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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. 1979 Bassett, Henry Cty, Virginia

    Angela Mize Williams arrived home at night, found dogs cowering on porch and heard a thump beside the car, but saw nothing. Next morning found very large footprints around the house and leading through a field to a wooded area.…

    #991929 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  2. Feb 1981 DeWitt, Dinwiddie Cty, Virginia

    Staking out an area by Hwy 1 where he had seen tracks in the past, George Proctor shone a spotlight around at about 2 a.m. and saw a creature standing at the edge of the trees 350 to 400 feet…

    #991930 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. Nov 1980 DeWitt, Dinwiddie Cty, Virginia

    George Proctor found one complete footprint and three partials, not in succession, about 40 feet from Hwy 1, a half mile south of DeWitt.

    #991931 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  4. Nov 1980 DeWitt, Dinwiddie Cty, Virginia

    George Proctor found four prints, two 18-inch and two 12-inch in red clay on the shoulder of an unidentified road in the northwest corner of Dinwiddie County. The large prints did not show toes and the small ones only the…

    #991932 one large, one small Footprints

  5. Date unknown Location unknown

    #991933 Footprints

  6. Jan 1981 DeWitt, Dinwiddie Cty, Virginia

    George Proctor found two footprints, one 15.5 inches one 20.5 inches, in the same area where he had seen 15-inch footprints three months earlier. 1731. These would appear to be the reason for his stakeout at this location that resulted…

    #991934 two large, sex unknown Footprints

  7. Date unknown Location unknown

    #991935 Footprints

  8. Jun 1985 King George, King George Cty, Virginia

    Family living off Rte 205 experienced strong odours and nocturnal screaming in 1977, 1978, and the early 1980's, sporadically. On this occasion in 1985 they were sitting in the kitchen when Jeannie, early 20's, saw through the glass door a…

    #991936 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Aug 1986 King George, King George Cty, Virginia

    Mickey Edge and Tracy were picking blueberries in a patch of woods 100 yards behind the Edge home when they saw a 5-foot hairy biped peering out at them through the brush. They fled.

    #991937 one small Creature description

  10. Mar 1987 King George, King George Cty, Virginia

    Mickey Edge and friends Tom and Wanda heard a loud moaning sound. Mickey saw a pair of whitish lights moving about in the woods. All the lights were turned out, then Jeannie Edge turned on tlhe carport light, looked out…

    #991938 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  11. Jul 1985 King George, King George Cty, Virginia

    The Edge family found a series of large, humanlike footprints in their back yard. Sheriff's officers measured the stride at over 6 ft.

    #991939 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  12. Jan 1986 Jerome, Shenandoah Cty, Virginia

    Dave Clark said he had found a 16-inch footprint in skiff of snow, on North Mountain.

    #991940 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  13. 1986 Vesuvius, Rockbridge Cty, Virginia

    Wayne Johnson, Jay Taylor and Eddie Thompson, driving on Rte 2 near St. Mary's Creek (not on map) saw creature walk across the road ahead, stop and look at them, then enter woods. A quarter hour later they saw it…

    #991941 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. 1960 Davis, Tucker Cty, West Virginia

    Cutting wood for fire, young man heard a noise and felt someone poking him in the ribs, turned and saw a monster with two huge eyes that shone like balls of fire, far apart. Eight feet tall and shaggy hair…

    #991942 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  15. Oct 1960 Marlinton, Pocahontas Cty, West Virginia

    A very strange report. Doc Priestly said his car stalled and he found himself stopped close to a monster with its long hair standing straight up. Friends in an accompanying bus came back looking for him, the creature's hair dropped…

    #991943 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  16. Dec 1960 Centralia, Braxton Cty, West Virginia

    On a lonely backwoods road near Hickory Flats (not on map) between Braxton and Webster counties, Charles Stover rounded a curve and saw a 6 foot creature with hair all over its face and body standing by the road. He…

    #991944 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  17. Nov 1966 Mason Cty, West Virginia

    Cecil Lucas saw three bear-like creatures snipping around an oil pump in his field. When he came out of the house to investigate they ran off, upright, towards the Ohio River, disappearing in the thicket.

    #991945 more than two, sex unknown (large) Creature description

  18. 1970's Davis, Tucker Cty, West Virginia

    John Lutz wrote that around Blackwater Canyon, near Davis, he learned of the "Canyon Monster", 8 or 9 feet tall, 500 lbs., walkes on two legs, has a hairless face, looks like an ape, said to like spooking horses.

    #991946 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. Aug 1976 Weston, Lewis Cty, West Virginia

    Ronald Stark, 18, and Clifford Barnes, 18, turned off I-79 at the Skin Creek exit at 8.15 p.m. and saw an apelike creature standing in the middle of the access road. As they braked to a halt it ran into…

    #991947 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  20. Aug 1978 Oceana, Wyoming Cty, West Virginia

    Bill Pruitt heard a sound like babies crying, later spotted under a street lamp what looked like a huge man. As he got out of his car to investigate it "hunkered down" by the river bank, and the next thing…

    #991948 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  21. Apr 1982 Capon Bridge, Hampshire Cty, West Virginia

    Jack Heintz reported seeing a huge creature prowling around his home on Schaffenaker Mountain. Item says "the description resembled a Bigfoot," but doesn't give it.

    #991949 one, no description Creature description

  22. Aug 1895 Colebrook, Litchfield Cty, Connecticut

    #991950 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  23. Aug 1895 Colebrook, Litchfield Cty, Connecticut

    John G. Hall was driving the stage between Winsted, CN, and Sandisfield, MA, when he saw an animal standing by the road at Colebrook. He stopped and drew his pistol. The animal ran across the road on all fours, then…

    #991951 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  24. 1892 Colebrook, Litchfield Cty, Connecticut

    Incidents said to have taken place between Winsted, Conn, and Sandisfield, MA. A tall hairy creature was seen stealing chickens and a rabbit, and a man fired at it with a shotgun and birdshot, but did not faze it. Footprints…

    #991952 one, no description Creature description Footprints

  25. 1894 Norfolk, Litchfield Cty, Connecticut

    A 6.5 foot man jumped out of a tree and chased a man. The creature was tracked to a nearby mountain where it was observer entering a hole. Chains were stretched across the entrance but they were broken that night.

    #991953 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints