Bigfoot reports from the 1970s
918 cases, best-documented first. Page 2 of 10.
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 · Yavapai County, Arizona · 1977
Witness reports that a troop of Boy Scouts observed a large, deep footprint in the mud near West Clear Creek Canyon in 1977.
Bigfoot · Deschutes County, Oregon · 1976
Witness and companions report finding large bare footprints in sandy dirt near the road while stopped on a mountain.
Bigfoot · Grays River, Washington · 1978
Witness reports encountering a large, silent, barrel-chested creature with glowing red eyes that floated away in the old growth timber.
Bigfoot · Black Rock Pass, California · 1979
Witnesses report hearing a loud, sad-toned howl from the meadows while camping at Summers Ridge.
Bigfoot · Big Bay, Michigan · 1972
Witness reports finding large footprints and hearing screeching sounds while a large creature jumped nearby on the beach.
Bigfoot · Shasta County, California · 1977
Witness reports seeing a large, dark brownish-black humanoid creature with big reddish-brown eyes and muscular arms at Lake Shasta, which then ran up a hill after the witnesses fled into the water.
Bigfoot · Lake Palestine, Texas · 1973
Witness reports hearing a large bipedal creature dragging its feet through swamp water before it fled when illuminated by a truck spotlight.
Bigfoot · Greensburg, Indiana · 1977
Witness reports seeing a Bigfoot with rusty reddish-brown hair standing in the river and on the bank for five minutes before shooting into the air.
Bigfoot · Paskenta, California · 1975
Witness reports finding a giant foot print in mud near a water crossing while backpacking in the Yolla Bolly Wilderness.
Bigfoot · Clarksville, Virginia · 1970
Witness reports seeing a small, upright, reddish-brown furry creature resembling an Ewok or ape that was rooting in trash before fleeing upon being illuminated by a flashlight.
Bigfoot · Flagler Beach, Florida · 1978
Witness reports seeing a tall, upright creature covered in brownish/grey fur moving closer to their group on a peninsula in Flagler Beach.
Bigfoot · Hayfork, California · 1977
Witness reports finding a series of footprints approximately 17 inches long and 7 inches wide on a trail near the Bar-717 ranch.
Bigfoot · Collier County, Florida · 1973
Witness reports seeing an 8 to 9 foot tall, upright-walking creature with sparse hair and a human-like face that stole bacon from their campsite.
Bigfoot · Renton, Washington · 1975
Witness reports two large, hairy creatures emerged from berry bushes near their campsite in July 1975, communicating with pigeon-like cooing noises and interacting with the campers' food and sleeping…
Bigfoot · Belknap Springs, Oregon · 1977
Witness reports hearing a large, bipedal creature making low grunting sounds and heavy footsteps in the trees near Proxy Falls.
Bigfoot · Tooele Fork Creek, Utah · 1970
Witness reports a nine-foot tall creature with long hair and massive arms screaming over their tent during a thunderstorm, causing physical distress through its smell and vibrations.
Bigfoot · Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania · 1978
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy, ape-like figure crossing a road at night in the Pocono Mountains.
Bigfoot · Middle River, Minnesota · 1978
Witness reports seeing a dark-haired humanoid figure in a clearing who disappeared into the brush, which he identified as bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Dos Rios, California · 1974
Witness reports seeing a naked, hairy humanoid walking up a canyon and later finding a clean steer skull on the trail.
Bigfoot · Polk County, Florida · 1979
Witness reports hearing a loud noise like wood being banged against a tree and later finding tracks in the area.
Bigfoot · Joseph, Oregon · 1972
Witness reports observing a family of four humanoid figures walking upright on a primitive dirt road in the Wallowa Mountains.
Bigfoot · Medford, Oregon · 1975
Witness reports seeing a large, reddish-brown, hairy bipedal creature walking across their pasture in profile before disappearing into the forest.
Bigfoot · Flagstaff, Arizona · 1973
Witness reports seeing a huge hairy manlike figure running on two feet behind their vehicle during a snowstorm near Flagstaff.
Bigfoot · Camas County, Idaho · 1977
Witness reports seeing an eight to nine foot tall bipedal figure walking across a clearing in the forest.
