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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Oct 1973 Davie, Broward Cty, Florida

    Michael Polesnek or Polesmek had seen five steers killed at a neighbour's ranch in September, 1973, where about 30 pounds of meat were eaten off one 200 pound animal that had then apparently been thrown 30 feet. On Oct. 11…

    #991597 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  2. about 1973 Punta Gorda, Charlotte Cty, Florida

    Two men in a car saw a sasquatch emerge from fog, walk up to the car and look in the window. It had catlike green eyes, was covered with greyish hair, and smelled skunk-putrid.

    #991606 one, no description Creature description

  3. 1973 Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida

    With a group of teenagers having a hot dog roast on a sandspit off Sunshine Grove Road, with tape deck in car playing loudly, sister of Richard Werner walked towards the car and saw a tall, hairy manlike creature. When…

    #991607 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. Feb 1973 Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida

    On the Kelly property, on Hwy 476 northwest of Brooksville, Mason O'Neil, a nephew of the Kellys, saw a sasquatch in a pasture.

    #991608 one, no description Creature description

  5. Dec 1973 Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida

    On the George Kelly farm about 8 miles northwest of Brooksville on Hwy 476, Nancy and Debbie Kelly saw a large grey sasquatch standing in a pasture. Horses milled about in a frightened manner, and there was a foul odor.…

    #991609 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Nov 1973 Brooksville, Hernando Cty, Florida

    On the George Kelly farm about 8 miles northwest of Brooksville on Hwy 476, Nancy and Debbie Kelly saw a large grey sasquatch standing in a pasture. Horses milled about in a frightened manner, and there was a foul odor.…

    #991610 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  7. Jul 1973 Immokalee, Collier Cty, Florida

    Terrance Craigsmith and his father, in truck, thought they saw a man fishing, stopped and approached, asking if he was catching anything. The 'man' raised up, 7 to 8 feet tall, ran towards them. They fled, dropping their rifles, going…

    #991611 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  8. Oct 1973 Plantation, Broward Cty, Florida

    Danny Lee and seven other teenagers at Sunshine City mobile home park saw a a hairy animal 7 feet tall jump off the porch of an unfinished building. Doc Medlin found footprints which included knuckle marks, so he speculated that…

    #991612 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  9. 1973 Sweetwater, Dade Cty, Florida

    Trucker changing a tire had a sasquatch walk up to him, and later a trooper found footprints at the scene. No description of either. Location noted as 6 miles west of juction of Hwys 41 and 27 (now 997).

    #991613 one, no description Creature description

  10. 1973 Punta Gorda, Lee Cty, Florida

    Jim Spink spent seven years looking for skunk apes after he found a 14-inch footprint in 1973 on a wooded, island-like peninsula at the mouth of the Peace River.

    #991692 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  11. 1973 Slidell, St. Tammany Cty, Louisiana

    Swamp guide reported boat had run over something in a bayou, causing the outboard to kick up. Looking back they saw coming out of the water a black animal, about 5 feet, that went up the bank and ran into…

    #991775 one small Creature description Footprints

  12. 1973 Port Royal, Bearfort Cty, South Carolina

    Dean Poucher and his wife walked out on a dock on an inhabited island across from the uninhabited one where he had seen tracks three years before. In mud beside the dock were the same tracks, coming out of the…

    #991831 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  13. Mar 1973 Benbrook, Tarrant Cty, Texas

    Mark Fricke was listening to the radio, sitting at the shore of Lake Benbrook, when he heard a loud growl behind him, got back in his car and aimed the headlights in the direction of the sound, and saw about…

    #991868 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  14. Sep 1973 Commerce, Hopkins Cty, Texas

    Dave Lewis wrote that a creature similar to the Fouke Monster had been sighted twice in the South Sulphur River bottoms near Peerless, TX, and that one of the witnesses supposedly had photos of its tracks.

    #991882 one, no description Footprints

  15. Mar 1973 Lexington, Rockbridge Cty, Virginia

    Teenagers found a single track on the bank of the Maury River, where they had found tracks twice in 1972.

    #991917 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  16. Jul 1973 Brunswick, Sagadahoc Cty, Maine

    Lois, Scott and George Jr. Huntington and Tammy Sairo were cycling half a mile from the Huntington home at Durham, Androscoggin County, across the line in Sagadahoc County, when they encountered the animal. Lois took a spill when she braked…

    #991965 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  17. Jul 1973 Brunswick, Sagadahoc Cty, Maine

    Looking for animal children had seen the day before, Neota Huntington coasted car to site, saw the creature standing by the road, but it ran in the woods. She told neighbours, returned and sat in the car while others went…

    #991966 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  18. Jan 1973 Oxon Hill, Prince George's Cty, Maryland

    Mary Ann Habib and a party of friends saw a huge white-haired creature run across Tucker Road on two legs at 1 a.m.

    #992029 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  19. Mar 1973 Sykesville, Carroll Cty, Maryland

    Informant's friend was driving on Rte 32 outside Sykesville when he saw a huge beast on two legs with glowing eyes.

    #992030 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  20. May 1973 Sykesville, Carroll Cty, Maryland

    Anthony Dorsey saw only reflecting eyes, an estimated 7 feet off the ground, but next day he and Sykesville Police Chief Omer Hebert found one good footprint and two partial ones. Dorsey had gone outside at 10.30 p.m. because of…

    #992031 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  21. Jun 1973 Sykesville, Carroll Cty, Maryland

    Elston Howard, Howdy, Gassaway, 15, late in May saw a patch of fur disappearing in the brush of the ravine behind his home on Schoolhouse Road beside the Patapsco River. Keeping an eye on things, June 3 he thought he…

    #992032 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. Jun 1973 Sykesville, Carroll Cty, Maryland

    Three separate sightings close to each other in time and location: Howdy Gassaway saw the creature emerge from the woods at 4.30 p.m. on the railway track between his house and the river. As it stepped onto the path beside…

    #992033 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  23. Jun 1973 Sykesville, Carroll Cty, Maryland

    Family living on Oklahoma Road reported seeing a large ape in their back yard.

    #992034 one, no description

  24. Jun 1973 Sykesville, Carroll Cty, Maryland

    Truck driver on Rte 32 just outside Sykesville saw a large object by the road. As he approached it stood up. Appeared to be a 7 to 8-foot ape, caked with mud from the waist down.

    #992035 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. Jun 1973 Baltimore, Baltimore Cty, Maryland

    Sasquatch reported seen in Druid Hill Park, right in Baltimore city.

    #992036 one, no description