Bigfoot reports from the 1970s
918 cases, best-documented first. Page 7 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 · Minerva, Ohio · 1970
Witness reports finding a partial footprint in a cornfield after it was smashed down.
Bigfoot · Cave Junction, Oregon · 1970s
Witness reports being awakened by scratching and an awful smell from a creature identified as bigfoot outside their tent trailer in Cave Junction.
Bigfoot · Lakehead, California · 1970
Witness reports seeing two tall, dark, hairy upright creatures standing under a food bag at her family's campsite near Lake Shasta.
Bigfoot · Moses Mountain, Washington · 1977
Witness and his great uncle saw trees swaying significantly and heard loud grunting noises attributed to a large animal.
Bigfoot · Cripple Creek, Colorado · 1977
Witness reports seeing an unusually tall, dark, hairy creature with exceptionally long arms moving downhill in a meadow on the west side of Pikes Peak.
Bigfoot · Carlinville, Illinois · 1978
Witness reports hearing a loud howl/scream and smelling a foul stench while parked in a car near Carlinville.
Bigfoot · Pine County, Minnesota · 1972
Witness reports seeing two white bigfoot creatures, approximately seven and nine feet tall, frozen in mid-stride in an open field near Willow River.
Bigfoot · Milford, New Jersey · 1970
Witness reports seeing a large, dark-haired humanoid walking on hind legs near a stream in western Jersey.
Bigfoot · Westville, Oklahoma · 1975
Witness reports seeing four tall, hair-covered figures walking in a hayfield near their campsite, followed by rocks being thrown and tree knocking.
Bigfoot · Washington County, Minnesota · 1972
Witness reports seeing a creature walking about 75 yards away while bowhunting from a tree stand, describing it as having a swinging gait similar to a bear.
Bigfoot · Spanaway, Washington · 1970
Witness reports seeing a 7ft tall grey man-like creature with glowing red eyes and long hair covering its face staring at them through a picture window.
Bigfoot · Leola, Arkansas · 1973
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy bipedal figure near Jenkins Ferry National Historic Site in 1973.
Bigfoot · Blackford County, Indiana · 1979
Witness reports hearing a loud scream from the woods while target shooting and finding trees scratched at about six feet high the next morning.
Bigfoot · Butler County, Pennsylvania · 1977
Witness reports seeing an upright creature cross the road in front of their headlights in 1977.
Bigfoot · Grant County, Oregon · 1973
Witness reports observing a stationary upright object that appeared to be intelligent and then ran away on two legs with brown fur.
Bigfoot · Saint Marys, Ohio · 1974
Witness reports being knocked down by a large, screaming creature carrying a deer while running through a corn field.
Bigfoot · Gorham, Illinois · 1978
Witness reports seeing a tall, black, hairy humanoid creature with white around its eyes while mushroom hunting near a creek.
Bigfoot · Pulaski County, Arkansas · 1974
Witness reports finding extraordinary 14-inch three-toed tracks near his fishing hole in 1974, which convinced his father the creature was not a bear.
Bigfoot · Yacolt Burn State Forest, Washington · 1972
Witnesses report hearing rocks tumble, finding large footprints, and seeing a large dark hairy animal walking upright near the treeline on Silver Star Mt.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports seeing a 9-ft tall creature with neon reddish-yellow eyes that stood on two legs and dimmed their spotlight before disappearing into the woods.
Bigfoot · Alberta, Canada · 1977
Witness reports hearing a big foot scream and later seeing tracks and hair left by the creature near their home in 1977.
Bigfoot · 1974
Witness reports a face-to-face encounter with a large, muscular, hairy humanoid that stared at him intensely before retreating into the timber.
Bigfoot · 1976
Witness reports seeing a large, dark brick red/black hairy creature with broad shoulders and thin waist walking through a field near Abair Road.
Bigfoot · 1974
The witness reports a 12-year-old encounter with a monster that scared him so much he screamed and hit it with water.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1970
Witness reports seeing a large, dark figure blocking a pump house while walking with family in 1970.
Bigfoot · 1970s
The narrator and their father observed a large, gray-haired, upright creature walking across a highway in broad daylight.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports that the creature screamed in the woods and sent shivers down his spine, causing him to back out of the woods.
Bigfoot · 1978
A witness and a friend report seeing a large, brown, hairy, upright creature standing beyond a cluster of trees near Claybanks.
Bigfoot · Ontario, Canada · 1979
Witness reports hearing loud branch snapping and discovering large footprints outside their cabin that dwarfed an adult male's foot.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1978
Witness reports seeing a hairy, man-like creature running across the road while stopped in a car near a forested area in BC.
Bigfoot · 1975
Witness reports seeing a large, bipedal creature with broad shoulders and no snout run across a pasture and crash through an oak cattle gate in Arkansas in 1975.
Bigfoot · 1975
Witness reports a massive creature with red glowing eyes and rough skin looked into their window and destroyed a heavy oak cattle gate.