Bigfoot · Sinnemahoning, Pennsylvania · 1977
Witness reports seeing a tall, gray/light brown bigfoot on a porch at night in Cameron County, PA, which tried to kick the door down, screamed, and later followed their truck.
Bigfoot · Saline County, Arkansas · 1973
Witness reports trap bait disappearing and traps being sprung in the fall of 1973, suspecting a large creature.
Bigfoot · Somerset County, New Jersey · 1977
Witness reports seeing a hairy, ape-like creature crossing a remote road at night in New Jersey.
Bigfoot · Burns Flat, Oklahoma · 1973
Witness reports that she and her two children saw a large black man-like creature cross the highway in front of their car.
Bigfoot · Orick, California · 1975
Witness reports seeing a large humanlike form trotting down the beach near Stony Lagoon and observing large footprints and eyes in the brush before fleeing.
Bigfoot · Wadsworth, Ohio · 1976
Witness reports seeing a seven-foot-tall brown hairy creature in a squatting position that stood up before they ran away in fear.
Bigfoot · Powell County, Kentucky · 1978
Witness reports seeing a dark, shiny-haired bipedal creature while observing a large footprint on a muddy road.
Bigfoot · Derry, Pennsylvania · 1971
Witness reports seeing a tall, broad, reddish-brown hairy humanoid with long arms walking toward her on a road near Keystone State Park.
Bigfoot · Gladwin, Michigan · 1977
Witness reports seeing a large, upright creature resembling a gorilla standing next to a cedar tree while snowmobiling at night.
Bigfoot · Williamson County, Tennessee · 1974
Witness reports seeing a hairy creature standing in a bent-over slump near a stream and path, which he identifies as either Bigfoot or someone in a costume.
Bigfoot · Norcross, Georgia · 1974
Witness reports seeing a large, cone-shaped dark area stand up and walk toward them near a petroleum pipeline field.
Bigfoot · Kalkaska, Michigan · 1977
Witness reports seeing a smaller-than-usual, lighter-colored Bigfoot sitting on a log in a clearing near Kalkaska before it stood up and ran into the woods.
Bigfoot · Dooly County, Georgia · 1973
Witness reports a hairy humanoid creature with ape-like features stared at her through an open bedroom window in 1973.
Bigfoot · Tuolumne County, California · 1977
Witness reports hearing a loud, high-pitched scream from behind their cabin at Pinecrest Lake and later identifying it as Bigfoot after reading a similar account.
Bigfoot · Navarre, Ohio · 1978
Witness reports hearing strange sounds and smelling an awful odor while walking through a swampy area in the late 1970s, followed by their brother encountering a large hairy creature that scratched…
Bigfoot · Kirkland Lake, Ontario · 1975
Witness reports seeing a hair-covered creature walking upright in a swampy area while walking with their mother.
Bigfoot · Hood River County, Oregon · 1970
Witness reports seeing a huge, intelligent human-looking animal running with grace and power through the brush while deer hunting in Oregon.
Bigfoot · Scioto County, Ohio · 1977
Witness reports seeing a hairy, upright-walking creature with green eyes at a picnic area near [name] cabin in Shawnee Forest.
Bigfoot · Fairfield, New Jersey · 1971
Witness reports observing four large, black, humanoid creatures near a feeder stream in Fairfield, New Jersey.
Bigfoot · Memphis Lake State Recreation Area, Nebraska · 1979
Witness reports seeing a large creature walking fast through a bean field with arms swinging and leaning forward.
Bigfoot · Mount Emily, Oregon · 1970
Witness heard a ripping sound and felt the tower shake from an impact while working as a lookout on Mount Emily.
Bigfoot · Snohomish County, Washington · 1974
Witness reports hearing and smelling a screaming humanoid creature that approached their campsite across a river and stood within ten feet before leaving.
Bigfoot · Southeast Fairbanks (CA), Alaska · 1970
Witness reports seeing a large, dark, upright-walking creature in snowy terrain that resembled bigfoot descriptions.
Bigfoot · Lake O' the Pines, Texas · 1976
Witness and husband's friend report seeing large brownish humanoid creatures squatting by a fence near Lake O' the Pines.
Bigfoot · Brewster, Florida · 1978
Witness reports seeing a large, dark-haired skunk ape splashing water at the edge of the Alafia River before it climbed into the woods.
