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1997
Greece, Monroe Cty, New York
James Moore tells of a female seeing a big white thing in the woods, then in late September or early October, 1997, he and a friend saw one. Walking in the woods about 5 p.m. they came into a field…
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Jul 1997
Greece, Monroe Cty, New York
Erika was ridig a bike on a path in the woods near English and Mill Road when she heard leaves crunching and twigs cracking. She turned her head and saw an albino Bigfoot. Then she quickly rode home. Apparently is…
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Jul 1997
Neeses, Orangeburg Cty, South Carolina
Jackie Hutto sayd he saw an 8-foot hairy man tugging on dog pen. (Story in Orangeburg, SC, Times & Democrat, July 19, 1997, says it was trying to get into the boy's pen, last Tuesday. See North Carolina, fall, 1991)
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Sep 1997
Hopeville, Tucker Cty, West Virginia
Scott and others (we) saw 20" tracks while hiking in an area of bogs, windswept plains and hardwood forests. That night they heard screams in the forest near their campsite and smelled a strange odor, and next morning found tracks…
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May 1997
Nellie, Coshocton Cty, Ohio
Mushroom hunting by a creek, something spooked deer, then he sw 50 yards away in the woods a 'giant gorilla', between 6 and 7 feet 'and likely taller', moving up the hill in the forest. It was covered with dark…
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Jul 1997
Irontown, Lawrence Cty, Ohio
Six-year-old girl and grandmother on porch at back of house, with small stream 60 to 80 feet away and a hill behind it. Girl saw "a person with hair on it", "brown and bigger that grandpa" walk across an opening…
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Jul 1997
Bolivar, Stark Cty, Ohio
Driving home, aboutg a mile East of Bolivar, between 8.30 and 9 a.m., saw a creature walk across the road about 75 yards ahead of her. No description of location, but researcher remarked on wildlife situation at the site, so…
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Oct 1997
St. Clairsville, Belmont Cty, Ohio
Woman said her daughter and a friend were returning from St. Clairsville on a state route in Belmont County when they saw an animal bigger than a deer walk on two legs across the road in front of them, in…
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Nov 1997
Attica, Fountain Cty, Indiana
Stuart Robbins (or Brad LaGrange ), in a tree stand, heard growling and saw a 7 to 9-foot creature standing upright. It snorted at him, bellowed and moved away swiftly. Site is by the Wabash River in small rolling hills…
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Jul 1997
Velma, Stephens Cty, Oklahoma
Tim McIntire going to fish a pond on grandparents' farm, 6.30 a.m., saw 8-foot, very heavy, creature wade out of water and jog off to woods. It made a grunt and a gesture at him which he took for intimidation.…
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Nov 1997
Rice Lake, Barron Cty, Wisconsin
Mortenson said that as a result of a newspaper story about his organization he was contacted by local people who had seen the prints. They were apparently partly in dirt, partly in grass, and were 16 to 17.5 inches long,…
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Jul 1997
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Steve Goodbread is a tour guide for Pelican Tours. Around 2 p.m., driving on Turner Road where there is a burned wooden bridge across a canal, about 2 miles north of U.S. 41, he and the tourists saw 70 or…
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Jul 1997
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Dow Roland is a tour guide for Everglades Day Safari. About 2.30 p.m., with a group of tourists on Turner Road, he observed a brownish bipedal creature about 7 feet tall, with long brown hair and a smooth face, resembling…
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Jul 1997
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Jan Brock was driving on Burns Road about 7.45 .m. when she saw a creature about 1000 feet ahead cross the road from west to east and disappear in thick brush and trees. Estimated 7 feet tall, covered with furry…
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Jul 1997
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Vince Doerr, driving on Burns Road about 7.45 a.m., shortly after Jan Brock's sighting (2827) saw a reddish dark brown creature about 7 feet tall walk upright across the road about 700 feet in front of him, going from east…
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Jul 1997
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
David Shealy learned of Doerr and Rowland sightings, and went searching around Turner Road. He said he collected some brown hair from brush alongside a path, but later lost it. He also found several large tracks and cast two.
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Aug 1997
Ochopee, Collier Cty, Florida
Anonymous couple were driving on Turner Road just at dark. They saw something cross the road 100 or 200 yards ahead, drove to the spot and turned their car towards the side, catching the creature in the headlights about 30…
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Aug 1997
Sioux City, Woodbury Cty, Iowa
Lori Gabriel quoted as having heard branches breaking for four or five nights, and having seen big footprints everywhere in the back yard. There were also middle sized and small footprints. Jeremy Corbin, a tenant, reports seeing a 7-foot creature…
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Jun 1997
Palmyra, Marion Cty, Missouri
Brian McCune was riding a four wheeler on an old gravel road 4 miles from the nearest house when he saw what he took for a dog 200 yards ahead in a corn field. As he got closer it stood…
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Jul 1997
Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York
Greg Colm and two others encountered 6" x 13" tracks on Skene Mountain in Whitehall and followed them for 15 minutes, at which time they found a deep body impression in tall grass, far too large for a human.
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Dec 1997
Adirondacks Mtns., New York
Bill Brann refers to findings in two locations "deep in the interior of the Adirondacks" in late December of 16-inch, 5-toed tracks in snow with a 4-foot stride. The witnesses, a state police officer and a construction engineer, wish to…
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Jul 1997
Indiana, Indiana Cty, Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania student reported seeing in Yellow Creek State Park a large, rusty brown creature, 7 to 8 feet tall. It came from the woods, scoooped up water from the lake in its cupped hands, turned and walked…
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Aug 1997
Nisbet, Lycoming Cty, Pennsylvania
Two men hiking along a mountain creek South of the Susquehanna River at 3.30 p.m. came around a bend and saw an animal by a fallen tree. It stood up, at least 7 feet tall, covered with brown hair. It…
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Feb 1997
Duluth, St. Louis Cty, Minnesota
Two friends of B. Marsen saw ahuge figure lumber across the road, up over a snowbank and into one of the two huge cemeteries on Vermillion Road. Forest goes from there all the way up the north shore of Lake…
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Jul 1997
Lynne, Marion Cty, Florida
Brian Blair and family were on a nature walk in Ocala National Forest at Half Moon Lake camping area. He waited while two sons went exploring. When they came back and said they had seen a gorilla he went with…