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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Oct 1977 Clear Creek, Siskiyou Cty, California

    Crawling up creek flowing from One Mile Lake in the Salmon (or Marble) Mountains, tunnelling under berry bushes, sat on a large rock in a slide down to the creek and noticed on the bank a footprint half again as…

    #1001443 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  2. Oct 1977 Corral, Camas Cty, Idaho

    Three U.S. Forest Service workers on a temporary logging road 3 or 4 miles Northeast of Smoky Dome Peak in Sawtooth National Forest saw a figure walking on two legs about 150 yards upslope from the road. Two were women,…

    #1001491 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  3. May 1977 Leavenworth, Chelan Cty, Washington

    Hiking on a 45-degree slope 150 feet above Ingalls Creek, Jan and Mark Buitron encountered four tracks created by a biped corooing West to East with most of the weight on the lower leg, which slipped about 8 inches down…

    #1001504 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  4. 1978 Bend, Deschutes Cty, Oregon

    #52 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  5. Nov 1978 Skamania Cty, Washington

    #129 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. May 1978 Smith River, Del Norte Cty, California

    #215 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  7. Jun 1978 Bass Lake, Madera Cty, California

    #216 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  8. Aug 1978 Oroville, Butte Cty, California

    #217 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. 1978 Klemtu, Central Coast Dis, British Columbia

    #270 one, no description

  10. Jan 1978 Iliamna, Dillingham Cty, Alaska

    #291 one large, sex unknown

  11. Jan 1978 Iliamna, Dillingham Cty, Alaska

    #292 one large, sex unknown

  12. Oct 1978 Coleman, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta

    #335 one large, sex unknown

  13. 1978 Rainbow, Lane Cty, Oregon

    #414 more than one, no description

  14. Dec 1978 Bear Valley, Alpine Cty, California

    #436 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  15. 1978 Estacada, Clackamus Cty, Oregon

    #476 Creature description Footprints

  16. Oct 1978 Jennings Cty, Indiana

    Coon hunter noted hounds acting frightened, swung spotlight and saw large manlike thing with red glowing eyes. Fired at it twice and it ran off. No footprints found.

    #991058 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  17. Feb 1978 Harvey, Marion Cty, Iowa

    Matt Ver Steeg went to investigat reports of tracks in the snow near Harvey, and aftera 14-inch snowstorm found tracks 20 by 9 inches, with a five-foot stride and followed them several miles by snowmobile. From the way the tracks…

    #991089 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  18. Feb 1978 Pella, Marion Cty, Iowa

    Matt Ver Steeg investigated a report that the boy had seen Bigfoot near the old Pella Bridge across the Des Moines River. He followed tracks into the woods, but they were too filled with snow to identify.

    #991090 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. Sep 1978 West Bend, Palo Alto Cty, Iowa

    Ellis Shellmeyer found tracks under Brown's Bridge on the West Des Moines River. He and August Shafer made photos and casts.

    #991091 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  20. Jul 1978 Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa

    Donnette Henkins, 9, walked around a corner of a house and encountered a 5-foot, dark, hairy animal wilth deep-set eykes and long white teeth. This was the first of several sightings reported in Ottosen that summer and fall, a period…

    #991092 one small Creature description

  21. Jul 1978 Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa

    Mrs. Jan Jenkins, a friend, Pat Young, and perhaps another friend, saw a creature like the one described by her daughter Donnette (1092) come out from behind a building. The Register says Mrs. Henkins and Young also saw the creature…

    #991093 one small Creature description

  22. Jul 1978 Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa

    Dawn Henkins (and 2 friends according to the Register) was riding her bike in Ottosen when she came face-to-face with the animal. Mark Hall says this was when Mrs. Henkins and a friend went outside and saws an animal like…

    #991094 one small Creature description

  23. Jul 1978 Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa

    The Bennett, Masters and Wolfe boys saw the creature at the Northeast edge of town. The Register says it was in a sales barn and the boys first saw its face in a window when they heard a scratching noise…

    #991095 one small Creature description

  24. Sep 1978 Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa

    Mrs. Anna Dodrill, doing dishes in farm home 3 miles Northwest of Ottosen, looked up and saw creature looking at her through the window. She was paralyzed by terror for what she estimated as three minutes, but then screamed and…

    #991096 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. Sep 1978 Ottosen, Humboldt Cty, Iowa

    Getting dressed for work, at the family home two miles Southeast of Ottosen, Robert Newell heard a deep whining sound, looked out in the barnyard and saw the creature go into the barn, mess around, stand around outside, and then…

    #991097 one large, sex unknown Creature description