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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. about 1950 Palatka, Putnam Cty, Florida

    Bailey and Girla Glisson were returning to Bardin (too small to be on road map) from Palatka at night when Bailey stopped to see why the truck was rattling. He saw nothing and when he turned to get back in…

    #991578 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. early 1950's Georgia

    Rebecca Leinberg said her stepfather, alone in a shack at night, saw what he thought was a black-faced man at the window, went outdoors and fired at him. The creature was over 7 feet tall and next morning tracks 20…

    #991729 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  3. 1950's Hopewell, Somerset Cty, Maryland

    Woman told David Bremer that her son, a pre-teen at the time, had seen the creature in a garbage dump area in a heavily wooded section outside of Hopewell.

    #991980 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. 1950 Hickory, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Mrs. Sunderland and her cousin saw a big hairy creature looking in the window of her farmhouse. When she turned on the porch light it fled on two legs.

    #991981 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  5. 1950's Norrisville, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Unidentified jogger reported to have seen a sasquatch on a back road.

    #991982 one, no description

  6. early 1950's New Jersey

    Boy at camp saw a hair-covered creature, over six feet, walking like a man.

    #992220 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. early 1950's New Jersey

    Boy at camp saw a hair-covered creature, over six feet, walking like a man.

    #992221 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. late 1950's Cambridge Springs, Crawford Cty, Pennsylvania

    A friend of Edward Frew was bothered by something pounding on his farmhouse at night. A group waited up for it on a darkened porch, and when it showed up long past midnight someone shot it. It ran off through…

    #992351 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. late 1950's Cary, Bell Cty, Kentucky

    Larry Wilson and another teenage boy were playing at a coal camp in high mountains. They walked up a hill toward the mouth of the coal mine and saw right in the mouth of the mine a grey or white…

    #992733 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  10. early 1950's Goodlettsville, Sumner Cty, Tennessee

    Aunts Lura and Mildred up early one morning, presumably at house 5 miles east of Goodlettsville, and saw a large, hairy biped standing 50 yards away in a field looking at them. Mildred chased it into a wooded area on…

    #992750 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  11. May 1950 Klemtu, Swindle Isl, British Columbia

    Informant and others from Klemtu went to the head of Kitasu Lake to get gravel and on the beach at the end of the lake they saw 10 or 12 sets of humanlike tracks crossing the beach and entering the…

    #1000027 other group of large and small Footprints

  12. Dec 1950 Klemtu, Susan Isl, British Columbia

    Paul Hopkins had landed at the abandoned abalone cannery in Oscar Passage to get a barrel. He went by a building on the wharf. When he returned there were ape tracks leading out of the building (presumably to the interior…

    #1000084 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  13. about 1950 Kemano, Kitlope River, British Columbia

    Chuck Davis, commercial fisherman, recalled being told by Indians from Hartley Bay about a sasquatch seen at Kitlope River in 1950. Witnesses were Johnny Paul, Kemano Channel, and Whyler Robinson, Hartley Bay.

    #1000144 one, no description

  14. 1950's Klemtu, Swindle Isl, British Columbia

    Klemtu Indians said seaplane pilot landing at Klemtu had asked what everyone was doing swimming in fur suits at Kitasu Lake.

    #1000146 more than one, no description

  15. 1950 Truckee, Nevada Cty, California

    Then aged 19, returning to Reno from fishing trip, with fiance, a large hairy beast crossed the road in front of their car, forcing them to slam on the brakes. Got a good look in the headlights. Arms swung freely.…

    #1000451 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  16. late 1950's Alder Springs, Glenn Cty, California

    Harold Westlund, Chico, stated that Joe Ely, fire control officer in Menticino National Forest, had investigated an incident where a logging truck driver arriving at the loading area noticed that a 50 gallon drum had been tossed around. He fled,…

    #1000469 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  17. 1950's Bend, Lane Cty, Oregon

    Dick Russell, at Brooks Cameras, San Francisco, said that a man named Zack Hamilton had brought in a roll of film and told a story of being stalked by a hairy monster in the Three Sisters Wilderness in Oregon. The…

    #1001006 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  18. Jul 1949 Thorntown, Boone Cty, Indiana

    Charles Jones and George Coffman reported being chased from the banks of Sugar Creek where they were fishing, by a brown Gorilla. Nearly 30 Thorntown residents were reported to have seen it. Estimated weight 250 lbs. It had protruding teeth.

    #991040 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. 1949 Bigelow, Franklin Cty, Maine

    On road by Bigelow Mountain, 1 a.m. on rainy night, passed 7-foot creature standing in the roadway. Enquiring, met a local Frenchman named "Old Pete" who had seen the creature before, and said "him don't smell good."

    #991964 one, no description Creature description

  20. Jul 1949 Harrison Hot Springs, Fraser Valley Dis, British Columbia

    Informant was on bridal trail, horse balked at going farther, she led it a way and it balked more so she tied it up and walked. Came upon creature she thought was a bear and approached "to feed it sugar".…

    #1000029 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  21. Oct 1949 New Hazelton, Skeena Dis, British Columbia

    Luxton was driving north when the creature crossed the road sideways looking at him, then walked, then ran then ran down towards the river.

    #1000055 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. Oct 1949 Leadpoint, Stevens Cty, Washington

    Ben Thompson said he saw a very large sasquatch at Leadpoint, watching it through a scope at 800 to 1000 yards, and tried to put his bear dogs on its trail, but they declined. It was heading West over the…

    #1000686 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  23. about 1949 Vanderhoof, Nechako Val, British Columbia

    Mr. Hentges, driving from Cluculz Lake to Vanderhoof on a highway under construction, saw what he thought was a gorilla walk across the road about a quarter mile away on a straight stretch. It was on its hind legs, with…

    #1000961 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  24. 1948 Anchorage, Alaska

    #282 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. 1948 Mobile, Mobile Cty, Alabama

    Dan Wiggins told John Fuhrmann that he and four other boys saw a Bigfoot in a swamp near Mobile when he was 12 years old in 1948.

    #991003 one large, sex unknown Creature description