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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Mar 1977 Downs, McLean Cty, Illinois

    Dale Mitchell, driving home on rural road along Kickapoo Creek, two miles North of Downs near Interstate 74, saw creature in headlights, stopped car for a closer look, but fled when it started towards him.

    #991036 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. Aug 1977 Elwood, Madison Cty, Indiana

    Driving on County Road 1100 N, saw 10-foot creature walking on county landfill. Slowed car and turned on bright lights, it hurried off.

    #991053 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. 1977 Martin Cty, Indiana

    William Tharp Jr. said he saw his sister, Jackie Tharp grabbed on the arm in front of her house by a sasquatch-type creature. She screamed and it fled. Fur was like hog bristle.

    #991054 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. Feb 1977 Warsaw, Kusciusko Cty, Indiana

    Ron Wise and Jim and David White found tracks in new snow South of Warsaw, just off State Rd. 15 South, near the Herscher Addition. There was broken brush along the tracks. One set went over railroad tracks before they…

    #991055 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  5. Apr 1977 Aurora, Dearborn Cty, Indiana

    Connie and Tom Courter arrived their mobile home on Henschen Road just West of Ind. 56 at 11 p.m., as they got out of the car a monster collided with it and dented it. Next night they saw it perched…

    #991057 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Dec 1977 Oskaloosa, Mahaska Ctky, Iowa

    Theresa McGee went to sweek snow off the sidewalk in front of her home and the creature jumped out of the shadow of an evergreen tree. She shouted and ran in the house. Woods lead from her house to the…

    #991088 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. Jul 1977 Salina, Saline Cty, Kansas

    Woman said she was on back porch when a "gorilla" jumped over the back fence, climbed into a tree, swung from a limb until it broke, ran through the garden, peeked in a back window, went over the back fence…

    #991113 one, no description Creature description Footprints

  8. Nov 1977 Independence, Montgomery Cty, Kansas

    John Breeze jogging at night, heard bushes rustling, then saw sasquatch running along the road. It went over a barbed-wire fence without much effort and disappeared into a field. Next morning Deputy Dwight Posey found one imprint in gravel alongside…

    #991114 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  9. May 1977 Interlochen, Benzie Cty, Michigan

    Wayne King got a message while with United Press International reporter Jeffery Sheler, Grand Rapids bureau, and went to see tracks found by mushroom pickers. Witnesses included Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shadwick, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Silver, Beulah, MI, Mr.…

    #991141 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  10. May 1977 Honor, Benzie Cty, Michigan

    Following up on a report, Wayne King saw tracks half a mile from Lower Woodcock Lake and cast one.

    #991143 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  11. May 1977 Lake Ann, Benzie Cty, Michigan

    Zane Gray and his son Dave, owners of farm implement dealership at Traverse City, building new houses in Benzie County on Bronson Lake Road. At Dave's site they found more than two dozen 19-inch tracks, which Wayne King later investigated.…

    #991144 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  12. May 1977 Lake Ann, Benzie Cty, Michigan

    Mrs. Virginia Gray stopped on Burnt Mill road to see what other motorists had stopped to look at. They showed her Bigfoot tracks in the soft sandy roadside. She notified Zane, who investigated and found they were tracks of the…

    #991145 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  13. Jun 1977 Otter Lake, Genesee Cty, Michigan

    Driving West on Otter Lake Road, 12.30 a.m., starting downhill into a heavily wooded valley, John Gross noticed a creatgure in the middle of the road. He thought it was a large dog, but at less than 100 yards it…

    #991146 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Jun 1977 Harrison, Clare Cty, Michigan

    Driving North on U.S. 27, 10 miles South of Harrison, 7 to 7.30 p.m., Abby Matthews and Nicholas Zurawic saw three figures running from the dense forest across the freeway about 300 yards ahead of them. Getting closer, realized their…

    #991147 more than two, sex unknown (large) Creature description

  15. Aug 1977 Traverse City, Grand Traverse Cty, Michigan

    D.E. and family driving on Hwy 72, saw creature like ape but taller and stockier dart across the road at extreme headlight range. Stopped car to try to see it in the woods, but did not. There was a similar…

    #991148 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  16. Sep 1977 Caro, Tuscola Cty, Michigan

    Karl and Steven Traster were riding their bicycles in their back yard near a pond. Steven saw a huge, brown, hairy animal standing behind Karl on two feet. Steven screamed. The beast turned and ran towards the woods. It had…

    #991149 one large female Creature description

  17. Sep 1977 Caro, Tuscola Cty, Michigan

    Wayne King and Raymond Gauthier came to where two boys reported seeing a female sasquatch earlier that day (1049). Accompanied by Charles Rowse and Karl Traster (the older boy) they shone spotlights into an open field and saw eyes reflecting…

    #991150 female and small Creature description

  18. Sep 1977 Barryton, Mecosta Cty, Michigan

    Bob and Becky Kurtz found large tracks on bare ground 60 feet behind the house they were living in temporarily on Airline Road 4 miles South of Barrytown. This happened two nights in a row. Watchdogs acted terrified, deer disappeared…

    #991151 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  19. Sep 1977 Barrytown, Mecosta Cty, Michigan

    Approaching their home on Airline Road Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kurtz saw a black figure cross the road ahead. It turned its upper torso towards them but did ot break stride. Robert Kurtz also said he and his brother-in-law had…

    #991152 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  20. Dec 1977 Oil City, Isabella Cty, Michigan

    Hunting rabbits in a bushy area with one tree standing, Jon Brasington and Kim Owens found two tracks melted through the snow by the tree, heels close together.

    #991153 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  21. May 1977 Pacific, Franklin Cty, Missouri

    Wife said her husband saw the creature while driving home from work about 8.30 p.m., where Denton Road crosses Brush Creek. It got out of the creek to walk across the road, assumed too tall to go under the bridge.…

    #991264 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. Sep 1977 Cannon Ball, Sioux Cty, North Dakota

    Paul Monzelowski and son tending farm on north side of Cannonball River, saw big, black animal on south side of river that ran faster than a man could run, on its hind legs, going downstream (east) then crossing to the…

    #991273 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  23. Feb 1977 Jackson, Jackson Cty, Ohio

    Jackie Smith called reporter to see tracks in snow by his mobile home. They and Smith's cousin Dale followed them almost a mile in wooded hills before loosing trail.

    #991305 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  24. Mar 1977 Sebring, Mahoning Cty, Ohio

    Paul Rozich told a UFO meeting that a Bigfoot-type creature had been seen on a rural road between Alliance and Sebring, at 1 a.m., March 7 and at 9.30 p.m. March 8. Too vague to justify two entries.

    #991306 one, no description

  25. Mar 1977 Ravenna, Portage Cty, Ohio

    Barbara Postilli told deputies that she and two neighbourhood teenagers saw a humanlike, hairy creature about 8 feet tall, 500 pounds, walk out of the woods and across a field towards the house about 6.30 p.m. It fled after they…

    #991307 one large, sex unknown Creature description