Bigfoot · 1970s
A witness reports seeing a large, dark, prehistoric-looking creature in a shooting lane while deer hunting in northern Minnesota.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports seeing a large, dark-skinned humanoid with black eyes and cracked fingernails peering through their dining room window at night.
Bigfoot · 1970
[name] sees a 7 foot Bigfoot with tracks at Stuart Gap.
Bigfoot · 1978
The narrator reports their first full-on sighting of Bigfoot in 1978 while being by themselves.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports seeing a large, grayish, hairy figure walking across the backyard near the forest edge in northern NY during winter.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports that at age 12 in South Central Arkansas, he noticed strange activity like missing trap bait and fish heads before having a direct encounter with a creature that screamed and sent…
Bigfoot · 1972
Witness reports hearing vocalizations in 1972 that were identical to those heard on September 4th and two years ago, suggesting the same breed of Pacific Northwest Sasquatch.
Bigfoot · Arkansas · 1979
Witness recalls seeing a footprint with pointed toes like claws in 1979 that did not resemble any known animal.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports turning around after walking through a pine thicket and seeing the creature.
Bigfoot · 1978
Witness reports finding a large, eight-foot creature lying in a semifetal position in the woods, which then vanished while he felt an imminent threat from another direction.
Bigfoot · Colorado · 1974
[name] reports a face-to-face encounter with a massive Bigfoot that lasted four minutes and was peaceful.
Bigfoot · Michigan · 1970s
Witness reports seeing a large dark form moving through the woods while hiding in a bog, later identified by a brother as Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports feeling uneasy and sensing that the woods didn't feel or sound right while crossing a field to his fishing spot.
Bigfoot · Arizona · 1977
Witness reports seeing a Bigfoot creature in the Arizona desert during mid-day in July 1977.
Bigfoot · 1976
Witness reports seeing a reddish-brown Bigfoot in the woods behind his childhood home and pointing it out to other children before it disappeared.
Bigfoot · 1970s
The speaker reports multiple sightings of a white Sasquatch named [name] in their area since the 1970s.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1979
Witness reports hearing heavy bipedal footsteps near their tent and being touched by a large hand with flat fingers through the tent fabric.
Bigfoot · Nebraska · 1974
Witness reports seeing a large hairy bipedal creature on a gravel road near a bridge while driving home late at night.
Bigfoot · Arizona · 1972
The narrator and his father were fishing in Arizona when they heard a large bipedal creature walking on rocks near their boat.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1979
Witness reports his wife encountered a large, smelly creature near the outhouse that walked on two feet and made screeching noises.
Bigfoot · Oklahoma · 1973
Witness reports seeing a 7-foot tall, reddish-brown humanoid with a pink wrinkled face that walked through thick briars as if they were not there.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports hearing screams and seeing fish heads with round teeth marks left behind by a creature that sent shivers down his spine.
Bigfoot · 1972
Witness reports sitting in a huckleberry patch with a Bigfoot family and counting the teeth of a female who was eight feet away.
Bigfoot · Canada · 1979
Witness reports finding a lean-to constructed by an unknown entity containing feces and hair during a canoe trip.
Bigfoot · 1975
Witness reports seeing a creature at a kitchen window in Arkansas in 1975 and comparing its height to a family member.
Bigfoot · 1978
[name] recalls a glimpse of a creature he calls a swamp dweller in January 1978 which triggered his tracking.
Bigfoot · 1976
The narrator reports a Bigfoot incident on Abair Road 50 years prior and mentions that farmers and fishermen later shared their own experiences.
Bigfoot · Michigan · 1970s
Witness reports seeing a large, dark, hairy creature standing at the edge of the woods near their shed.
Bigfoot · 1975
Witness reports hearing a non-coat howl from a creature near his farm creek in the summer of 1975, which made him feel it was one of these creatures.
Bigfoot · Texas · 1973
A deer hunter reports seeing a dark brown, hairy, upright creature while hunting on private land near the Tyler/Polk county line.
Bigfoot · 1975
The narrator and others found massive footprints and shredded fence damage where the creature jumped a fence.
Bigfoot · 1973
Witness reports crawling into a thicket and killing a female Bigfoot with a .44 Magnum after her male companion was already dead.
Bigfoot · 1972
Witness reports that at age 11 in 1972, he and a friend camping behind a barn were attacked by a large, black, hairy creature that caved in their tent and struck them with its head.
Bigfoot · 1972
Witness reports observing a female Bigfoot picking huckleberries and later encountering another Bigfoot that stood on two feet and smiled at them in the same patch.
Bigfoot · 1978
Witness reports seeing a reddish Bigfoot with glowing red eyes slam its palms into the trunk of their car in the high desert.
Bigfoot · 1974
Witness reports seeing at least one giant jumping between trees and making sounds three years after 1971.
