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1939
New Jersey
Article indicates that correct names and location are known but concealed. Coon hunters said to have found dead hounds as they followed them chasing something, then young man who was running ahead of the others was thrown out of the…
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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.
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early 1950's
New Jersey
Boy at camp saw a hair-covered creature, over six feet, walking like a man.
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early 1950's
New Jersey
Boy at camp saw a hair-covered creature, over six feet, walking like a man.
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about 1956
Long Valley, Morris Cty, New Jersey
12-year-old girl walking on dirt road near home heard crashing sound and saw a 6 to 7-foot, dark brown creature step down an embankment to the road. It stopped, stared at her, and walked slowly toward her. Its manner was…
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1965
Morristown, Morris Cty, New Jersey
Young lady with group parked in the dark in Morristown National Historical Park, heard a thumping on the back of the car, looked out the rear window and saw a huge form standing over the car, very tall, with very…
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May 1966
Morristown, Morris Cty, New Jersey
Raymond Todd and three friends were parked in Morristown National Historical Lark when they saw a creature at least 7 feet tall walking across the lawn with a stiff, rocking movement. It was covered with long black hair and had…
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Nov 1966
Lower Bank, Atlantic Cty, New Jersey
Karen Meyers heard a scratching at their window, and saw a face 7.5 feet above the ground. Bob Meyers came downstairs, went outside and found a 17-inch track, and garbage cans upset. After that they left table scraps outside, mostly…
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Dec 1966
Lower Bank, Atlantic Cty, New Jersey
Karen and Bob Meyers forgot, for the first time in about a month, to put out table scraps for the creature. They heard banging outside and Bob went out and saw a sasquatch-type creature throwing a garbage can at the…
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about 1970
Glenwood, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Unidentified man was driving up a mountain about 11 a.m. on a bright sunny day. At a bend in the road a large animal stipped out. It looked in the truck, tipped its head back and screamed, then took off.…
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early 1970's
Hainesville, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Woman driving to work on Hwy 206 at night pulled over to check a noise in her cr. A large hairy biped with a human-like face stepped out of the woods into the headlights, then stepped back.
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about 1973
Swartswood, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Two temporary rangers at Swartswood State park travelling road to camping area at 6.30 a.m. saw an animal 4 to 5 feet high, bipedal and covered with hair, cross the road in front of the car. It turned and looked…
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Oct 1973
Middletown, Monmouth Cty, New Jersey
Girl, 16, saw a 7-foot, hair-covered creature standing in a garden with two smaller creatures, also covered with hair and standing erect.
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1973
High Point, Sussex Ct;y, New Jersey
Man pulled into his driveway in the mountains near High Point in late evening and saw a huge, hair-covered upright creature standing at the corner of the house. It walked around the corner and he pursued with a flashlight and…
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1974
Plymouth Lake, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Plymouth Lake is not on a road map, may be a town or a lake. Boys were playing in the woods about 4 p.m. when they heard a grunt, looked up and saw a hairy man staring at them. They…
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early 1970's
Balesville, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Driving home one night on the east side of Lake Owassa, drunk, man hit a 6 to 8-foot hairy biped with his jeep.
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early 1970's
High Point, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
A catch-all report. Two High Point State Park rangers have heard strange screams and found apparently barefoot human prints in the snow with a stride humans could not duplicate. A ranger also saw red glowing eyes about eight feet off…
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Nov 1974
High Point, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Three hunters jacklighting deer in late afternoon in High Point State Park heard something crashing through the woods and smelled a powerful rotten egg smell and heard growling noises. A hairy creature over 8 feet tall stepped out of the…
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about 1975
Newton, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Man on his way to Newton, leaving the cloverleaf off Rte 15, saw a sasquatch cross the road in front of him and disappear in the woods.
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Feb 1975
High Point, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Jack Card and Richard Strain found two sets of humanlike tracks in snow, 16 inch and 18 inch, with strides from 4 to 6 feet. They travelled parallel for several hundred yards, then one went away 40 or 50 yards…
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Feb 1975
Frankford, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Coming over a rise on the edge of Bear Swamp about 3 a.m., John Christman had to step on the brake to avoid hitting an 8 to 9-foot grey sasquatch already walking across the road. It paid no attention to…
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Mar 1975
Swartswood, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Jay Adams said he had had two sightings on Hwy 521 in the Swartswood area near Bear Swamp, once with his wife and once with his son, of a creature 8 to 9 feet tall and covered with greyish fur.…
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May 1975
Sparta, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Gene Riesback driving to work at 8 a.m., rounding a cloverleaf saw a 6 to 7-foot biped, brown-grey, with a domed head and long arms, about 70 feet away, walking away.
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Jun 1975
Hainesville, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Irv Raser said he was emptying trash barrels at the upper end of Bear Swamp and went to check a piece of property. Climbing a knoll overlooking the swamp he heard a ruckus and then saw hairy, apelike creature in…
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1975
Hamburg, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
This may be a mix of two different reports, but all items entered do appear in at least one. Boys were cycling on a trail around the lake when an 8 to 9-foot creature crossed their path, coming from the…