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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Jan 1969 Beltsville, Prince George's Cty, Maryland

    Unidentified woman said that a 7.5-foot Bigfoot walked out onto Rte 197 in front of her car at 1.30 a.m.

    #992005 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. Dec 1969 Bridgewater, Plymouth Cty, Massachusetts

    Students at Bredgewater State Teachers' College reported to police that something walking upright was making a lot of racket in the vicinity of the college. Police found nothing.

    #992194 one, no description Creature description

  3. 1969 Northumberland Cty, Pennsylvania

    With three other young boys, witness was riding in a car trying to spot deer with a flashlight, somewhere in Washington Township. He noticed a hairy, apelike figure sitting on the ground about 10 yards away in a flattened down…

    #992358 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. 1969 Easterville, Manitoba

    Easterville school teacher June Johnson was driving between Easterville and Grand Rapids at night when she rounded a curve and saw a figure like a man run from the road. The dark figure ran upright, hurdling the willows as if…

    #992613 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  5. 1969 Greensboro, Greene Cty, Pennsylvania

    Then 15, Michael Hardy and other boys were skinny dipping in the community pool after hours and fled when the caretaker turned up, running into a strip of woods beside the Mongahela River. Michael, in the lead and looking back,…

    #992784 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Jul 1969 Long Lake, Hamilton Cty, New York

    John Gaydusek and then wife in bed about 11 p.m., saw at window at least 5 feet off ground a large conical head with a pushed-in, dark face ringed by brown hair. After a few seconds it left. Next day…

    #992964 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  7. Nov 1969 Lytton, Fraser Canyon, British Columbia

    Informant was driving eastbound on the Trans Canada Highway when he saw a creature standing on the east shoulder of the road near Skihist campsite. He described it as approximately 7 feet tall, 300 to 500 pounds, covered with fairly…

    #1000005 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. May 1969 Merritt, Coquihalla Dis, British Columbia

    Group of cadets camping out, led by David Ludlum, 19. Having a war game when John Szabo, 14, rushed up saying he had heard heavy breathing behind him, turned and saw a huge hairy man watching him. When the boy…

    #1000013 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Feb 1969 Butedale, Khutze Inlet, British Columbia

    Informant told Bob Titmus that he and two other Indians were trapping in Khutze Inlet when they saw an ape on the south shore of the inlet. They were travelling by boat at the time. Nyce shot at it with…

    #1000025 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  10. Jun 1969 Klemtu, Swindle Isl, British Columbia

    Informant and friends went to see ape tracks that had been found on the beach at Kitasu Lake.

    #1000035 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  11. Sep 1969 Anahim Lake, Chilcotin Dis, British Columbia

    Panhandle Phillips was guiding cariboo hunters when he noticed an animal on the tongue of a glacier a quarter mile away. There were dirty paths from bushes at each side of the glacier to what appeared to be two holes…

    #1000064 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  12. Mar 1969 Squamish, British Columbia

    Man and son went in by snowmobile to shovel snow off roof of cabin at Lewis Lake (described as Cheakamus River but 6,000 feet up, can't find on map). Found around dozen cabins bipedal, five-toed tracks taking six foot strides.…

    #1000088 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  13. Feb 1969 Alert Bay, Broughton Isl, British Columbia

    Tom Brown and Harry Whonnock, Alert Bay, were digging clams on the south shore of Broughton Island. Just as it began to get dark they saw a hairy creature about six feet tall looking at them. They ran for their…

    #1000165 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. 1969 Massett, Queen Charlotte Isl, British Columbia

    An Indian from Massett, at the north end of Graham Island, the northern main island of the Queen Charlotte Islands, phoned Bob Titmus in 1969 to say that a sasquatch had been seen on a logging road. He had another…

    #1000168

  15. 1969 Masset, Queen Charlotte Isl, British Columbia

    One of two phone calls received by Bob Titmus in 1969 from Indians at Masset whom he did not know. This one the sighting was in town, the other on a logging road. The next year there was a sighting…

    #1000169 one large, sex unknown

  16. Apr 1969 Whistler, Callahan Valley, British Columbia

    Teddy Osborne, one of the promoters of a ski development in the Callahan Valley, encountered tracks in the snow on Powder Mountain. His partner, Jack Wilson, hired a helicopter and a photographer, John Helcermanas, and went to investigate. Tracks were…

    #1000170 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  17. Sep 1969 Rossland, West Kootenay Dis, British Columbia

    Glen McAuley was hunting south of Rossland when he saw a dark brown, heavily built, hairy, upright, 7 to 8-foot creature walking with long steps for 200 yards across a meadow. Grass showed no tracks.

    #1000171 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  18. Jun 1969 Squamish, Mamquam, British Columbia

    This is a confusing situation, with a lot of witnesses to say that some sort of creature was around, and some evidence but generally unconvincing. Mrs. Jack Grattan said a creature broke into her house while she was visiting a…

    #1000230 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  19. Mar 1969 North Bonneville, Skamania Cty, Washington

    Don Cox was going fishing at 4 a.m., driving north of the Columbia River near Beacon Rock, when he saw what at first appeared to be a tree leaning towards the road from the South side. He was driving slowly…

    #1000252 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  20. Jul 1969 Hoquiam, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington

    Verlin Herrington, a summer deputy sheriff, was returning home after an incident, going down Deekay Road, at 2:35 a.m., when he rounded a curve and saw what looked like a large bear standing in the middle of the road. He…

    #1000266 one large female Creature description

  21. 1969 North Bend, King Cty, Washington

    Informant and friends were fishing on a small creek when they heard a tremendous noise coming from the hillside. Three screams, loud, high-pitched. They saw a brown creature of great size up there which was parting at some bushes and…

    #1000271 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. Jan 1969 Myrtle Point, Coos Cty, Oregon

    Chester Mullins, checking his Sky Line Ranch after extremely heavy snow, saw tracks heading from the town towards the mountain. They were two feet long, sinking two feet into the snow, yet with a seven-foot stride. He followed them for…

    #1000304 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  23. Feb 1969 Colton, Clackamus Cty, Oregon

    Glen Thomas, who at this period was almost a full-time sasquatch hunter, found two sets of tracks 15 by 7 inches and 11 by 4 inches, in snow in a field at an abandoned homestead. He observed them for about…

    #1000305 two large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  24. Feb 1969 Tiller, Douglas Cty, Oregon

    John Powell and Willie Penley and Jack Heritage saw tracks in mud on an old skid road slightly South of Mod Est mine, between Coffee Creek and South Umqua River. They were 13 inches long with a 4-foot stride. Followed…

    #1000306 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  25. Jun 1969 Dallas, Polk Cty, Oregon

    Mrs. Doris Newton heard her dog barking and went outside, where she saw two huge black creatures walking in her field 150 yards away. She watched them walk about 100 feet over the crest of a hill. Next morning with…

    #1000308 two large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints