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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Aug 1953 Lombard, Cecil Cty, Maryland

    Farmer Joseph Eggers saw a man-sized brown creature.

    #991985 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. Sep 1953 Courtenay, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia

    Jack Twist was on camping trip at the Oyster River, walking back to camp on an old logging road at dusk, when he saw a dark figure ahead of him on the road about 200 or 300 yards away. Thought…

    #1000147 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. about 1953 Lewiston, Trinity Cty, California

    Mechanic told Bob Titmus, who was driving logging truck there, that he had seen a huge erect creature covered with brown hair watching him as he greased a tractor, and it had made big tracks. Titmus refused to be conned…

    #1000323 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. Oct 1953 Novato, Marin Cty, California

    Phil Snow and Ray Rhodes were duck hunting in the marshland and tidal flats between Highway 101 and San Francisco Bay, walking on wooden catwalks raised about 3 feet over the marsh to provide access to power lines etc. Rhodes…

    #1000453 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  5. 1953 Fort Bragg, Mendocino Cty, California

    Earl McConnell wrote that his nephew had hung a deer 8 feet in the air, and later saw a creature 8 feet tall tearing at it. He shot over its head and it threw a log at him, then ran.…

    #1000455 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  6. Aug 1953 Telma, Chelan Cty, Washington

    Clarence Fox and a friend hiking out through the canyon of the Napeequa River, generally considered impassable--12 miles took 3 days. One morning woke to find huge tracks in the gravel coming up to the opposite side of their fire,…

    #1000689 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  7. 1953 Pomeroy, Garfield Cty, Washington

    David Strevy, about 9, was sleeping in the bed of a truck with an older brother while family was camping at Teals Forest Camp in the Blue Mountains above Pomeroy. One morning the truck began to shake and he got…

    #1000692 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. 1953 Sandy, Clackamas Cty, Oregon

    Fisherman told his two companions that while fishing a pool in the Alder Creek canyon he felt an unnpleasant sensation and looked up to see a huge, hair-covered creature resembling both man and beast watching him from a thicket. It…

    #1000980 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Oct 1953 Missoula, Powell Cty, Montana

    Larry Slade hunting elk high up in the Swan Mountains near Seely Lake, shot at what he took for a cow elk entering the timber across a clearing, and then heard a lot of screeching and jabbering. Then a huge…

    #1001119 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 1950's Lowell, Lane Cty, Oregon

    #6 one large female Creature description

  21. about 1950 Rio Dell, Humboldt Cty, California

    #159 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. 1950 to 1951 North Bend, Fraser Can., British Columbia

    #244 Footprints

  23. 1950's British Columbia

    #247 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  24. Jul 1950 San Bernardino, San Bernardino Cty, California

    #499 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  25. mid 1950's International Falls, Koochiching Cty, Minnesota

    Seven-year-old boy said to have seen sasquatch crossing road at fairly close range, west of International Falls. They stopped, stared at each other, then the creature went on.

    #991208 one large, sex unknown Creature description