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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Aug 1981 Waterford, Saratoga Cty, New York

    Young woman walking near the railroad tracks off Ninth Street shortly after midnight confronted by a large, hairy animal which growled at her but made no other threatening gesture. She went home and called police.

    #992296 one, no description Creature description

  2. Aug 1981 Waterford, Saratoga Cty, New York

    About 15 local youths reported sighting a large, hairy, yellowish animal, and a 14-inch footprint was found. Location was at Prospect Hill, in a heavily-wooded area where animals such as deer and bear have been known.

    #992297 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  3. 1981 North River, Warren Cty, New York

    Unnamed hunter was told of a large set of tracks on Bullhead Mountain and went to see for himslef. At the summit, 3,553 feet, he found a hut 10 feet in diameter, about 4 feet high, dome-shaped with a large…

    #992298 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  4. 1981 Durham, Green Cty, New York

    Bruce Hallenbeck visited a chemist and family living at the far end of a dead end road in the woods in the Catskills, who said they had been visited by a black, hairy, bigfoot. It, or possibly they, always came…

    #992299 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  5. Nov 1981 Kinderhook, Columbia Cty, New York

    Barbara Knights saw a tall, hairy, manlike creature, reddish brown, run up the driveway towards her home and then off into the woods.

    #992300 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Nov 1981 Kinderhook, Columbia Cty, New York

    Bruce Hallenbeck's cousin Cheri saw a big two-legged thing, reddish brown, in the driveway of their grandparents' driveway. It ran off into the woods when her headlights hit it.

    #992301 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. Jun 1981 Kinderhook, Columbia Cty, New York

    Bruce Hallenbeck found and cast a 14-inch, 3-toed track in the woods near his grandparents' house.

    #992310 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  8. Jul 1981 Oklahoma, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Sam Frew found a 13-inch, three-toed footprint in his garden, across the Allegheny River from Apollo, PA, after three months of hearing strange noises and sounds of a large creature moving around in the woods. The day before a 12-inch,…

    #992475 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  9. Aug 1981 Oklahoma, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Sam Frew walking along a gas well right of way in the woods west of Rte 819, could hear somethig to his right moving in the same direction, then briefly saw it in the open stepping over the pipeline.

    #992477 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  10. Aug 1981 Oklahoma, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    J.D. Frew, biking home on Rte 819, saw a 10-foot, apelike creature with a cone-shaped head and no neck walking from a pasture into the woods.

    #992478 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  11. Oct 1981 Vandergrift, Westmoreland Cty, Pennsylvania

    Colleen and husband backing out of driveway in Lancer Park housing development, Colleen saw in headlights an 8-foot, dark creature walk smoothly across the neighbouring lawn and disappear down a hillside.

    #992479 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  12. Dec 1981 State Game Land #48, Columbia Cty, Pennsylvania

    13-year-old was sitting waiting for daylight on deer hunt. He heard something moving in the brush and noted "decaying animal" smell, then as day broke saw on his right 50 to 75 yards away a seated figure covered with brown…

    #992480 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  13. Aug 1981 Maysville, Knox Cty, Indiana

    Fishing at night in the White River bottom land in the lower part of Beaver Dam, Jack Lankford saw two glowing red eyes and by the light of his lantern and fire saw a hairy, erect, creature sticking up four…

    #992683 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Jul 1981 Columbia Station, Loraine Cty, Ohio

    Informant was lighting garbage fire, heard something coming from the treeline 80 feet away. Looked up and saw green eyes approaching. When she realized the object was a biped larger than herself she ran to the house. When others came…

    #992724 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  15. 1981 Englewood, McMinn Cty, Tennessee

    Informant, when a child, was playing in garage beside road when he saw a 7-foot, brown to black creature across the road at a wooded area. He hid under a car.

    #992752 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  16. Feb 1981 Peebles, Adams Cty, Ohio

    Aaron and ? heard something moving near a creek off Old Furnace Road at the base of Peach Mountain. Following the sound they found a single humanlike track on a sandbar in the middle of the creek, with water just…

    #992854 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  17. 1981 Peebles, Adams Cty, Ohio

    Walking in woods, heard something moving, dog scared, looked around and saw single track 14 to 16 inches, in sand bar in middle of creek.

    #993027 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  18. 1981 Kaslo, West Kootenay Dis, British Columbia

    Jim Wallington phoned John Green, said he had seen a sasquatch (presume hairy) two miles from Kaslo (presume road from Nelson) while driving into town about 11:15 p.m. in 1981. It came across the road on two legs close to…

    #1000213 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. Nov 1981 Squamish, British Columbia

    #1000215 one, no description Creature description

  20. Jul 1981 Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California

    Dennis Ruminer, hiking to Deer Lick Lake, found 50 yards of tracks, one 13 1/2" by 7", another 11" x 6", apparently in company. Next day, 50 yards away, found some more tracks 17" by 7 1/2".

    #1000604 one large, one small Footprints

  21. Jul 1981 Orleans, Del Norte Cty, California

    Dennis Ruminer, hiking to Deer Lick Lake, found 50 yards of tracks, one 13 1/2" by 7", another 11" x 6", apparently in company. Next day, 50 yards away, found some more tracks 17" by 7 1/2".

    #1000605 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  22. Nov 1981 Happy Camp, Siskiyou Cty, California

    Al Casner, prospecting, found 13-inch footprints in mud on a logging skid trail in Lick Creek drainage. (Tributary of Elk Creek, not on map). Took a group to see them the next day, did not agree that they could not…

    #1000607 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  23. May 1981 Orange Cty, California

    Mr. H. was parked on a bluff in eastern Orange County, talking on his CB radio, when he heard a pounding noise. Getting out and shining a flashlight down the bluff he saw a large, hair-covered, manlike creature using what…

    #1000646 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  24. Dec 1981 Lancaster, Los Angeles Cty, California

    Joe Chainey, a bounty hunter, had set out a trap line the day before, at 190th St. West. He found one bare footprint 13" by 5.5 to 6" by 4" with four fat toes, and 6 feet away the print…

    #1000648 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  25. Apr 1981 Havre, Hill Cty, Montana

    Police Capt. Larry Bernard saw about 30 footprints, slightly longer than 14 inches long, 8 inches wide, about 2 inches deep in hard packed soil where his own feet did not leave a dent, on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation.…

    #1001174 one large, sex unknown Footprints