-
Aug 1976
Grayling, Crawford Cty, Michigan
Two reservists sleeping in armored personnel carrier at 2 a.m. on maneuvers near Kyle Lake, awakened by pounding on outside, raised hatch and saw an 8-foot animal, which continued pounding and also climbed over the vehicle several times. Military police…
-
1976 to 1977
Ishpeming, Marquette Cty, Michigan
Todd Bone, hunting, heard a large animal in the brush ahead as he walked from Teal Lake to the Deer Lake dam. He fired in the air to scare it away, and an enormous creature ran across the trail on…
-
1976
Wakish, Koochiching Cty, Minnesota
Lee Cluff was riding with a load of spruce logs on County Road 40 east of Waskish when he saw a creature stop out of the woods and across a three-foot ditch, swinging its arms back for balance. Its attention…
-
1976
Aitkin, Aitkin Cty, Minnesota
B.P. and friend R.G., riding bikes along dike 500 yards from the Mississippi River north of Aitkin, saw large brown animal bent down in the swampy area between the dike and the trees by the river, apparently picking swamp grass.…
-
about 1976
White Earth, Becker Cty, Minnesota
Then about 8 years old, Mike Quast (future publisher of The Sasquatch Report) riding in the family car on a Sunday drive in late summer, near Strawberry Lake, saw a tall, black, two-legged figure standing next to a street sign.…
-
Feb 1976
Woodlawn, Hamilton Cty, Ohio
Two policemen had separate sightings of Bigfoot.
-
Oct 1976
St. Croix Falls, Polk Cty, Wisconsin
John Hanson, Rodney Bystrom and 10 other youths drove up a gravel road in a remote jack pine area of Sterling Township, shining spotlights at deer. They saw something different in a field, then someone saw it cross the road,…
-
Aug 1976
Cashton, Monroe Cty, Wisconsin
Unnamed farmer said he saw the creature in a wooded area when he went out in the morning to get the cows. His dog barked at it, and it made a bellow 'like a young bull would make.' His dog…
-
Oct 1976
Cashton, Monroe Cty, Wisconsin
Paul Wuensch and an 11-year-old friend found large footprints on soft dirt left by a mole. They appeared to have adeep arch. George Wuensch tried to make a cement cast, but it broke.
-
about 1976
Gainsville, Alachua Cty, Florida
Steve Voreh driving on Williston Road 5 miles south of Gainesville cam over a crest and skidded into a dark figure in the road, knocking it down. It got up, appeared threatening, and he shot it four times in the…
-
Feb 1976
Dunnellon, Marion Cty, Florida
Ramona cast toe prints 4.5 inches wide on shore and saw 18 in. tracks in the water. The smaller tracks had five short toes, the big tracks had four toes. There were finger marks as well, and holes from digging…
-
Apr 1976
Lake Lindsey, Hernando Cty, Florida
June Petrus talked to a woman rom Lake Lindsey who saw a dark brown creature cross a pasture at dawn, same place as Georgia Morrison reports, on Hwy 476.
-
1976
Fort Myers, Lee Cty, Florida
Resident of Drawdy Road in Buckingham, east of Fort Myers, said he shot a skunk ape with 6 or 7 bullets from a .22 handgun. (Similar to 1975 story from Cape Coral, west of Fort Myers)
-
Jun 1976
Grove City, Charlotte Cty, Florida
Robert and Ralph Platt and Kent Hazelrigg twice reported a 7 ft. skunk ape at a fresh water pond at the end of Buck Creek in Grove City. Deputy Tom or Carl Williams attended and had his spotlight on the…
-
Jun 1976
Bayshore, Charlotte Cty, Florida
John and Bill Holly and John Kersey were driving on a dirt road (Rt. 31 or near to it) when they saw a sasquatch in a clump of pine trees. Apparently in Charlotte County, as Charlotte Deputy Warren Vallier participated…
-
Jun 1976
Dunnellon, Marion Cty, Florida
Donald Duncan said his 5-year-old boy saw the Dunnellon skunk ape in the afternoon and was hysterical. That night about 3 a.m. Donald heard his dogs and went out on the porch with a .22. The creature was rolling in…
-
Jun 1976
Nobleton, Hernando Cty, Florida
Lelton Robbins said campers at the Silver Lake entrance to Withlacoochee River in Croom Wildlife Reserve reported seeing an 8-foot upright black creature that smelled like a dead animal, growled and screamed and ran off into the woods. It came…
-
1976
Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida
Some children saw a skunk ape in a drainage ditch at dusk, off old Ft. Meade Road.
-
Sep 1976
North Fort Myers, Lee Cty, Florida
Ramona Hibner wrote that the Macdonald children saw a creature larger than the one they saw the year before (5 ft). They were looking down into the woods from their 3-storey sundeck.
-
Sep 1976
Pine Island, Hernando Cty, Florida
Ramona mentions a sighting by elderly people at Pine Island and that tracks were found, no specifics of creature or tracks.
-
Oct 1976
Orlando, Orange Cty, Florida
Two accounts differ slightly. One says Joseph South threw a rock and hit the creature in the head, the other that he hit it on the side of the head with a stick. It reached out and scratched his arm…
-
1976
Pembroke, Christian Cty, Kentucky
Mrs. Lawrence crossing the road from her trailer to her parents' house saw a heavily-built, short, bipedal animal crossing beside her 10 or 15 yards away. It ignored her. Her son and her mother saw it on later occasions, and…
-
Apr 1976
Pembroke, Christian Cty, Kentucky
Jamie Lawrence and two friends were riding their motorcycles back towards his home and as they rounded a bend saw the animal sitting on its haunches on the shoulder of the road. Face like a monkey, covered with hair, very…
-
May 1976
Pembroke, Christian Cty, Kentucky
Mrs. Spry went outside to investigate a noise and saw a figure in the front yard. She could not say for sure if it was standing up, but thought it was only 4 or 5 feet high.
-
1976
Pembroke, Christian Cty, Kentucky
James Moorhatch and Mike Warren found a number of possible footprints but only one clear one, next to a rotted stump that had been torn apart, in woods close to the creek behind the house north of Sprys' house.