Bigfoot · Westville, Texas · 1971
Witness reports seeing a tall, dark, muscular humanoid with no neck and a small head while sitting on a deer stand in November 1971.
Bigfoot · Henry County, Kentucky · 1979
Witness reports hearing eerie screaming from east and west of their house in 1979.
Bigfoot · Clackamas County, Oregon · 1974
Witness reports hearing something walking in water with a foul odor, feeling it brush their hair, and finding large footprints the next morning.
Bigfoot · Sevier County, Tennessee · 1970
Witness reports sighting a tall, hairy, bipedal creature crossing Highway 441 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in late spring 1970.
Bigfoot · Grants Pass, Oregon · 1978
Witness reports hearing heavy bipedal footsteps around their mobile home in the fall of 1978 and fearing a bigfoot visit.
Bigfoot · San Bernardino County, California · 1975
Witness reports seeing a Sasquatch standing in the tree line near their campground at Barton Flats after hearing screams.
Bigfoot · Fulton, Ohio · 1978
Witness reports seeing an 8 or 9 foot tall, reddish-brown furred humanoid with black eyes and bluish-gray skin standing on an embankment near railroad tracks in Fulton.
Bigfoot · Seney, Michigan · 1977
Witness reports seeing a large, hunched creature with broad manlike shoulders crossing M-28 at night in winter.
Bigfoot · Jefferson County, Florida · 1976
Witness reports that he and his father heard a large creature moving in the woods near Waukeena in 1976, which they identified as a skunk ape.
Bigfoot · Steamboat Springs, Colorado · 1978
Witness reports finding tracks resembling a large barefoot humanoid and following them until his horse became skittish.
Bigfoot · Summerville, South Carolina · 1970
Witness reports seeing a tall ape-like creature with dark brown hair and a sloping forehead rocking side to side behind a fence.
Bigfoot · Fort Lewis, Washington · 1971
Witness reports seeing a black, swaying figure in the snow during guard duty at Fort Lewis.
Bigfoot · Fort Stockton, Texas · 1972
Witness reports seeing a big head pointing upward outside their window for five minutes on a summer morning in 1972.
Bigfoot · Mount McLoughlin, Oregon · 1978
Witness reports hearing a sound and seeing a dead-burned out snag disappear near a lake on Mt. McLoughlin in 1978, later identifying the creature as bigfoot.
Bigfoot · Jackson County, Oregon · 1978
Witness and friend report finding claw marks in a tree higher than [name] could reach, assuming it was evidence of a bear.
Bigfoot · Hudson, Florida · 1978
Witness reports seeing a dark figure with glowing red eyes watching them through a bedroom window.
Bigfoot · Dunnellon, Florida · 1979
Witness reports smelling a foul stench and hearing silence while taking photos near Dunellon, then finding a large footprint and matted underbrush the next morning.
Bigfoot · Norcross, Georgia · 1974
Witness reports hearing a two-tone call from the swamp and answering back to it.
Bigfoot · Murphysboro, Illinois · 1978
Witness reports seeing a large creature on a cliff shaking trees and throwing rocks at their boat.
Bigfoot · Calaveras County, California · 1977
Witness reports seeing a figure crossing the river and later hearing screams and footsteps near their campsite.
Bigfoot · Strasburg, Virginia · 1970
Witnesses report seeing a large hairy bipedal creature resembling bigfoot running across the road in Shenandoah National Park.
Bigfoot · Sandwich, Massachusetts · 1977
Witness reports a furry, 5-6 foot tall creature peering through their window and fleeing on two legs, leaving hoofed footprints.
Bigfoot · Canyon City, Oregon · 1978
Witness reports seeing a large, reddish-brown male humanoid creature in a cornfield near Canyon City that threw a corn cob and made eye contact before walking away.
Bigfoot · Sioux City, Iowa · 1970
Witness reports hearing a loud scream from the bushes while parked at Stone State Park in 1970.
Bigfoot · Stanislaus National Forest, California · 1978
Witness reports seeing red eyes six to seven feet off the ground near a horse corral with no trees or objects for an animal to stand on.
Bigfoot · Boone County, Indiana · 1977
Witnesses report seeing a large creature resembling the Patterson film Bigfoot cross I-65 at night.