Bigfoot · 1970
[name] sees a 9 foot Bigfoot at Manzanita Ranch School.
Bigfoot · 1975
Witness reports seeing a large, bulky creature with a sloping jaw and rounded head that walked quickly across a pasture in southern Oregon.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1974
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy humanoid with long arms and a slight hump in the woods near Shawnigan Lake.
Bigfoot · 1976
Witness reports seeing a tall, hairy creature with red eyes and a deep vocalization while standing in a field near Abair Road.
Bigfoot · 1978
The narrator reports a full-body sighting of a Bigfoot at 50 yards coming out of an Alpine Lake in the mountains.
Bigfoot · Gorham, Illinois · 1975
Witness reports that headlights illuminated a creature standing on a creek bank near a wooden bridge on Happy Hollow Road, which then looked at them and walked away.
Bigfoot · Keg River, Alberta · 1970s
Witness's family members report seeing a Sasquatch laying in the grass at Keg River Post.
Bigfoot · Granite City, Illinois · 1977
Witness reports his wife saw a bigfoot standing behind their car in the woods near the Mississippi River before it moved away.
Bigfoot · Noble County, Ohio · 1977
Witness reports that she and her sister saw a large, brown, shaggy biped running on two legs alongside their car in a creek bed near Calais, Ohio.
Bigfoot · Preble County, Ohio · 1977
Two boys report seeing a large ape-like creature with white eyes and long arms that chased them after their dog got excited.
Bigfoot · Skagit County, Washington · 1976
The narrator's family camped in a cherry orchard near Wanchi, Washington, where a large creature rocked their trailer and left gigantic footprints.
Bigfoot · Bonney Lake, Washington · 1975
Witness reports that Mrs. [name] and her daughter saw something with red flaming eyes standing alongside the road that was taller than a person.
Bigfoot · Rockbridge, Kentucky · 1978
Witness reports hearing that someone saw a large hairy creature standing in the mouth of a cavern visible from a sky lift.
Bigfoot · San Jacinto River, Texas · 1973
Witness reports that he and a friend observed a large hairy animal on the river bank which screamed and fled into the woods.
Bigfoot · Claiborne Parish, Louisiana · 1973
Witness reports that a distant neighbor saw 'something' step on their porch and leave coarse dark hair behind.
Bigfoot · Sullivan County, Indiana · 1978
Witness reports a youth and his girlfriend observed a large bipedal creature under a security light near Lake Sullivan in late summer 1978.
Bigfoot · Bonney Lake, Washington · 1975
Witness reports that [name] heard something heavy run across the roof while dogs barked, and Mrs. [name] and her sister saw something move in their backyard.
Bigfoot · Gates, Oregon · 1977
Witness reports four college students encountered a large bipedal creature near their campsite, fired at it, and the deputy later found tracks and broken trees.
Bigfoot · Lake County, Colorado · 1975
Witness reports that a foster son observed a huge human-like handprint on a vandalized Forest Service sign and later saw a large dark primate near Turquoise Lake.
Bigfoot · Sparland, Illinois · 1974
Witness reports that their mother and they saw an unknown bipedal creature walking towards their house near Sparland, Illinois, in about 1974.
Bigfoot · Ottosen, Iowa · 1978
Farmers and residents report seeing a large, hairy creature or hearing strange screams and whistles.
Bigfoot · Pettis County, Missouri · 1973
Aunt and two uncles report seeing a large, hairy creature standing on its hind legs with glowing red eyes while driving.
Bigfoot · Granite City, Illinois · 1972
Witness reports that their family regularly encountered bigfoot standing at their picture window and in the barn with horses near Granite City.
Bigfoot · Henderson County, Kentucky · 1975
Witness reports that [name] encountered a female Sasquatch in 1975 after being thrown from a horse and left injured in a briar thicket near the Green River.
Bigfoot · Monroe, Washington · 1977
Witnesses report a large, hairy bipedal creature standing in knee-deep water at Hannon Lake before walking into the woods.
Bigfoot · Cle Elum, Washington · 1970
Witness reports finding large footprints in deep snow near an elk hunting camp.
Bigfoot · O'Brien Creek, Oregon · 1978
Five witnesses observed drag marks and significant vegetation damage reaching over ten feet high near an old deserted mining camp.
Bigfoot · Mount Rainier, Washington · 1979
Multiple bigfoot photos from Mt. Rainer are attested to by [name].
Bigfoot · Lake Tapps, Washington · 1973
[name] heard noise and a scream near her home.
Bigfoot · Ottosen, Iowa · 1978
[name]'s daughter reports finding herself face to face with a beast at her grandmother's backdoor.
Bigfoot · Holt County, Nebraska · 1973
Witness retells a story from his friend's uncle who saw two bipedal creatures with red-reflecting eyes while checking for calves.
Bigfoot · Gregg County, Texas · 1978
Witness reports that his father's fishing buddy saw a large, hairy creature across a pond while fishing at night.