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Sasquatch Sightings

4,068 incidents

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  1. Aug 1978 Neylandville, Hunt Cty, Texas

    Wayne Matlock, Anthony Wilson and Ray Rutherford were walking about midnight on the same road where Harvey Garrison had seen a creature two nights before. They heard a noise and tried to see an animal behind a small tree. The…

    #991900 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  2. Aug 1978 Neylandville, Hunt Cty, Texas

    Wayne Matlock, Anthony Wilson and Ray Rutherford were walking about midnight on the same road where Harvey Garrison had seen a creature two nights before. They heard a noise and tried to see an animal behind a small tree. The…

    #991901 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  3. Mar 1978 Middlebrook, Augusta Cty, Virginia

    Spokesman said seven employees repairing damage after ice storm were moving through a pasture on a rough-terrain vehicle when they saw in the headlights a creature that ran upright like a man, but "there was no way a man could…

    #991925 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  4. 1978 Chesapeake, Virginia

    Navy commander reported to have seen a sasquatch-like creature in Northwest River Park.

    #991927 one, no description

  5. Aug 1978 Oceana, Wyoming Cty, West Virginia

    Bill Pruitt heard a sound like babies crying, later spotted under a street lamp what looked like a huge man. As he got out of his car to investigate it "hunkered down" by the river bank, and the next thing…

    #991948 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  6. Apr 1978 Danbury, Fairfield Cty, Connecticut

    Ben Holten milking cows at 5 a.m., found animals acting strangely, then smelled awful odour. Outside barn ast an 8-foot, dark brown creature standing 20 feet away looking at him. Father called sheriff, and they found 22.5-inch tracks in the…

    #991955 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  7. before 1978 Rockwood, Somerset Cty, Maine

    Don Wilson and Joe Smith on hunting trip 20 miles from Rockwood on the edge of a big lake, woke at 2 a.m. to see big hairy head looking in cabin window. It stayed five minutes, when it left they…

    #991960 one large, sex unknown Creature description Footprints

  8. Mar 1978 Jarretsville, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Ken Wolinsky reported seeing a sasquatch off Rte 165.

    #992093 one, no description

  9. 1978 Street, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Ray Norman told of seeing sasquatch several times walking on his farm of Rte 543.

    #992096 one, no description Creature description

  10. Feb 1978 Forest Hill, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Phil Adams reported that a huge animal with long hair "down on all fours" attacked his farm animals. Neighbours reported seeing dogs chasing a large hairy creature.

    #992097 one, no description Creature description

  11. Feb 1978 Port Deposit, Harford Cty, Maryland

    A sasquatch sighted exiting an abandoned blast shelt near an old quarry at Rock Run in the area of the Susquehanna River.

    #992098 one, no description Creature description

  12. Feb 1978 Norrisville, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Unidentified witness said a sasquatch stepped onto a back road and approached him.

    #992099 one, no description Creature description

  13. Feb 1978 Rocks, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Bob Lazarra, plotting reports from southern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, went looking for tracks in Rocks State Park, along a creek he thought the creature was following. He found nearly a mile and a half of tracks sinking 7 to…

    #992100 one large, sex unknown Footprints

  14. Mar 1978 Madonna, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Janice and Renee Terry watched a large gorilla-like creature standing at the back of their property for about 5 minutes. When their dogs approached the creature a smaller, similar beast walked over to the larger one, took its hand, and…

    #992101 one large, one small Creature description

  15. Mar 1978 Forest Hill, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Carol Keyser reported seeing a sasquatch.

    #992102 one, no description

  16. Apr 1978 Granite, Baltimore Cty, Maryland

    A farmer on Davis Road reported seeing a bipedal creature walking across his field followed by two smaller creatures down on all fours.

    #992103 more than one, no description Creature description

  17. Apr 1978 Jarrettsville, Harford Cty, Maryland

    Two sightings. Victor Galluzzo saw a 7 to 8-foot hair-covered creature looking the picture window of his home on Fallston Road. Later it was there again and Dan Galluzzo, Victor's father, also saw it. When they arose from their chairs…

    #992105 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  18. 1978 Charles Cty, Maryland

    Unnamed witness told Jim Dutton that he saw a sasquatch-type creature swim across the Potomac River and walk off into woods on his property.

    #992106 one, no description Creature description

  19. 1978 Thurmont, Frederick Cty;, Maryland

    Mike Gifft claims rangers from both the state and the national park have seen a large hairy biped.

    #992108 one, no description

  20. Sep 1978 Contee, Prince George's Cty, Maryland

    Telephone line workmen reported seeing a sasquatch in the woods just off the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, just north of the Rte 197 intersection.

    #992109 one, no description

  21. Jul 1978 Ellicott City, Howard Cty, Maryland

    Fisherman reported face-to-face encounter with large, hairy, apelike creature at the Union Dam near Rte 40.

    #992110 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  22. Aug 1978 Queenstown, Queen Anne's Cty, Maryland

    Man said he encountered a sasquatch off Rte 50.

    #992111 one, no description

  23. Aug 1978 Laurel, Prince George's Cty, Maryland

    Students saw a sasquatch near the Rocky Gorge Reservoir.

    #992112 one, no description

  24. Sep 1978 Spencerville, Montgomery Cty, Maryland

    Kelley boy and friend were in back pasture of Carr farm where there is a trash dump in a gulley, a quarter mile from the Rocky Gorge Reservoir on the Patuxent River. He saw what he thought was a tree…

    #992113 one large, sex unknown Creature description

  25. Oct 1978 Assateague Island, Worcester Cty, Maryland

    Reference to a sasquatch sighting, with no specifics.

    #992114 one, no description