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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. 1976 Simpson Cty, Kentucky

    Byron Crawford said that a police officer saw a large hairy animal walk across the road at night.

    #991758 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. Mar 1976 Corinth, Alcorn Cty, Mississippi

    Tracks found along Smith Bridge Road just north of U.S. 72. Joe McKewen and Gene Calvary tracked them about 250 yards in to the woods and another man reported to have followed them a quarter mile into the woods into…

    #991796 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  3. Mar 1976 Corinth, Alcorn Cty, Mississippi

    Tracks similar to those in 1796 found around Mount Pleasant Methodist Church adn Hatchie Chapel Church south of Hwy 72 four or five miles from the earlier tracks. Some showed only three toes but some showed four. One set went…

    #991797 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  4. 1976 Sanford, Chatham Cty, North Carolina

    NNumerous reports of a 7 foot creature covered with long black fur, walking upright with a slumping gate. Screams at night. Three-toed, 18-inch footpirnts found.

    #991812 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  5. 1976 Sanford, Chatham Cty, North Carolina

    Brody Parker said he watched a 7 to 8-foot creature with black fur, sort of Hunched over, that was watching him for 20 minutes.

    #991813 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Jul 1976 Mount Holly, Gaston Cty, North Carolina

    Children on Oakland Street in Catawba Heights had claimed that they were chased through a wooded area by a huge black animal. Mrs. Brenda Rudisiall said she saw it, as did her sons, Brian, 7, and Scott, 9. Then Roger…

    #991814 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. Apr 1976 Flintville, Lincoln Cty, Tennessee

    Gary Presley, 4, went out the back door after supper. His mother, Jennie Robertson, heard him cry out, rushed out and saw a huge figure coming around the corner of the house. It reached a long arm toward Gary and…

    #991851 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. 1976 Flintville, Lincoln Cty, Tennessee

    Combined entry to record information from several sightings referred to by Melvin Roberson and Houston Smith, but with few specifics. Smith told the Star he had been seeing the creature around the woods for 3 years. Robertson said he had…

    #991852 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Jul 1976 Fayetteville, Lincoln Cty, Tennessee

    Woman phoned Stan Moore and told him she had seen a brown sasquatch standing in a ravine about 20 yards away, about 5 miles from a fish hatchery near Fayetteville.

    #991853 one, no description Creature description

  10. Aug 1976 San Antonio, Bexar Cty, Texas

    Ed Olivarri said that he went outside early in the morning to see why his dog was barking and was looking towards a wooded area along Quintana Road when a train whistle sounded on the Missouri-Pacific tracks and an animal…

    #991884 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  11. Aug 1976 San Antonio, Bexar Cty, Texas

    Rosa Medina awakened by her dog barking, looked out and saw an animal sitting on her back steps. She knocked on the window and the animal jumped up and ran off on two legs.

    #991885 one small Creature description

  12. 1976 to 1977 Manchester, Red River Cty, Texas

    Lonnie Hamm said his daughter screamed on the porch so he went out with his .308 rifle and saw 100 yards away across a dirt road a creature 4 to 4.5 feet high but broader than a man, bent over…

    #991886 one small Creature description Footprints

  13. 1976 Hallsville, Marion Cty, Texas

    Unnamed woman said she and her son had been frightened from a blackberry field by a creature that came from the bushes breaking trees and bushes in its rush. Zollie Owens got permission to do a stakeout, using corn and…

    #991887 male and female (large) Creature description

  14. 1976 Hallsville, Marion Cty, Texas

    Woman and son frightened from a blackberry field by a creature that came from the bushes, breaking trees and bushes in its rush. Zollie Owens saw two-inch trees snapped in half. No description of the creature given, but hairy biped…

    #991888 one, no description Creature description

  15. Oct 1976 Alice, Jim Wells Cty, Texas

    James Mapes said he was riding his motorcycle at San Diego Creek a half mile from his home when he saw an 8 to 9-foot creature tearing through the brush climbing a 70-degree slope up from the creek. He sat…

    #991889 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  16. Aug 1976 Weston, Lewis Cty, West Virginia

    Ronald Stark, 18, and Clifford Barnes, 18, turned off I-79 at the Skin Creek exit at 8.15 p.m. and saw an apelike creature standing in the middle of the access road. As they braked to a halt it ran into…

    #991947 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  17. May 1976 Ada, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Unnamed farmer reported seeing a sasquatch carry a deer through a patch of woods.

    #992064 one, no description Creature description

  18. Feb 1976 Ady, Harford Ctyk, Maryland

    Unnamed woman looked out window and saw sasquatch-type creature standing on her property, illuminated by lights from the cars of departing guests. Bob Chance was called. His search turned up nothing but a faint foul odour. Later the creature showed…

    #992067 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. 1976 Forest Hill, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Becky Simms reported seeing a sasquatch-like creature outside her trailer on Sharon Acres Road on three different occasions. Bob Chance later found 3-toed prints 17" by 6.5" there.

    #992070 one, no description Footprints

  20. May 1976 Chase, Baltimore Cty, Maryland

    Woman saw a 7 foot creature run through her back yard. Sgt. George Brooks responded and found the woman's Alsatian torn apart, found 18" tracks and heard the creature scream in the woods that stretch down to the Bird River.

    #992071 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  21. May 1976 Chase, Baltimore Cty, Maryland

    Amtrak engineers tell of seeing a huge ape cross the railroad tracks in Harewood Park, a Chase subdivision.

    #992072 one, no description Creature description

  22. May 1976 Chase, Baltimore Cty, Maryland

    Couple claimed to have cornered a sasquatch in a pumping station on the railroad tracks near Harewood Road. Ricky Roberts and James Holthaus investigated.

    #992073 one, no description

  23. May 1976 Chase, Baltimore Cty, Maryland

    Couple claimed to have seen a sasquatch in the construction area of a new house off Harewood Road. James Holthaus and Jeff Shanks investigated.

    #992074 one, no description

  24. May 1976 White Marsh, Baltimore Cty, Maryland

    While bike riding, elderly man saw a sasquatch in the woods at the intersection of Ebenezer and Earls Roads. Patrolman Gene Rayburn found a mashed-down path in the brush.

    #992075 one, no description

  25. May 1976 Perry Hall, Baltimore Cty, Maryland

    Detective Stuart Sardeson investigated a sighting in a swampy marsh near Gunpowder State Park and encountered a horrible, foul stench.

    #992076 one, no description Creature description