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1955 to 1956
Paskenta, Tehama Cty, California
Winnifred Bates went to see tracks found the previous day on (or near) the road to Covelo. There was supposed to have been a grader tire rammed down over a stump and other items disturbed, but no evidence of this…
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1955
Garberville, Humboldt, California
Jim Turner said he and others, including his uncle, were fleeing a forest fire that they had been fighting when they came over a ridge and saw a creature 8 to 9 feet tall standing there. He passed within 30…
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about 1955
Cougar, Skamania Cty, Washington
Paul McGuire was with a group of about 10 young boys from a YMCA camp at Spirit Lake on Mount St. Helens who hiked to Coldwater Lookout, above and West of St. Helens Lake. On the way down, at the…
- 1956 Blue Lake, Humboldt Cty, California
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about 1956
Wilburton, Latimer Cty, Oklahoma
Virginia Imberton sitting in her dining room looking out the door saw a creature that walked upright like a man but had long arms like an ape and had hair all over walk around the edge of a pond and…
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about 1956
Wilburton, Latimer Cty, Oklahoma
Ben Croslin, an Indian, saw the creature hanging over his fence. After that Mrs. Imberton's story was taken seriously and her husband and some other men went after the creature, "chased it in some deserted mine shafts and the dogs…
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about 1956
Columbus, Muskogee Cty, Georgia
Jamie O'Riley wrote that a number of people were followed by, accosted by, or merely saw a 7-foot upright creature with long dark hair. This happened along a particular stretch of road near Columbus.
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1956
Chesapeake Beach, Calvert Cty, Maryland
Ike Creek said William Jones was driving his truck on a dirt road off Rte 260 late at night when a large, hairy black animal ran across the road on two legs.
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1956 to 1957
Potosi, Washington Cty, Missouri
Playing hide and seek, Ed Horton went to hide in an old corn crib in a field. Heard heavy breathing behind him, saw huge manlike creature covered with hair and smelling like a hog pen standing behind him. He fled.
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about 1956
Long Valley, Morris Cty, New Jersey
12-year-old girl walking on dirt road near home heard crashing sound and saw a 6 to 7-foot, dark brown creature step down an embankment to the road. It stopped, stared at her, and walked slowly toward her. Its manner was…
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Aug 1956
Port Chester, Westchester Cty, New York
Two children reported seeing a "shaggy monster" about 6.5 feet tall with long red hair and piercing eyes. Police were notified and on investigation found that there was supporting evidence. Many calls received and a hunt organized but nothing found.
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Jul 1956
Klemtu, Jackson Passage, British Columbia
Informant was working on his fishboat on the beach at the west end of Jackson Pass. There were ape tracks there. He did not measure them, but they were too large to be human although otherwise humanlike.
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Apr 1956
Hope, Fraser Valley Dis, British Columbia
Stan Hunt was driving east on the Trans Canada Highway near Flood, when he saw a large erect creature beside the road and glimpsed a second one with it.
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Aug 1956
Sechelt, South Coast Dis, British Columbia
Mike Amacher had a letter from a man who said he was one of three staying in a shack near Sechelt. One night one opened the door to go out, screamed and came back in the room. After he calmed…
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Aug 1956
Sechelt, South Coast Dis, British Columbia
See 1000148
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Apr 1956
Glide, Douglas Cty, Oregon
Paul Nott was surveying for a road near Young Bay Bridge on the North Umpqua River, about 200 yards from the river, when he saw something large, dark and hairy running away from him through heavy underbrush. He then found…
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Sep 1956
Clearwater, Douglas Cty, Oregon
D.B. Hagen was taking a shortcut road in heavy timber west of Stump Lake off Hwy. 138 when he passed close to a 7 foot, dark, shaggy, erect creature with wide shoulders, a short neck, big head and flat face,…
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1956
Willow Creek, Humboldt Cty, California
Neta Bussell was out gathering walnuts when she saw some tracks in sand left on the road by an overflow of Sanders Creek. One track 16 inches long, the other 8 inches, half dozen in total, general shape only, no…
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Jun 1956
Weed, Siskiyou Cty, California
Writer (he she?) stopped for a rest about 3 a.m. driving from Weed to Macdoel, and while sitting on the fender heard someone walking down the middle of the road, so got in the car and turned on the lights.…
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Aug 1956
Weed, Siskiyou Cty, California
Mrs. Jack Pomray says "they" saw what appeared to be a bear run across the road on two legs taking big steps.
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about 1956
Telma, Chelan Cty, Washington
Zarol Johnson wrote in 1966 that "some 10 years ago in the rough and remote valley of the North Fork of the White River above Lake Wentatchee" he found tracks on a sand bar that were 16 inches long and…
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Jul 1956
Idaho
Melvin Givens would not give a location, claiming to have had more contacts with Bigfoot in the same area. He said he saw an 8-foot, very heavy male creature, covered with red hair, come out of the bush onto a…
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Aug 1956
Ketchikan, Ketchikan Cty, Alaska
Bob Everett was doing Department of Fish and Game fisheries survey work with a local halibut boat out of Ketchikan. Getting ready to anchor for the night, the skipper pointed out a "bear" sitting on his rump. The bear then…
- Mar 1957 Gasquet, Del Norte Cty, California
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1957
Paolita, Collier Cty, Florida
Doug Tarrant, Robert Webb and Pug, after a day of hunting in Big Cypress Swamp, were sleeping in hammocks slung between cypress trees on a hammock when they heard heavy footsteps approaching, then saw about 30 feet away a drak…