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Aug 1978
Dean, Appanoose Cty, Iowa
Tim Houser and and John Fitzwater driving on old dirt road 1.5 miles West of Dean, just West of the Charlton River, saw large apelike creature walking away down the road. When lights hit it it dashed into the ditch…
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Oct 1978
Clarion, Wright Cty, Iowa
Mrs. LeAnn Tonderum, 25, foing dishes, felt something looking at her and turned to window, 7 feet off ground, where she saw what looked like a head, down to the shoulders. Next day she and her husband and her mother…
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Sep 1978
Kansas City, Leavenworth Cty, Kansas
Douglas Cty man driving home on Kansas turnpike near Bonner Springs when a creature appeared at the side of the road, stepped on the road 50 yards in front of the car, looked at car as it halved distance, then…
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Oct 1978
Lawrence, Douglas Cty, Kansas
Jim Swager and Fred Hadl, Lawrence painters, were hunting squirrels 2.5 miles Northwest of Lawrence when they saw the creature in a cut milo field.
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Dec 1978
Cherokee Cty, Kansas
Man said a sasquatch tried to run his car off the road.
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Mar 1978
Bay City, Bay cty, Michigan
On I-75 off-ramp to Veterans Memorial Hwy, in break in heavy fog, saw creature bolt from a swamp area straight for car. He swerved to miss it and stopped, saw it running back to the swamp. Guessed weight 400 to…
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Apr 1978
Mason, Ingham Cty, Michigan
Kenneth Rogers, John Henrich and Ron Lather told deputies that at they saw an 8-foot, black creature near the nature trail sign in Rayner Park, next to the Mason fairgrounds.
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May 1978
Mason, Ingham Cty, Michigan
James Jenks got up about 1 a.m. to see why his dogs were barking and saw in the yard of the next farm a huge hairy animal walk into a grain shed. He got a shotgun and waited a quarter…
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Jul 1978
Dansville, Ingham Cty, Michigan
Francis Jones and Michael Hackworth were driving in opposite directions on Dansville Road about 4 a.m. when they both saw a large black upright animal cross the road between them.
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Jul 1978
Rexton, Mackinac Cty, Michigan
Size and shape of tracks not mentioned and newspaper photo unclear, but the police estimate of 1,000 pound weight, plus the 5-foot stride indicate sasquatch dimensions.
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Aug 1978
Fowlerville, Livingston Cty, Michigan
Gerry Allen Browning went outside at 1.10 a.m. to see why one of his calves was bellowing. Dog went off as if on a scent and then came running back. Browning heard a loud thrashing in the brush and grunting,…
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Aug 1978
Concord, Jackson Cty, Michigan
Mindy Singletary heard something outside her trailer, looked out and saw a big animal drinking from her son's swimming pool. Called her parents who lived next door, then looked out and saw it get up on its back feet "it…
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Sep 1978
Big Rapids, Mecosta Cty, Michigan
Steve Cour saw a "thing" in the back yard of the Cour home near School Section Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cour then saw it from upstairs. It had arms hanging below its knees, and was swaying back and forth.…
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Oct 1978
Sears, Osceola Cty, Michigan
Catherine and Robert Cook reported seeing a grey sasquatch in a heavily wooded area near their home on Big Lake, as they were out for a Sunday drive.
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Oct 1978
Millington, Tuscola Cty, Michigan
Tracy Proctor and Rodney Gouine arrived home from a date and saw a large upright figure cross the lawn of the neighbour across Millington Road. George Proctor Jr. arrived and he and Gouine went across the road to look at…
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Oct 1978
Mayville, Tuscola Cty, Michigan
Larry Dietz was returning from bow hunting stand when he saw a large object bent over in the field he was walking beside. It stood up and walked into the woods.
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Nov 1978
Sears, Osceola Cty, Michigan
Norman Nowland, deer hunting, saw sasquatch run out of a heavily wooded area over to a nearby swamp, about three miles South and a mile West of Sears.
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Dec 1978
Lansing, Eaton Cty, Michigan
Morse Easterling went to get car on curved driveway, away from house, noticed in rear view mirror an upright figure walking. Moved car forward got out and went back, but it was gone. House is in an orchard.
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Dec 1978
Millington, Tuscola Cty, Michigan
Doing dishes, Diane Meharg looked out the window and saw a dark object 300 yards away at the edge of the trees. She watched a long time but it was too far away to see much more than that it…
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1978
Minnesota
At home alone, 22-year-old man went to see what was causing a commotion in the chicken house, encountered "a god-awful smell" then saw a sasquatch that had ripped a hole in the chicken-wire fence and was standing holding a chicken…
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Nov 1978
Margie, Koochiching Cty, Minnesota
Richard Johnson said he saw a sasquatch in November south of Margie. It had fur with a reddish tinge. He saw it enter a swamp.
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1978
Graceton, Lake of the Woods Cty, Minnesota
Darrel Bulzomi, police chief in Bingen, WA, told Ray Crowe that his son David had seen a sasquatch cross the road near Graceton. Two weeks later a tracker supposedly found footprints at the scene.
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1978
Koochiching Cty, Minnesota
Harvey Cole and two others were cruising timber on a small island in the big bog country north of Red Lake, Minn., when they came on a line of huge prints in 30 inches of snow. The prints had snow…
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Jun 1978
Butler, Knox Cty, Ohio
Man told police he saw Bigfoot on road "as big as a bear on its hind legs" on Ohio 95 near the Richland County border, and was so scared he ran off the pavement.
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Jul 1978
Richland Cty, Ohio
In story about Knox Cty report, reference to three sightings in Richland County of a creature 7 to 9 feet tall with red eyes and a large head.