Bigfoot · Ashland County, Wisconsin · 1978
Witness reports seeing brush shaken and hearing shrieking while bowhunting in Ashland, Wisconsin, while a friend saw an apelike creature on two legs.
Bigfoot · North Little Rock, Arkansas · 1976
Witness reports seeing a tall, white, lanky humanoid creature on a dirt trail at Camp Robinson in 1976.
Bigfoot · Louisiana, Missouri · 1972
Witness reports encountering an eleven-foot tall, hairy creature that chased him across a pasture and over a barbed wire fence.
Bigfoot · Deming, Washington · 1977
Witness reports seeing two taller and one smaller brownish creatures moving on a foothill near Mt. Baker, later finding a pile of branches torn from high up that suggested a bed.
Bigfoot · Prairie du Rocher, Illinois · 1973
Witness reports hearing loud grunts and screeches from a sinkhole while camping on a farm, observing trees shaking violently as if grabbed by an unseen force, which frightened her dog and horses…
Bigfoot · Snohomish, Washington · 1977
[name] saw a dark-haired Bigfoot lowered from a large silver disk hovering over the trees near his rural home.
Bigfoot · Humboldt County, California · 1978
Witness reports hearing rustling sounds near camp at night and throwing rocks in the direction of the noise, concluding it was Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · McCurtain County, Oklahoma · 1976
The narrator and a companion heard screaming and whistling from the woods near Boggy Bridge in 1976.
Bigfoot · Darrington, Washington · 1973
Two hunters report being startled by breaking branches, a foul smell, and screaming noises while camping near Mt Higgins.
Bigfoot · Leavenworth, Kansas · 1976
Witness reports finding large footprints along the river banks at Ft. Leavenworth in 1976, which were described as being 14-16 inches long and 6-7 inches wide.
Bigfoot · Randolph County, Arkansas · 1977
Witness reports seeing a Bigfoot-like creature walk through an electric fence on a hill near their property.
Bigfoot · Village of Greenwood Lake, New York · 1973
Witness reports hearing high-pitched screams exchanged with an unknown creature while camping on the Appalachian Trail near Greenwood Lake.
Bigfoot · Gravelly Springs, Alabama · 1974
Witness reports finding a large, motionless, hairy creature lying on a trail in the woods that vanished when he returned to investigate.
Bigfoot · Challis, Idaho · 1975
Witnesses report seeing a large, hairy figure crawl across a snow-covered road and hide in an embankment.
Bigfoot · Berkeley County, West Virginia · 1970
Witness reports seeing an 8 to 9 foot tall creature with long dark red hair crossing a road near a farm and orchard in the early 1970s.
Bigfoot · Floyd, Iowa · 1977
Witness reports seeing a large, dark, bipedal creature with red eyes wading in the river near Idlewild Park.
Bigfoot · Santa Ynez, California · 1975
Witness reports finding large, deep footprints in the Los Padres National Forest that they believe were made by a heavy creature capable of outrunning them.
Bigfoot · Missoula County, Montana · 1977
Witness reports seeing a bigfoot peeking from behind a tree while riding a horse in the Rattlesnake Wilderness.
Bigfoot · Whitehouse, Texas · 1972
Witness reports seeing a large, dark grayish-white bipedal creature with bent knees and short hair walking across a pasture near Lake Tyler East in 1972.
Bigfoot · Boring, Oregon · 1971
Witness reports seeing a large upright animal run onto the road in the woods around Boring, Oregon, in 1971.
Bigfoot · Somerset, Ohio · 1978
Witness reports almost running into a huge, hairy creature with an almost human face while hiking in the woods near Clouse Lake.
Bigfoot · Ash Grove, Missouri · 1974
Witness reports seeing a large black humanoid creature hiding behind a cedar tree, which then jumped over a fence and fled while their horse panicked.
Bigfoot · South Central Lake, Manitoba · 1977
Witness reports seeing a similar large hairy man walking along a tree line during a flood while checking fields with brother-in-laws and nephew.
Bigfoot · Marion County, Oregon · 1970s
Witness reports seeing a huge, heavily built creature covered in dark brown fur walking upright on two legs near Howard's Creek.
Bigfoot · Marion, Indiana · 1975
Witness reports seeing a beige-white, cone-headed hairy humanoid with black eyes eating blackberries in Indiana during the mid-1970s.