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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Aug 1972 Puyallop, Pierce Cty, Washington

    #1000261 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  2. Sep 1972 Puyallop, Pierce Cty, Washington

    #1000262 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. Dec 1972 Pacific Beach, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington

    Julie Reed, 12, of Pacific Beach, and Gayle Delacruz, 13, of Taholah, were passengers in a car on the road between Pacific Beach and Aloha, when they saw a heavy, man-sized, slightly stooped, brown creature with hanging arms cross the…

    #1000263 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. Sep 1972 Puyallop, Pierce Cty., Washington

    Dorothy Grimm and her son David, 13, were returning from church in the evening when they saw in their headlights on the road a heavy creature covered with dark hair. It was on all fours, but stood up, ext. 8…

    #1000275 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  5. Feb 1972 Lake Isabella, Kern Cty, California

    Gary Justus, his wife Sandy, Kathy Algreen and Patsy Stumbaugh, all teenagers, were at a campground at the Southwest end of Lake Isabella, across the lake from the lodge, Whiskey Flats. They were outside their camper, about midnight, when they…

    #1000416 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Feb 1972 China Lake, Tulare Cty, California

    California Bigfoot Organization found tracks on Nine Mile Canyon road, (leaves Hwy 395 South of Little Lake and goes Northwest, crossing the South Fork of the Kern River) Tracks were on the bank by the road. They backtracked them more…

    #1000417 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  7. Jun 1972 Strawberry, Tuolomne Cty, California

    Warren Johnson writes that creatures were heard at camp for two nights, ate bait left out and seemed to be asking for more. Three sets of footprints left, 16 inch, 20 inch, and 26" by 14" with a 72-inch stride…

    #1000560 more than two, sex unknown (large) Footprints

  8. Oct 1972 Redding, Shasta Cty, California

    Randy Norton and Steven Gillispie, camping by Clear Creek, at the Placer Street bridge, heard and had glimpses of two creatures during the night, then at dawn saw on the hill to the west a creature like a gorilla but…

    #1000561 two large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. 1972 Stevens Pass, Washington

    Mack Hamilton says only "in Stevens Pass I saw another, but this one was all black," after previously describing a sighting of a creature with red hair that looked like an orangutan (no entry, as no place or date given,…

    #1000671 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  10. 1972 Sumas, Whatcom Cty, Washington

    Jim White said he and a friend were bird hunting when the friend yelled and White turned around and saw movement of a large animal in the bushes 50 yards away. The friend said he had seen what must be…

    #1000828 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  11. before 1972 Grande Ronde Riv, Oregon

    Witness was fly fishing for summer steelhead in the Grande Ronde River in Northeastern Oregon when he noticed a very large animal sitting on a rock watching him. He kept an eye on it as he fished and it continued…

    #1000944 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  12. Oct 1972 John Day, Grant Cty, Oregon

    Herbert Roth and his father were hunting about 20 miles from John Day. At midnight, hearing a noise around their camp trailer, Herbert got out and saw by flashlight a 7 to 8-foot creature, black, heavy, with red-reflecting eyes, about…

    #1001015 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  13. 1972 Cannon Beach, Clatsop Cty, Oregon

    Ray Cameron was on his way home to Cannon Beach from Astoria late at night when a white sasquatch ran across in front of him. (Near Seaside, but not stated which side.)

    #1001027 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Feb 1972 Eugene, Lane Cty, Oregon

    Jim Kunkle and a friend were spotlighting for deer in the vicinity of Triangle Lake. They saw several deer running down a hillside "like bats outa hell". They had never seen deer act like that, especially at night, so they…

    #1001032 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  15. Apr 1972 Oakridge, Lane Cty, Oregon

    Luther Roam and his father-in-law, James Ping, fishing along Salmon Creek less than three miles East of Oakridge, found a single left-foot track 17.5 inches long, 7.5 inches wide and 1.5 inches deep, very wide at the toes. There were…

    #1001033 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  16. Jun 1972 Sweet Home, Linn Cty, Oregon

    Ed was in charge of fallers and buckers on a logging operation near Robinson Lake where huge barefoot humanlike footprints, 17 to 18-inches by 7 inches, were showing up overnight near equipment and along trails for a couple of weeks.…

    #1001034 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  17. Jun 1972 Eugene, Lane Cty, Oregon

    Bert Schluckebier was one of a group of motorcyclists heading for the top of Mount Nebo, an old volcanic peak 3400 feet high. Taking a break at noon, half a mile from the peak, one of them noticed a black…

    #1001035 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  18. Jun 1972 Cottage Grove, Lane Cty, Oregon

    Brad Chambers was hunting Chittum Bark with Eugene Brown, when he heard a crashing noise in the brush and saw the above the low foliage the back of an oval-shaped head covered with dark hair, 8 or 9 feet up.…

    #1001036 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. Jun 1972 Detroit, Marion Cty, Oregon

    Thomas Smith and a friend were fishing in a lake at the base of Mount Jefferson, name unknown, which they had to reach by descending a "boulder-strewn cliff" for about 1000 feet. The other man saw two "guys" on the…

    #1001037 one medium, one small Creature description

  20. Jun 1972 Blue River, Lane Cty, Oregon

    Jack Harris, Bud Miller and Charles Ross were clearing a right-of-way for a road into a wilderness area along the McKenzie River (presume South Fork, as was Southeast from Blue River, and there was already a highway following the McKenzie…

    #1001038 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  21. Jul 1972 Blue River, Lane Cty, Oregon

    Russ Lawrence, the surveyor, was walking a trail along the route of the new road following the McKenzie River (presume South Fork) when he noticed his Husky dog in a clearing ahead looking down towards the canyon. Went to see…

    #1001039 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. Sep 1972 Myrtle Point, Coos Cty, Oregon

    Dewey Strong was driving West on the Lee Valley Road just off Hwy. 42 between Coquille and Myrtle Point, at 4.30 a.m., when his headlights swung across a 7-foot ape standing in the ditch on the North side of the…

    #1001040 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  23. Oct 1972 Sweet Home, Linn Cty, Oregon

    Arlene Arp and her husband (called Oscar at one point and Larry at another??) camped at Cascadia Forest Camp on US 20, he hiked up a steep hill into the woods and saw giant humanlike tracks, flat, about twice the…

    #1001041 one large, one small Creature description Footprints

  24. 1972 Klamath Falls, Klamath Cty, Oregon

    Michael Bradley was hunting near Klamath Falls when he walked down a deer trail to a stream and saw a sasquatch (no description) standing across the stream from him. It turned and walked out of sight. Melvin Gunsaullus states that…

    #1001042 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. 1972 McCall, Valley Cty, Idaho

    Robert Espy said he drove rapidly past a creature a little over 6 feet tall, heavy-set, light brown, on a forest road.

    #1001196 one large, sex unknown Creature description