Bigfoot reports from the 1940s
39 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 · Washington, District of Columbia · 1947
The narrator claims to have seen a huge, hair-covered creature with four long legs and large blunt teeth walking down New Hampshire Avenue in Washington.
Bigfoot · Ruby Creek, British Columbia · 1941
Indian braves returned from fishing trips with stories of being bombarded with huge stones tossed by giants standing on the banks of rivers.
Bigfoot · Huntsville, Alabama · 1949
Witness reports seeing an 8 ft. tall Bigfoot in a ditch line on Green Mountain who remained visible until they approached closer.
Bigfoot · Eben Junction, Michigan · 1944
Witness reports seeing a huge man standing broadside in the woods near his grandfather's farm who then walked away.
Bigfoot · Okanogan County, Washington · 1949
Witness reports hearing loud knocking sounds while hiking out from a fire lookout in 1949.
Bigfoot · Fairview, Oregon · 1949
Witness reports hearing a frightening guttural roar and pounding on a wood object in the driveway during their childhood.
Bigfoot · Yreka, California · 1944
Witness reports seeing three strange animals with long necks and hanging arms near McKinney Creek in 1944, later identifying them as Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Ashland County, Ohio · 1943
Witness reports being lost in the woods at age five and encountering a large female ape-like creature that returned him to his camp.
Bigfoot · Palatka, Florida · 1947
Witness reports seeing a large, dark, furry figure resembling a man in a fur coat scratching its back against a pine tree while riding a horse.
Bigfoot · Othello, British Columbia · 1949
Three sasquatch were seen carrying the body of a dead female sasquatch up a mountain.
Bigfoot · McCall, Idaho · 1940s
Witness retells a story about his friend's father and uncle encountering a large black hairy creature with bright green eyes while checking trap lines.
Bigfoot · Yakima County, Washington · 1941
Witness reports that her mother saw a tall, black, hairy, muscular creature walking across a clearing near Mt. Adams in 1941.
Bigfoot · Pinckneyville, Illinois · 1940s
Witness reports a man driving at night saw a large, hairy, upright ape-like creature cross the road between Pinckneyville and DuQuoin.
Bigfoot · Gould, Oklahoma · 1942
Witness reports that their mother and aunt saw a tall, hairy creature running upright on two legs in a clearing after hearing rustling in the trees.
Bigfoot · Harrison County, Texas · 1940s
Witness's father reports seeing something walking between the barn and pond at night when he was a small boy.
Bigfoot · Franklin County, Virginia · 1940s
Witness reports his mother heard screams in the mountains while growing up on her family's property.
Bigfoot · Southeastern Junction, Missouri · 1940
A man shot a gorilla-like creature that had been killing livestock.
Bigfoot · Fort Bragg, California · 1940s
Witness reports hearing of a bigfoot seen carrying fish north of Fort Bragg in the 1940s.
Bigfoot · Harrison County, Texas · 1940s
Witness's father reports being followed out of the woods by an unseen entity that mimicked their movements.
Bigfoot · Harrison Mills, British Columbia · 1945
A hairy giant near Harrison Mills chased [name] more than a mile.
Bigfoot · Bingham County, Idaho · 1945
Witness's father and uncle reportedly saw what they thought was a Bigfoot well above the willows about five to eight miles south of the primary location.
Bigfoot · Basket Lake, Manitoba · 1941
A 17-year-old shot an 8-foot creature he thought was a moose.
Bigfoot · Mazatzal Wilderness, Arizona · 1943
A group of children heard an extremely loud screaming yell from the woods near their campsite.
Bigfoot · Clallam County, Washington · 1948
Witnesses report seeing a black, 8-foot tall creature that rose from a stoop and ran away while they were walking horses.
Bigfoot · Annapolis, Maryland · 1940
Witness reports that the bovalapus snoiagaster has moved from watermelon fields to haunting houses in Eastport, wearing shoes and peeking in cars.
Bigfoot · Mazatzal Wilderness, Arizona · 1940
Two men in a cabin were dumped out of their beds when an unseen force pushed the heavy door open and dug grooves into the dirt floor.
Bigfoot · Costilla County, Colorado · 1940
The narrator's father, as a teenager in the late 1940s, was told by an Indian man that Sasquatch lived near Blanca Peak and walked like a man.
Bigfoot · Lonoke County, Arkansas · 1943
Witness reports that a bus driver and passengers saw a large ape-like creature crossing the highway at night.
Bigfoot · Mazatzal Wilderness, Arizona · 1943
Two boys saw three sets of small barefooted footprints walking down a creek bed miles from civilization.
Bigfoot · White County, Illinois · 1945
Witness reports her aunt saw a large, red-haired, pointed-headed humanoid figure looking into their cabin window at night.
Bigfoot · Chowéthel / Chawathil (Katz), British Columbia · 1942
A man at Katz had his arm broken by a hairy giant while picking berries.
Bigfoot · Oklahoma · 1949
Witness reports that a dead Bigfoot was shot under the arm with a shotgun and displayed in a barn where people came to see it.
Bigfoot · Pennsylvania · 1940s
Witness reports seeing a large humanoid creature snapping trees and hearing screaming sounds in the woods near Grovecity, PA.
Bigfoot · 1946
A British Army unit in Antarctica encountered and killed 'Polar Men' described as Bigfoot-like creatures after finding the remains of a science team.
Bigfoot · 1943
A bigfoot was killing livestock and was shot dead by a group of men.
Bigfoot · 1940
The witness reports that their grandfather encountered a creature making noise and whooping in the mountains in 1940.
Bigfoot · 1941
Witness reports Mrs. [name] encountering a ten-foot-tall giant with shaggy brown hair who left huge tracks after fleeing.
Bigfoot · Alaska · 1942
Bob Gimlin reported a personal sighting of an entity he considered to be Sasquatch on the shore of Wrangel Narrows in 1942.
Bigfoot · 1940s
The narrator's grandmother recounts that the narrator's uncle [name] encountered a tangible Bigfoot-like creature known as a 'booger' on ancestral property in the 1940s.