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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Nov 1978 Sears, Osceola Cty, Michigan

    Norman Nowland, deer hunting, saw sasquatch run out of a heavily wooded area over to a nearby swamp, about three miles South and a mile West of Sears.

    #991165 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. Dec 1978 Lansing, Eaton Cty, Michigan

    Morse Easterling went to get car on curved driveway, away from house, noticed in rear view mirror an upright figure walking. Moved car forward got out and went back, but it was gone. House is in an orchard.

    #991166 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. Dec 1978 Millington, Tuscola Cty, Michigan

    Doing dishes, Diane Meharg looked out the window and saw a dark object 300 yards away at the edge of the trees. She watched a long time but it was too far away to see much more than that it…

    #991167 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. 1978 Minnesota

    At home alone, 22-year-old man went to see what was causing a commotion in the chicken house, encountered "a god-awful smell" then saw a sasquatch that had ripped a hole in the chicken-wire fence and was standing holding a chicken…

    #991227 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  5. Nov 1978 Margie, Koochiching Cty, Minnesota

    Richard Johnson said he saw a sasquatch in November south of Margie. It had fur with a reddish tinge. He saw it enter a swamp.

    #991228 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. 1978 Graceton, Lake of the Woods Cty, Minnesota

    Darrel Bulzomi, police chief in Bingen, WA, told Ray Crowe that his son David had seen a sasquatch cross the road near Graceton. Two weeks later a tracker supposedly found footprints at the scene.

    #991229 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. 1978 Koochiching Cty, Minnesota

    Harvey Cole and two others were cruising timber on a small island in the big bog country north of Red Lake, Minn., when they came on a line of huge prints in 30 inches of snow. The prints had snow…

    #991230 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  8. Jun 1978 Butler, Knox Cty, Ohio

    Man told police he saw Bigfoot on road "as big as a bear on its hind legs" on Ohio 95 near the Richland County border, and was so scared he ran off the pavement.

    #991310 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Jul 1978 Richland Cty, Ohio

    In story about Knox Cty report, reference to three sightings in Richland County of a creature 7 to 9 feet tall with red eyes and a large head.

    #991311 Creature description

  10. Aug 1978 Minerva, Stark Cty, Ohio

    First of at least three sightings over 3-week period. Evelyn Cayton and son Howe and daughter Vicki Keck went to see what had frightened some children, and saw the creature standing on the bank of an old strip mine pit.…

    #991312 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  11. Aug 1978 Minerva, Stark Cty, Ohio

    Second of three sightings, Evelyn Cayton saw the creature sitting on its haunches at the bottom of the abandoned strip mine pit.

    #991313 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  12. Aug 1978 Minerva, Stark Cty, Ohio

    Third of at least three sightings over 3-week period. Evelyn Cayton, Vicki Keck, Becky Manley, Linda Jones and Scott Patterson went to investigate noises from a partially-demolished chicken coop near the house. Two pairs of eyes reflected from flashlights, then…

    #991314 one large, one small Creature description

  13. Aug 1978 Minerva, Stark Cty, Ohio

    John and Jerry Nutter went to wooded area near where the Cayton family had seen a sasquatch earlier in August and as they approached the abandoned strip mine they heard something moving parallel to them in the dense brush, then…

    #991315 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Dec 1978 Gibsonville, Hocking Cty, Ohio

    Dennis Zunk said his friend was sitting under a tree in a pine thicket when a big creature walked through. He thought it was a man in a fur coat until it reached up and ripped a limb of the…

    #991318 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  15. Jan 1978 Harrah, Oklahoma Cty, Oklahoma

    Edwin Howard and family were picking up pecans along the North Canadian River, when he saw a very big, dark coloured man standing by two trees. After a short time the "man" walked away. Later Howard decided that it could…

    #991472 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  16. Feb 1978 Harrah, Lincoln Cty, Oklahoma

    Farmer was working inside metalbarn with doors closed when he heard something, then saw the top of the doors pulled out from the building and a creature looking down at him from above them. The doors are 8 feet high.…

    #991473 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  17. Jun 1978 Wright City, McCurtain Cty, Oklahoma

    Jonas McCutcheon reported to have made casts of 17-inch prints, apparently in an area called Boklaws along the Little River near Yashau Creek and Mountain Fork River, an area of swamplands and dense undergrowth.

    #991474 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  18. Mar 1978 East Brewton, Escambia Cty, Alabama

    Mary Gibson heard something screaming and called her brother, Luke McDaniel, who came over and heard it to. They called police and Doug McCurdy attended. Johnny Gibson, 19, also turned up. All heard screams and then saw something move into…

    #991535 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. Mar 1978 Flomaton, Escambia Cty, Alabama

    Man reported to have seen a typical sasquatch standing in the Conecuh River picking something out of the water, according to Jerry Owens.

    #991536 Creature description

  20. Jul 1978 Springville, Blount Cty, Alabama

    Tim Church writes of third hand report that two deputies saw an apelike creature run off into the woods during a night patrol.

    #991537 one, no description Creature description

  21. Aug 1978 Athens, Limestone Cty, Alabama

    David Copley, Ronnie Loanie and Stanley Estep were at a campfire fishing for catfish. David drove to get firewood nearby, heard strange growl, turned lights toward creek and saw large pink glowing eyes, then creature approached, 8 or 9 feet…

    #991538 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  22. Aug 1978 Lavaca, Sebastian Cty, Arkansas

    Brief report from Lavaca that there are rumors of a BHM (big hairy monster) that appears near a local lovers' lane and beats on the hoods of automobiles. Tracks indicate 6 toes.

    #991563 Creature description Footprints

  23. Feb 1978 Leachville, Mississippi Cty, Arkansas

    Larry Fullerton quoted that shortly after dusk on route 77 out of Leachville, a well-proportioned 8-foot creature covered with 6-inch hair ran in front of his truck for half a mile, on its hind legs, slowing or speeding as the…

    #991564 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  24. Mar 1978 Appleton, Pope Cty, Arkansas

    Joe Cook and another man found giant tracks in the first week of March, along a dirt road crossing a mountain between Appleton and Center Ridge. Cook made some poor casts. At one point the maker "stepped flat footed over…

    #991565 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  25. Mar 1978 Center Ridge, Conway Cty, Arkansas

    Weldon Flowers and Rick Paladino found tracks along Hwy 124, near Center Ridge telephone exchange. They were later studied by Coach Jim Reynolds, Nemo Vista High School, Superintendent T.O. Adams and students, and Bob Harrison. Harrison then found some more…

    #991566 one large, sex unknown Footprints