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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Aug 1976 White Meadow Lake, Morris Cty, New Jersey

    Keith Shulman said that a group of his friends saw a 10-foot, black, hairy creature in the woods behind Comanche Ave., and three of them, Johnny Halpin, Carl Hooverman and Joseph Olmstead ran after it. "It jumped at Johnny and…

    #992247 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. 1976 White Meadow Lake, Morris Cty, New Jersey

    Woman saw a large dark form in her back yard at dusk. Five-toed, 17-inch footprints were found.

    #992248 one, no description Creature description Footprints

  3. Jul 1976 Bernardsville, Somerset Cty, New Jersey

    Scott Ferguson, Lisa Farrelll and Jennifer Starzecki found 11 footprints, 17 inches long, three toes, in woods near Ferrante's quarry, and showed them to some of their parents.

    #992249 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  4. Aug 1976 Bernardsville, Somerset Cty, New Jersey

    Scott Ferguson, Lisa Farrelll and Jennifer Starzecki found 11 footprints, 17 inches long, three toes, in woods near Ferrante's quarry, and showed them to some of their parents.

    #992250 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  5. Apr 1976 Binghampton, Broome Cty, New York

    Rosemarie Engle said that her 13-year-old daughter saw a tall, hairy, human-like creature walking on a path in the woods in Ely Park, and that she and a friend had seen, and been chased by, a similar creature northwest of…

    #992271 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Aug 1976 Watertown, Jefferson Cty, New York

    A few miles east of Watertown, Dennis Smith and Jimmy Slate, both in their late teens, were walking on Overlook Drive shortly after 5 a.m. when they heard shrieking screams and something pounding loudly on a log or tree in…

    #992273 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  7. Aug 1976 Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York

    Driving on Abair Road, about 10 p.m., Paul Gosselin and Martin Paddock saw a large human form standing off to the side of the road. They turned, heard a scream, and drove back. Paul saw the creature standing about 70…

    #992275 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. Aug 1976 Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York

    Brian Gosselin, Paul's older brother, off duty, and a state trooper were checking the area of the sighting the previous night. Brian heard something crashing through the woods, turned his headlights on and saw the creature 30 feet in front…

    #992276 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Aug 1976 Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York

    Schoolteacher saw a 7 to 8-foot creature cross a road directly in front of her car at night within a mile of the Abair Road sightings. It was near an apple orchard where a quantity of parially eaten apples were…

    #992277 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  10. Sep 1976 Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York

    Anonymous deputy sheriff on patrol at night passing scene of earlier reports on Abair Road, saw a large figre walking along a hedgerow in a field 7t to 100 yards away, and put his spotlight on it. The hedgerow is…

    #992278 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  11. Sep 1976 Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York

    Following a sighting on Abair Rd. (2278) deputy sheriff and wife and two family members went to the most remote areas along the Poultney River to search. Right on the river between Gould Rd. and Abair Rd, where a bridge…

    #992279 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  12. Sep 1976 Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York

    Frank McFarren told police "I shot Bigfoot", saying that a huge creature came at him at Carvers Falls Road, and that he shot 4 12-guage rifle slugs and 6 to 8 .22 bullets at it. Police found only one used…

    #992280 one, no description Creature description

  13. 1976 Oxbow, Jefferson Cty, New York

    Robert J. Prem got separated from companions while coon hunting, and as he approached a clearing saw a huge upright creature run across the other side of the clearing and into the trees again.

    #992281 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Jan 1976 Greentown, Pike Cty, Pennsylvania

    Anthony Torriero Jr. and Dean Young found huge humanlike footprints in snow near the Torriero cabin in the Pocono Mountains. Tony took photos, and the tracks were followed for six miles, disappearing in deep forest in Promised Land State Park.…

    #992423 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  15. May 1976 Suscon, Pennsylvania

    Leonard and Bonnie Jungus were driving near Suscon (not on map) in northeastern Pennsylvania, around 7.30 p.m. They took a dirt road circling a lake, and as they approached a hill they saw two extremely large creatures standing on the…

    #992425 more than two, sex unknown (large) Creature description

  16. 1976 Cadogan, Armstrong Cty, Pennsylvania

    Hunter walking through huge thickets bumped into a sasquatch and both turned and ran.

    #992426 one, no description Creature description

  17. Apr 1976 Grand Rapids, Manitoba

    On the Road 327 near junction with Hwy 6, saw giant black sasquatch.

    #992627 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  18. Apr 1976 Grand Rapids, Manitoba

    Mrs. Wilfred Turner and her children, from their house beside the Saskatchewan River saw by moonlight a creature swimming in the river, its arms not visible. A quarter mile downriver it came out and walked upright into the woods. Some…

    #992628 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  19. about 1976 Grand Rapids, Manitoba

    Kenneth Cook reported to have seen a tall, wide, black biped with a short neck, by moonlight, across the Saskatchewan River from Grand Rapids.

    #992629 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  20. Jul 1976 Berens River, Lake Winnipeg E., Manitoba

    Chief of Poplar Indian Band called Norway House R.C.M.P., who interviewed several people on the reserve who had seen a powerfully-built creature 7 to 8 feet tall, covered with glossy grey hair, except white hair on its head. One man…

    #992630 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  21. Oct 1976 East Haven, Caledonia Cty, Vermont

    Ken Parenteau's mother was reading in the woods near an apple orchard when she felt she was being watched, looked up and saw a tall creature on two legs walking fast towards her but slightly to one side. It came…

    #992843 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. 1976 Middletown, Montgomery Cty, Missouri

    Driving on a country road north of Middletown, father of W. Flanders saw a large dark shape in a pasture, 7 to 9 feet tall, covered with black hair. As vehicle approached it moved to the cover of Coon Creek.…

    #992851 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  23. May 1976 Lindley, Steuben Cty, New York

    Kevin Hickey says that after church he walked from his porch 50 feet to a bank that dropped 15 feet down, and at the bottom he saw a big black creature which stood up on two legs and began to…

    #992852 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  24. 1976 Richmond, Clark Cty, Kentucky

    Five boys, 4 to 12, playing in woods on a warm summer day. As they left in the evening, Donald Harris, 6, the last to leave, came running out screaming and saying he had seen a hairy monster. They all…

    #992866 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  25. 1976 Worthington, Armstrong Cty, Pennsylvania

    Stacking bales behind tractor, Joseph Blatt and another teenager saw beside a dirt road alongside the field a 7 to 8-foot creature standing with its arms by its sides, staring at them. After about 2 minutes it "wandered off at…

    #992879 one large, sex unknown Creature description