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Apr 1978
Jarrettsville, Harford Cty, Maryland
Two sightings. Victor Galluzzo saw a 7 to 8-foot hair-covered creature looking the picture window of his home on Fallston Road. Later it was there again and Dan Galluzzo, Victor's father, also saw it. When they arose from their chairs…
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1978
Charles Cty, Maryland
Unnamed witness told Jim Dutton that he saw a sasquatch-type creature swim across the Potomac River and walk off into woods on his property.
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1978
Thurmont, Frederick Cty;, Maryland
Mike Gifft claims rangers from both the state and the national park have seen a large hairy biped.
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Sep 1978
Contee, Prince George's Cty, Maryland
Telephone line workmen reported seeing a sasquatch in the woods just off the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, just north of the Rte 197 intersection.
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Jul 1978
Ellicott City, Howard Cty, Maryland
Fisherman reported face-to-face encounter with large, hairy, apelike creature at the Union Dam near Rte 40.
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Aug 1978
Queenstown, Queen Anne's Cty, Maryland
Man said he encountered a sasquatch off Rte 50.
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Aug 1978
Laurel, Prince George's Cty, Maryland
Students saw a sasquatch near the Rocky Gorge Reservoir.
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Sep 1978
Spencerville, Montgomery Cty, Maryland
Kelley boy and friend were in back pasture of Carr farm where there is a trash dump in a gulley, a quarter mile from the Rocky Gorge Reservoir on the Patuxent River. He saw what he thought was a tree…
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Oct 1978
Assateague Island, Worcester Cty, Maryland
Reference to a sasquatch sighting, with no specifics.
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Oct 1978
Silver Spring, Montgomery Cty, Maryland
Truck drivers reported seeing an ape-like creature at a landfill.
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Nov 1978
Laurel, Prince George's Cty, Maryland
Sasquatch reported seen scrounging through garbage at the landfill on the bank of the Patuxent River off Rte 198 at 6.30 a.m. It was said to be a female.
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1978
Mt. Airy, Carroll Cty, Maryland
Woman came out on her porch and saw a large, dark biped examining her lamp post.
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Sep 1978
Blandford, Hampden Cty, Massachusetts
Four miles north of Cobble Mountain reservoir, shortly after 1 p.m., anonymous cyclist saw what he thought was a bear walking towards him about 500 feet across a swamp from the road. Watching for two minutes and realizing that it…
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1978
West Bridgewater, Plymouth Cty, Massachusetts
Family reported seeing a 7-foot, furry, manlike creature standing on a dirt road near Mt. Hockomock Swamp.
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Jan 1978
Green Township, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Marilyn Henderson rode her horse from Sultana Stables through several fields into the Wittingham Fish and Wildlife Management area. About a quarter mile from the stable she came on "monstrous" footprints in the snow and followed them on horseback. They…
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May 1978
Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York
Anonymous officer said that between May 15 and 20, at 7.30 p.m. in a field in the East Bay area of Whitehall he saw a creature similar to one he reported four years later (7 to 8 feet tall, covered…
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Dec 1978
Kinderhook, Columbia Cty, New York
Martha Hallenbeck saw a large, hairy, gorilla-like creature lying in her yard, curled up in an almost fetal position. A few days later she noticed that something had been rummaging through her trash, taking things out of a garbage bag…
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Nov 1978
Sandgate, Bennington Cty, Vermont
On a steep slope on Mount Equinox, checking the far side of a ravine through a 3-9 power telescopic sight, hunter saw a young doe walking down the slope checking back over her shoulder, then notices upright black shape walking…
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Nov 1978
Shrewsbury, Rutland Cty, Vermont
Mrs. Fretz going with flashlight to get vegetables from garden, dog's actions brought attention to a line of large footprints. Next day David Fretz studied and photographed them. They came from the road, circled the house and went back to…
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Jan 1978
Delta, York Cty, Pennsylvania
Allen and Jeff Hilsmeier found big tracks near a trash dump on their farm and called the newspaper when game officials refused to look at them. No one measured the tracks, many of which were melted out, but the stride,…
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Feb 1978
Raymilton, Venango Cty, Pennsylvania
Two-foot-long tracks with a 10-foot stride found in snow off Route 965, heading south.
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Feb 1978
Seven Valleys, York Cty, Pennsylvania
Merle Shirey found tracks in a cleared area on the John Hunt farm while he was fox hunting. Next day he and Glenn Rosenzweig measured and followed them. They were partly melted and partly filled with drifting snow, and in…
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Mar 1978
Delta, Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania
Norval Thomas, driving down hill to Peach Bottom Atomic Power Plant at 11 p.m. saw a dark form cross the road in front of him, and as he went by it on the side of the road he noted that…
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Apr 1978
Hooversville, Somerset Cty, Pennsylvania
A sasquatch was shot at by a resident. It disappeared into a clump of trees.
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May 1978
Apollo, Armstrong Cty, Pennsylvania
Witness saw a tall, hairy creature beat heavily on a window air conditioner. After several minutes it ran into the woods.