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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Jan 1970 Zuni, McKinley Cty, New Mexico

    Clifford Heronemus, Robert Davis, Carl Martinez and David Chiaramonte driving at 45 miles an hour, had a five foot, seven inch hairy creature running on two legs keeping pace. One of them shot it and it fell down, but got…

    #1001249 one small Creature description

  2. about 1967 Farmington, San Juan Cty, New Mexico

    First of a series of incidents reported to Mrs. Cheeseman by Navajos living in the Chuska Mountains. Chester Yazzie and family were having a picnic on top of the mountain West of Toadlena, where the cliffs fall away on the…

    #1001250 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. before 1970 Farmington, San Juan Cty, New Mexico

    Two men were hunting the "bears" that had been stealing Navajo sheep, and encountered one standing 8 feet on its back legs. Their horses reared and they were terrified as it walked towards them, but one of them shot it…

    #1001251 more than two, sex unknown (large) Creature description

  4. Jun 1971 Farmington, San Juan Cty, New Mexico

    Mrs. Cheeseman and a co-worker visiting Navajo homes high in the Chuska Mountains, walked for lunch to an old ruin on a hill above an area of dense brush and while there heard crackling in the bushes and a peculiar…

    #1001252 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  5. Jul 1973 Farmington, San Juan Cty, New Mexico

    No useful information for witness reports. This incident report will do for two creature reports. Information very sketchy, but accuracy not in doubt. In one incident two people saw a sasquatch walking, swinging its arms. In the other one person…

    #1001253 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Feb 1975 Carlsbad, Eddy Cty, New Mexico

    Mr. and Mrs. Steve Austin were camping near Sitting Bull Falls in the Guadalupe Mountains when their dogs started acting strange at night. She heard footsteps and woke her husband, who later told her he saw an animal he at…

    #1001254 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. Apr 1978 Carlsbad, Eddy Cty, New Mexico

    Families of Anita and Gene Bryan and Gail and Mike Waldrop camping at Rocky Creek recreation area in the Guadalupe Mountains near Sitting Bull Falls. Men fishing, women asleep in the car, men heard something walking around the camp and…

    #1001255 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  8. Oct 1980 Artesia, Eddy Cty, New Mexico

    Marion Dean saw a black, 7-foot sasquatch with white eykes standing in an alley near her apartment.

    #1001256 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. Aug 1818 Ellisburg, Jefferson Cty, New York

    Gentleman of unquestionable veracity said that a hair-covered creature came from the woods a few rods away, looked at him and then took flight in a direction that kept him in view for some time. It had feet with narrow…

    #992255 one, no description Creature description Footprints

  10. Jul 1895 Margaretville, Delaware Cty, New York

    Peter Thomas was driving a team on a lonely road when a "wild-eyed man or ape" jumped from the underbrush into the middle of the road, stood in the middle of the road and made "a raucous, inarticulate cry", then…

    #992256 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  11. Jul 1895 Margaretville, Delaware Cty, New York

    John Cook claimed he was attacked and thrown by "a ferocious apelike being" after shooting and apparently hitting it. He said it was "about 7 feet tall, entirely nude, covered with black hair, with a long beard and with teeth…

    #992257 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. Aug 1956 Port Chester, Westchester Cty, New York

    Two children reported seeing a "shaggy monster" about 6.5 feet tall with long red hair and piercing eyes. Police were notified and on investigation found that there was supporting evidence. Many calls received and a hunt organized but nothing found.

    #992259 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. 1959 Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York

    Harry Diekel said his neighbour saw a bearlike creature on two legs. Bigfoot on the East Coast says a man saw a tall, hairy, man-like creature standing in a field.

    #992260 one, no description Creature description

  15. 1960 to 1976 Lewiston, Niagara Cty, New York

    Peter Filicetti has interviewed more than 50 people in the Lewiston area who have either seen or heard an unusual creature. Typical description, 5.5 to 6 feet tall, 300 to 350 pounds, covered with black hair. Picking corn on his…

    #992261 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  16. Jan 1971 Dutchess Cty, New York

    Young man on snowmobile following huge tracks in deep snow, saw a sasquatch standing a few feet off a path.

    #992262 one, no description Creature description

  17. before 1972 Dutchess Cty, New York

    Young man and brother-in-law drove up mountain looking for the animal the young man had seen before, planning to shoot it with a shotgun. An 8 to 9-foot creature came out of the bushes yards behind the truck and started…

    #992263 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  18. before 1972 Dutchess Cty, New York

    Young man leaving a lovers' lane saw a 7-foot, hairy creature following the car.

    #992264 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. before 1975 Dutchess Cty, New York

    Young man said that a friend was in a trailer when the aerial for the TV set was pulled out the window. Looking out he saw a large, hairy, bipedal animal run off, breaking a barbed wire fence and three…

    #992265 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  20. Dec 1974 Richmondtown, Richmond Cty, New York

    Frank Pizzolato and Philip Vivolo, climbing a wooded knoll in the flat river bed called Richmond Creek, behind St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 4.15 p.m., heard a loud roar behind them and saw the creature facing them at the base of…

    #992266 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  21. Jan 1975 Richmondtown, Richmond Cty, New York

    Mrs. D. Daly, on her way to work at 10.45 p.m., had to slam on the brakes on Richmond Road at the entrance to St. Andrew's Church parking lot and stopped 6 feet from a heavily-built creature, est. 5'9" tall,…

    #992267 one small Creature description Footprints

  22. Jan 1975 Watertown, Jefferson Cty, New York

    Steve Rich and Jerry Emerson said they saw a 5-foot animal going toward the woods, possibly coming from a nearby pond. Weight estimate 200 pounds.

    #992268 one small Creature description

  23. May 1975 Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York

    Cliff Sparks, owner of the Skeene Valley Country Club on Norton Road, was working on a green about 11.30 p.m. when he saw "a great big hairy thing" silhouetted against the moonlit skyline. Girth large but shoulders not very wide,…

    #992269 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  24. Jun 1975 Saranac Lake, Franklin Cty, New York

    David Englehart and friend were driving on Rte 3 near Saranac Lake, when they saw an animal squatting on the shoulder of the road. They stopped the car and got out to approach it, but it stood up and walked…

    #992270 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. 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