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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. 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

  2. 1964 to 1965 Stockbridge, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    John Rose and at least five others, on a rural road in Stockbridge, about 7.30 p.m., saw a 7 to 8-foot grey creature cross the road in front of their vehicle. It came out of the bushes 15 or 20…

    #992322 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. 1961 to 1962 Plainfield, Washington Cty, Vermont

    William Lyford went to see why his cows were making a commotion, at his farm at Lanesboro Station on the Wells River-Barre Railroad. He saw a tall hairy bipedal creature which turned and fled over a hill when his flashlight…

    #992323 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. Mar 1974 Barre, Washington Cty, Vermont

    In the third week of March, on Country Club Road in Barre, two young men had stopped and were out of their car when they heard a loud shriek, then looked for the cause and saw a tall dark figure…

    #992324 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  5. Jul 1974 Rutland, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Couple called police to report seeing an 8 to 10-foot creature covered with hair. Police went to the site and saw it run across the road in front of them.

    #992325 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Sep 1975 Highgate Springs, Franklin Cty, Vermont

    Resting on a hilltop beside Missisquoi Bay, man, brother and son saw a tall, dark, wide-shouldered figure about a mile and a half away walking casually along a tractor trail. It seemed in slow motion, but covered a large distance…

    #992326 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. Mar 1977 Chittenden, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Donna Carrara looked out her living room window and saw a hairy, ape-like creature standing in a nearby sloping field, slouched with its arms hung by its sides. She went to phone her husband and then it was gone.

    #992327 one, no description Creature description

  8. Jul 1977 Clarendon, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    James and Nancy Ingalls driving at about 10.15 p.m. where old Rte 7 rejoins new Rte 7 south of the Rte 103 junction in Clarendon, they saw a manlike creature extimated 6.5 feet tall, with eyes that glowed red in…

    #992328 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  9. Nov 1978 Sandgate, Bennington Cty, Vermont

    On a steep slope on Mount Equinox, checking the far side of a ravine through a 3-9 power telescopic sight, hunter saw a young doe walking down the slope checking back over her shoulder, then notices upright black shape walking…

    #992329 one large male Creature description

  10. Nov 1978 Shrewsbury, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Mrs. Fretz going with flashlight to get vegetables from garden, dog's actions brought attention to a line of large footprints. Next day David Fretz studied and photographed them. They came from the road, circled the house and went back to…

    #992330 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  11. Mar 1983 Tinmouth, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Travelling in an area of scattered farms, middle-aged couple saw on a low ridge a giant 'man' walking swiftly and agilely up a rocky ridge. It stopped for several minutes, looking down to the road toward them, then raised its…

    #992331 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  12. 1984 Pierces Corner, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Couple claimed to have seen a large, hairy ape-like creature near the junction of Rte 7 and Rte 103. They reported it to state police.

    #992332 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  13. Apr 1984 North Hartland, Windsor Cty, Vermont

    James Guyette, delivering newspaper bundles at 5.30 a.m. on a rainy morning was driving north on Rte 91 a mile and a half below North Hartland when he saw a large, hairy 'animal-man' that had come up the bank near…

    #992333 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. 1984 Hubbardton, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Anonymous man said te saw a huge, hairy, apelike creature walking upright near the edge of a cleared field in the northwest corner of Hubbardton.

    #992334 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  15. Mar 1985 Clarendon, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Looking out the window in the evening Dorothy Mason saw some big footprints in the snow 30 feet from the house. She and son Jeffrey measured them immediately, as falling snow was obscuring them. Son Christopher, 7, also saw them.…

    #992335 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  16. Sep 1985 West Rutland, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    At the home of Ed and Theresa Davis, two miles west of West Rutland, friends and family members heard strange grunts and shrieks. Bob Davis and Frank Grabowski walked up a dirt logging road to investigate and saw a black…

    #992336 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  17. Oct 1985 Proctor, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Burton McCullough Sr.'s chicken coop was ripped open, fence torn, many chickens killed. Huge Bigfoot-like footprints found on the ground around the coop.

    #992337 one, no description Creature description Footprints

  18. Nov 1985 Chittenden, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Rickie Siefert and Corey St. Lawrence in the rear seat of a school bus as it was turning around by backing into the parking lot opposite the Mt. Top Inn. Out the back window they saw a big, black, hairy…

    #992338 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. 1986 Norton, Essex Cty, Vermont

    Professor from Johnson State College described seeing a Bigfoot-type creature near Norton Pond, which is a small lake. Large tracks reported to have been found in the area later.

    #992339 one, no description

  20. Oct 1986 West Rutland, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    John Bradt, Kerry Bilda and George Dietrich were driving east on Rte 4A, two miles west of West Rutland when they encountered a bipedal creature, 6.5 to 7 feet tall, covered with long black hair, walking west on their side…

    #992340 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  21. Oct 1986 West Rutland, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Susan Cook was driving west on Rte 4A at approximately 8.30 p.m. when a 7-foot, dark brown creature crossed the road in front of her car and disappeared in the brush, at approximately the same location where three young men…

    #992341 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  22. Nov 1986 Castleton, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Nils Behn and Joe Antell, hiking on the west side of Birdseye Mountain, came across footprints in light snow too large for a man and with a stride they could not match.

    #992342 one, no description Footprints

  23. Feb 1987 East Poultney, Rutland Cty, Vermont

    Cross-country skiing, Tom Palumbo and Stacey Lorimer came on huge humanlike tracks in the snow with a 52-inch stride. Photos were taken next day. There were leaves stripped off branches 7 feet off the ground. Tracks went down a hill…

    #992343 one, no description Creature description Footprints

  24. Dec 1989 Eden, Lamoille Cty, Vermont

    Guy Primo and family went in a pine forest at the back of his land to get a Christmas tree. They came upon fresh footprints in 2.5 feet of snow that were 12 to 14 inches long, had a stride…

    #992704 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  25. Oct 1976 East Haven, Caledonia Cty, Vermont

    Ken Parenteau's mother was reading in the woods near an apple orchard when she felt she was being watched, looked up and saw a tall creature on two legs walking fast towards her but slightly to one side. It came…

    #992843 one large, sex unknown Creature description