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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. before 1981 LaPlace, St. John The Baptist Cty, Louisiana

    Emmett Perilloux clearing land at LaPlace with a bulldozer. He and a friend found large footprints in the soft earth, goig from one swampy area to another. The left foot measured 20.5 inches, the right 19 inches.

    #991774 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  2. May 1981 La Place, St. John The Baptist Cty, Louisiana

    Harmon and Mark Levron were hunting snakes near Ruddock (7 miles north of La Place) when they smelled something horrible, heard a huge thing crashing through branches and saw a creature running deeper into the swamp.

    #991779 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. Sep 1981 Shelby, Cleveland Cty, North Carolina

    Robert Hunt saw creature as he was walking to his home in Swainsville (not on road map) He ran home and got a shotgun. His mother, Mrs. Gene Hunt, watched him cross the road and shoot at it. It started…

    #991825 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. Feb 1981 Clifton, Bosque Cty, Texas

    Bread deliveryman said he was driving HWy 6 about 3 miles north of Clifton near Meridian Creek about 4 a.m. when he slowed because something was standing by the road. At a near stop he saw two creatures, 6'4" tall,…

    #991904 two large, sex unknown Creature description

  5. Mar 1981 Clifton, Bosque Cty, Texas

    Fort Worth resident reported to have seen a big hairy thing run across Highway 6 on two legs, north of Clinton.

    #991905 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Oct 1981 Cleveland, San Jacinto Cty, Texas

    Dee Hayes was driving to work at 5.30 a.m. in Sam Houston National Forest, when her headlights on an S curve showed a creature 50 yards from the road. She stopped and watched until it entered timber. It had a…

    #991906 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. Jun 1981 Chesapeake, Virginia

    Ranger Patrick Higgins says that campers and visitors at Northwest River Park near Chesapeake tell of seeing Bigfoot creatures. The only specific account quotes Sherry Davis saying she saw a Bigfoot running through the park campsite. Higgins referes to smell…

    #991928 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. Feb 1981 DeWitt, Dinwiddie Cty, Virginia

    Staking out an area by Hwy 1 where he had seen tracks in the past, George Proctor shone a spotlight around at about 2 a.m. and saw a creature standing at the edge of the trees 350 to 400 feet…

    #991930 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Jan 1981 DeWitt, Dinwiddie Cty, Virginia

    George Proctor found two footprints, one 15.5 inches one 20.5 inches, in the same area where he had seen 15-inch footprints three months earlier. 1731. These would appear to be the reason for his stakeout at this location that resulted…

    #991934 two large, sex unknown Footprints

  10. Jan 1981 Harford Cty, Maryland

    A sasquatch sighting reported on Kern's hog farm.

    #992127 one, no description

  11. Feb 1981 Rocks, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Driving to work at 2.30 a.m., Michael Green saw a 7 to 8-foot creature swaying back and forth at the garbage dumpster behind the Woodshed Restaurant. He watched for 10 minutes as it sorted through the dumpster, which contained very…

    #992128 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  12. Mar 1981 Pylesville, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Family reported a sasquatch sighting on their property.

    #992129 one, no description

  13. Aug 1981 Huntington, Calvert Cty, Maryland

    Bill Ogle says Huntington area farmers have reported seeing a huge ape-like creature.

    #992130 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Aug 1981 Black Horse, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Firetower lookout reported seeing a sasquatch.

    #992131 one, no description

  15. Dec 1981 Ady, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Charles Gescher Jr. reported seeing a sasquatch.

    #992132 one, no description

  16. Jul 1981 Beltsville, Prince George's Cty, Maryland

    County police investigated a sasquatch sighting near the Christian Brothers Seminary on Ammendale Road.

    #992133 one, no description

  17. Jul 1981 Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Cty, Maryland

    Robert Chaney saw a creature he identified as Bigfoot in heavy brush by the Patuxent River.

    #992134 one, no description

  18. Jun 1981 Cecil Cty, Maryland

    Rick Hutton and friends saw a sasquatch-type creature on the banks of the Susquehanna River. It followed them as they ran off. Hutton is supposed to have take a picture of it.

    #992135 one, no description Creature description

  19. May 1981 Franklin, Sussex Cty, New Jersey

    Two Essex County men returning from a fishing trip at night encountered a half-man, half-animal crossing a dirt road in the Franklin section of the 35,000 acre Newark Watershed. The driver slammed on the brakes and turned to follow it…

    #992254 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  20. Apr 1981 Kinderhook, Columbia Cty, New York

    Barry Knight's girlfriend, cycling on Novak Road, saw a big hairy beast lumber across the road and into Bruce Hallenbeck's father's corn field.

    #992295 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  21. Aug 1981 Waterford, Saratoga Cty, New York

    Young woman walking near the railroad tracks off Ninth Street shortly after midnight confronted by a large, hairy animal which growled at her but made no other threatening gesture. She went home and called police.

    #992296 one, no description Creature description

  22. Aug 1981 Waterford, Saratoga Cty, New York

    About 15 local youths reported sighting a large, hairy, yellowish animal, and a 14-inch footprint was found. Location was at Prospect Hill, in a heavily-wooded area where animals such as deer and bear have been known.

    #992297 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  23. 1981 North River, Warren Cty, New York

    Unnamed hunter was told of a large set of tracks on Bullhead Mountain and went to see for himslef. At the summit, 3,553 feet, he found a hut 10 feet in diameter, about 4 feet high, dome-shaped with a large…

    #992298 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  24. 1981 Durham, Green Cty, New York

    Bruce Hallenbeck visited a chemist and family living at the far end of a dead end road in the woods in the Catskills, who said they had been visited by a black, hairy, bigfoot. It, or possibly they, always came…

    #992299 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  25. Nov 1981 Kinderhook, Columbia Cty, New York

    Barbara Knights saw a tall, hairy, manlike creature, reddish brown, run up the driveway towards her home and then off into the woods.

    #992300 one large, sex unknown Creature description