Bigfoot reports from the 1870s
8 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Bigfoot · North Adams, Massachusetts · 1879
Witnesses report that two hunters encountered a huge hairy creature resembling half man and half beast on a peak near North Adams, which charged them after being shot.
Bigfoot · Laurel, North Carolina · 1873
A gentleman from the Shelton Laurel District reports that Mr. [name] saw a huge black bear-like beast with a lion's mane and head, elk horns, and an ox-sized body in the jungle.
Bigfoot · Berkshire County, Massachusetts · 1879
Witness reports that two hunters in North Adams were startled by a huge half-man/half-animal creature that they shot and chased for over a mile.
Bigfoot · Douglas County, Missouri · 1874
Witness reports that the creature reappeared in 1874 and was seen by probably a score of men who tracked it unsuccessfully.
Bigfoot · McNairy County, Tennessee · 1871
Witness reports a seven-foot tall, hairy humanoid with fiery red eyes observed for several weeks in McNairy County who screams at women and leaps fences.
Bigfoot · 1875
A witness reports that a posse tracked and killed a large, man-shaped, black-haired creature accused of killing people and hogs in the NC highlands in 1875.
Bigfoot · Tennessee · 1871
The Jackson (Tenn.) Whig reports a seven-foot hairy being with fiery red eyes observed for several weeks in McWairy county.
Bigfoot · 1870s
Press reports cited a long history of Wild Man encounters in Arkansas counties, including a recent sighting by a planter.