemtu, Swindle Isl, British Columbia

    Klemtu Indians said seaplane pilot landing at Klemtu had asked what everyone was doing swimming in fur suits at Kitasu Lake.

    #1000146 more than one, no description

  12. 1950 Truckee, Nevada Cty, California

    Then aged 19, returning to Reno from fishing trip, with fiance, a large hairy beast crossed the road in front of their car, forcing them to slam on the brakes. Got a good look in the headlights. Arms swung freely.…

    #1000451 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  13. late 1950's Alder Springs, Glenn Cty, California

    Harold Westlund, Chico, stated that Joe Ely, fire control officer in Menticino National Forest, had investigated an incident where a logging truck driver arriving at the loading area noticed that a 50 gallon drum had been tossed around. He fled,…

    #1000469 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  14. 1950's Bend, Lane Cty, Oregon

    Dick Russell, at Brooks Cameras, San Francisco, said that a man named Zack Hamilton had brought in a roll of film and told a story of being stalked by a hairy monster in the Three Sisters Wilderness in Oregon. The…

    #1001006 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  15. 1951 Charlotte, Eaton Cty, Michigan

    Reports of strange bipedal monster loose in a swamp just West of Charlotte, seen on six or sever occasions by many different people.

    #991127 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  16. about 1951 Boston, Thomas Cty, Georgia

    Rebecca Leinberg went outside because dogs were barking and saw a giant hairy animal cornered by them on the front porch. Her husband shot at it and it ran off.

    #991728 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  17. Feb 1951 Sudbury, Addison Cty, Vermont

    John Rowell and a man named Kennedy were logging hardwood in Sudbury Swamp, between Otter Creek and Rte 22. One morning they found that an oil drum, estimated weight 450 pounds, had been carried several hundred feet into the woods,…

    #992321 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  18. Nov about 1951 British Columbia

    Bill Macky and Slim Gudell, hunting in late November, about 1951, left half a goat hanging in a tree while away overnight. Returned to find 15 to 16-inch tracks in two inches of snow, estimated just a few minutes old.…

    #1000082 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  19. 1951 Orleans, Humboldt Cty, California

    This is a case of delayed recall. Orr states that he had no recollection of this incident after it happened, it only came back to him after the early Bigfoot stories jogged his memory. Hence the low reliability rating. Orr…

    #1000322 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  20. 1951 Bieber, Lassen Cty, California

    Mrs. Darlene Rea, then in high school, driving with her mother and another woman from MacArthur, Calif., to Bieber, at night when a "man" crossed the road in front of them in two steps. Letter was prompted by Sanderson article…

    #1000452 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  21. 1952 Terrace, Skeena Valley, British Columbia

    Man from Terrace visiting N.J. Dyck's dinosaur park told him that he saw something standing beside a main road, slowed down and stopped his car. The creature, standing upright, watched him for a while then turned and walked away. It…

    #1000145 one, no description Creature description

  22. 1952 Glacier, Whatcom Cty, Washington

    Rod Pullar says that in 1952 snow rangers from Glacier saw big human-type footprints coming staight down off Mt. Hermet and around the Mt. Baker ski area. I have no map showing Mt. Hermet, but there is a 6285-foot bump…

    #1000687 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  23. 1952 Carson, Skamania Cty, Washington

    Deputy Sheriff Oliver Potter was fishing "way back" up the Wind River when he heard a noise and saw a grey, erect animal, 7.5 to 8 ft., shaped like a human, walking rapidly away. It left tracks in the sand,…

    #1000688 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  24. 1952 Goleta, Santa Barbara Cty, California

    Darlene Wilson, an a darkened dining room smelled an atrocious smell and saw through an open window a huge, broad, hairy creature silhouetted by road lights. It stood motionless, then turned and sauntered away. Close to 10 feet tall. Smell…

    #1001341 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. about 1953 Lawrenceville, Lawrence Cty, Illinois

    Five teenagers driving to a gravel pit to swim when creature started across the gravel road, stopped in the headlights and stared at the car, then went on across the road and crashed into the woods. Arms hung below knee.…

    #991010 one large, sex unknown Creature description