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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. 1942 Center Sandwich, Carroll Cty, New Hampshire

    Preston Elliott, 13 or 14 at the time, was cutting spruce when a 6 to 7-foot "gorilla-looking" creature came close and hung around and followed him for about 20 minutes.

    #992209 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. 1942 Gould, Harmon Cty, Oklahoma

    Going to get cows from pasture, mother and aunt of R.S. went through shelter belt of trees, heard rustling in trees, turned and saw very tall, hairy creature running away upright on two legs. They ran the other way.

    #993038 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. May 1942 Wrangell, Petersburg Cty, Alaska

    Bob Titmus on yacht used to transport workers to Alaska in World War II, going through narrows (presume Wrangell) went outside and saw large, dark creature standing erect on the beach, one hand held a branch of a cedar. It…

    #1001273 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. 1943 Ruby, Yukon-Koyukuk Cty, Alaska

    #280 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  5. 1943 Georgia

    A prospector Rich Grumley has known for some time says that when a boy in Georgia he saw the corpse of a huge creature that had been shot. It was in the back of a pickup, head propped against the…

    #991727 one large male Creature description

  6. Apr 1943 Bella Coola, Jacobsen Bay, British Columbia

    #1000059 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. Sep 1943 Bend, Deschutes Cty, Oregon

    Don Hunter and his wife (deceased) were in their car shetering from rain beside Todd Lake when they saw a giant, erect brown biped, very thin, standing in the middle of a meadow on the North end of the East…

    #1000279 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. Oct 1943 Hilts, Siskiyou, Oregon

    Red Edwards and Bill Cole were hunting in a mountain valley. Edwards saw an apelike head in the bush, creature eating leaves. It ran out of the clump of brush away from him and apparently collided with Cole, as when…

    #1000280 two large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Apr 1944 Storrie, Plumas Cty, California

    #444 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  10. 1944 Carroll Cty, Maryland

    Gordon Chaplin article says apelike Dwayyo reported, which screamed and left huge footprints.

    #991977 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  11. Nov 1944 Manchester, Carroll Cty, Maryland

    Gretchen King saw a Bigfoot-like Snallygaster on Westminster Road. A farmer named Fleming reported seeing a similar creature.

    #991978 one, no description

  12. Nov 1944 Upperco, Baltimore Cty, Maryland

    Mrs. William Thurlow heard an unearthly howl and saw a creature at the Baltimore-Carroll county line. It left huge footprints.

    #991979 one, no description Creature description Footprints

  13. Aug 1944 Bella Coola, Croyden Bay, British Columbia

    Clayton Mack proceeding on fishboat saw creature bent over at tideline. Thought it was a grizzly checking drift material for food. It stood on hind legs and looked at him, then as he got nearer it turned and walked up…

    #1000065 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Apr 1945 Klemtu, Swindle Isl, British Columbia

    Rowing to the beach in Myers Pass, informant found tracks just minutes old right from the edge of the tideline. Assumed creature was there as he was rowing in. Facing backward so did not see it.

    #1000063 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  15. about 1945 Osooyos, Anarchist Mountain, British Columbia

    Mrs. Hazel Smith told John Green that her brother-in-law, Don Dainard, of Rock Creek, B.C. while riding southwest of the Patterson ranch at Bridesville, saw an animal sitting on a log which took off running faster on its hind legs…

    #1000142 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  16. Jun 1945 Sisters, Lane Cty, Oregon

    #1000281 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  17. Dec 1946 Charles City, Floyd Cty, Iowa

    Duane Hibner's father had set a bear trap near a hollowed-out area under a huge oak tree on the bank of the Big Cedar river. Duane was with him when they encountered a mile of 16-inch, barefoot human tracks in…

    #991077 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  18. 1946 Frogmore, Beaufort Cty, South Carolina

    M.L. McLeod was walking at the woods' edge on Fripp Island when he had a feeling of being followed, turned around and saw a bush move, backtracked and found 18" footprints, human in every respect but size, superimposed on his…

    #991828 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  19. 1946 Lebanon, Lebanon Cty, Pennsylvania

    Farmer heard a noise in the pasture, shined a light and saw a sasquatch raise up over a dead cow. It was all bloody. He shot at it.

    #992349 one, no description Creature description

  20. 1946 Dicksonburg, Crawford Cty, Pennsylvania

    As a child, Caroline McAdoo playing in the woods grabbed what she thought was a tree stump and it arose, large, black hairy biped withdark eyes, wide mouth and large square teeth. Its hair felt like pine needles.

    #992360 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  21. about 1947 Enumclaw, Pierce Cty, Washington

    #127 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. about 1947 British Columbia

    #239 Footprints

  23. 1947 Missouri

    Glenn Payne said he heard from a cousin, Martin Burford, that coon hunters had chased a thing that had been killing sheep and goats, but it killed the dogs. Payne chased it with his "hog dogs" and saw in lights…

    #991254 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  24. about 1947 Lakeland, Polk Cty, Florida

    R.D. Silkett wrote that when he was only three or four, playing near their isolated house in an orange grove, he looked up and saw a strange grey upright animal with a nearly human face watching him from 10 feet…

    #991577 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. Apr 1947 Cobalt, Timiskaming Cty, Ontario

    Woman and son walking on the railway tracks to Cobalt from Gillies Depot, saw a dark, hairy animal with a light head amble off the tracks into the bush near Gillies Lake.

    #992659 one large, sex unknown Creature description