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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. 1940's Agassiz, Fraser Val, British Columbia

    #238 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  2. about 1940 Dillingham, Dillingham Cty, Alaska

    #278 one large female Creature description

  3. about 1940 Nulato, Yukon-Koyukuk Cty, Alaska

    #279 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  4. 1940's Alaska

    #281 one large, sex unknown

  5. 1940's Portlock, Kanai Peninsula Cty, Alaska

    #283 Creature description Footprints

  6. 1940's Yukon

    #340 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  7. late 1940's Willow Creek, Humboldt Cty, California

    #498 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. late 1940's Missouri

    Creature reported to live in southeastern swamps. It ripped apart cows and horses but abandoned the carcasses without eating them. Someone shot and killed it but it still could not be identified. "It was something like a gorilla."

    #991253 Creature description

  9. mid 1940's Hanging Rock, Lawrence Cty, Ohio

    Driving on U.S. 52, Judy S. and parents saw reddish-brownm apelike creature standing upright on a hill and looking down at the road.

    #991279 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  10. mid 1940's Pittsburg, Camp Cty, Texas

    E.O. (Tex) McNeil, coon hunting with father and two uncles in the Big Cypress River bottoms between Cason and Pittsburg, heard strange scream that frightened hounds. Could find no evidence. Next week the same thing happened and they found tracks.…

    #991866 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  11. 1940's Swartswood, Sussex Cty, New Jersey

    Indian saw hairy biped, over 7 foot, while trapping in bear swamp. Saw the side and back, from the waist up. Had no snout. First of many reports in Bear Swamp, latitude and longitude are arbitrary.

    #992219 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  12. about 1940 Perry, Wyoming Cty, New York

    John Keel recalls that when he was a boy the farmers near Perry turned out to try to catch an animal seen in the area by more than one person, and described as "a big ape." There was a debate…

    #992258 one, no description Creature description

  13. before 1940 Brittania Beach, Anvil Isl, British Columbia

    Charles Cates, then mayor of North Vancouver, told John Green and Rene Dahinden that an Indian friend of his was one of a party sleeping in a tent on Anvil Island, in Howe Sound, when a sasquatch stuck its head…

    #1000126 one, no description Creature description

  14. early 1940's Coombs, Vancouver Isl, British Columbia

    Alex Oakes in early 1940's saw "damn near human" covered with hair run from a field across the road and into the bush, clearing two fences on the run, with long hair flying from its shoulders. It was brown and…

    #1000140 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  15. late 1940's Klemtu, Central Coast Dis, British Columbia

    Bob Titmus was told that several Klemtu Indians hunting from a boat saw three or four large, very heavy, dark hair-covered creatures on shore. Story to vague to put much stock in.

    #1000141 more than two, sex unknown (large) Creature description

  16. early 1940's Orick, Humboldt, California

    #1000467 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  17. Jul 1940 Roslyn, Kittitas Cty, Washington

    Mrs. Mildred Farris and Edward Johnson were looking over an old mine site at the top of Paddy Go Easy Pass, above the upper Cle Elum River, 4.5 miles from Fish Lake (not on map). Later they found 20-inch footprints…

    #1000765 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  18. about 1940 Dallas, Polk Cty, Oregon

    Woman told Jim Hewkin that when she was about 6, living near the logging town of Valsetz, she used to play with a baby sasquatch. Its mother and a small child was also there and she heard another that never…

    #1000979 other group of large and small

  19. Nov 1941 British Columbia

    #210 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  20. Oct 1941 Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Cty, Illinois

    Accounts differ somewhat, but a squirrel-hunting minister is reported to have been rushed by a half-man beast, which jumped over his head, knocking off his hat and dislodging his pipe from his mouth. He then struck it with his gun…

    #991008 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  21. about 1941 Jackson Cty

    During flap over Gun Creek creature, driver reported to have seen it bound across the road near the Big Muddy River.

    #991009 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. Nov 1941 Gypsumville, Interlake Dis, Manitoba

    Informant moose hunting northwest of Basket Lake, shot at a moose in the willows and followed blood trail through heavy brush. Thought he saw its backside and aimed for the anus. It went down. When he approached he found he…

    #992996 one large male Creature description Footprints

  23. Oct 1941 Agassiz, Ruby Creek, British Columbia

    Small child called his mother's attention to creature approaching across their field. She took the children and ran away. Later her husband and other members of the railroad section gang found tracks indicating that the creature had entered a shed,…

    #1000009 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  24. 1941 White Swan, Yakima Cty, Washington

    #1001425 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. 1942 Branford, Lafette Cty, Florida

    Isaac said a skunk ape leaped on running board and held on for half a mile, looking in the window, then jumped off and ran into woods. So heavy it nearly turned the car over.

    #991576 one large, sex unknown Creature description