Bigfoot reports from the 1970s
918 cases, best-documented first. Page 9 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 · Columbia, Tennessee · 1979
Witness reports a friend and himself encountered a large creature on TVA land in Columbia, TN, which growled and fled, leaving behind broken tree branches.
Bigfoot · Lochsa River, Idaho · 1974
Two hunters reported their camp was destroyed by a log-throwing, screaming animal that had not slept since the prior night.
Bigfoot · Boulder, Colorado · 1971
Witness reports her five-and-a-half-year-old son saw a dark, hairy creature with glowing eyes peering into their cabin window in 1971.
Bigfoot · Beltrami County, Minnesota · 1978
Witness reports seeing an 'mnlike creature' on a bog island and tracks found by a district forester.
Bigfoot · Boyd County, Kentucky · 1970s
Witness reports that his father, also driving a school bus in the late 1970s, saw a large ape-like creature with matted red/brown hair running down a path and across the road near Vanceburg, Kentucky.
Bigfoot · Satsop, Washington · 1972
Witnesses report that two teenage boys were followed by a large hairy creature down East Satsop Road in 1972, which was later seen standing in a neighbor's front yard.
Bigfoot · Allegheny County, Pennsylvania · 1975
Photos of a bigfoot with red eyes at night are claimed to have been taken in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Bigfoot · Pickwick Lake, Alabama · 1970s
A researcher claims he saw Bigfoot and Dog Man at a campground on Bear Springs Lake while working on the waterway development.
Bigfoot · Cumberland County, Maine · 1973
Witness reports a gorilla-like animal standing on its hind legs was observed two or three times by [name].
Bigfoot · Jefferson County, Florida · 1974
Witness reports that his mother and sister saw a large, naked, hairy male humanoid approaching their family aggressively near Waukeena in 1974.
Bigfoot · Solomon, Kansas · 1978
The narrator recalls a 1978 incident in Solomon, Kansas, where they heard cracking branches and walking noises approaching them but did not see the creature.
Bigfoot · Denison, Texas · 1975
Witness reports that her husband and his cousin encountered a seven-foot tall hairy creature while walking to a creekbed in Denison.
Bigfoot · Stark County, Ohio · 1970s
Witness's mother reports hearing incessant screams from the woods while their father drove nearby.
Bigfoot · Milton, West Virginia · 1970s
Witness reports that her husband's uncle and a friend saw a gray, hairy bipedal creature drinking water and running on two legs near a creek.
Bigfoot · Fouke, Arkansas · 1971
[name] reported seeing a hairy hand with claws and red eyes reaching through her window in May 1971.
Bigfoot · Sabine County, Texas · 1970
Witness reports a friend observed an 8 to 9 feet tall, reddish-brown haired creature hiding behind trees before walking into the forest.
Bigfoot · Ottosen, Iowa · 1978
[name] IV reports seeing a tall, hairy figure jump into a manure spreader and walk on its hind legs.
Bigfoot · Winamac, Indiana · 1976
Witness reports that a niece saw a large, yellow, hairy creature looking through a door of the cabin in 1976.
Bigfoot · Moses Mountain, Washington · 1970s
Witness's uncle found huge footprints by the road after investigating a bear sighting.
Bigfoot · Pacific County, Washington · 1979
Witness reports hearing a frightening growl while hitchhiking near Ilwaco in late July, causing him and his friend to flee.
Bigfoot · Silverton, Washington · 1974
Witnesses report hearing a loud scream from a ridge while riding dirt bikes, later identifying it as a Sasquatch vocalization.
Bigfoot · Montgomery County, Ohio · 1974
Neighbor reports hearing snarling and strange noises behind her house while home alone with her kids.
Bigfoot · Pawnee, Illinois · 1978
Witness reports hearing odd tapping noises and finding fresh matted grass and a large human-shaped footprint in dried mud before fleeing with a friend after hearing crashing timber and being told to…
Bigfoot · Cougar Creek, Washington · 1970s
A marine on leave reported that a large male Bigfoot stole his killed elk after the marine shot at it.
Bigfoot · San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, California · 1970s
Witness reports that his brother-in-law and hunting friends observed a large, bipedal creature resembling a 'monkey man' or deformed bear in the San Gabriel Mountains before Bigfoot news broke.
Bigfoot · Baldwin County, Alabama · 1979
Witness's father reports a large entity moving undergrowth 8-10 feet tall that followed them to a lake and hit or landed in the water.
Bigfoot · Marion County, Oregon · 1970
Witness reports a female sasquatch stole meat from a cooler at a logging camp while being observed by a teenage girl.
Bigfoot · Cumberland, Wisconsin · 1976
Witness reports that a group of children and a neighbor encountered a dark form with red eyes and a cone-shaped head peeking around trees and a garage while they were at their house.
Bigfoot · Moses Mountain, Washington · 1974
Witness's family heard a loud definitive howl and three huge grunts from behind the ranch house.
Bigfoot · Big Creek, Missouri · 1975
[name] reports that he and three friends encountered a 9 to 10 ft tall silhouette resembling a large gorilla while searching for a missing horse near Big Creek in July or August 1975.
Bigfoot · Umatilla County, Oregon · 1976
Witness reports that their mother and aunt saw a tall, hairy creature drinking from a stream with cupped hands before walking away in a semi-crouched position.
Bigfoot · Moses Mountain, Washington · 1977
Witness's great uncle searched the area where a ranch hand claimed to have seen something.
Bigfoot · Lake Tahoe, California · 1979
Witness reports an Austrian mountain biker claimed he felt someone watching him and smelled something dead while riding on the Tahoe side of the mountain.
Bigfoot · Claiborne Parish, Louisiana · 1973
Witness reports that their family observed a large creature breaking limbs and leaving a trail in the woods near Homer and Haynesville, Louisiana, in 1973.
Bigfoot · Sandpoint, Idaho · 1976
Witness reports a Hound Hunter treed a yellow Sasquatch with his hounds a year after the initial sightings.
Bigfoot · Ottosen, Iowa · 1978
Two girls and another girl report spotting a five-foot-tall figure standing in front of a vacant lumber building.
Bigfoot · Humboldt County, Iowa · 1978
[name] reports seeing a large, hairy creature with burning red eyes staring at her through a window for three minutes before it fled.
Bigfoot · Raccoon River, Iowa · 1978
A truck driver reportedly saw a creature in his headlights on I-80 near the Raccoon River.
Bigfoot · North Key Largo, Florida · 1975
Witness reports that their father heard rustling leaves and pacing in the woods at night, shone a flashlight without seeing anything, and fled with his family after the mother suggested it might be a…
Bigfoot · Proctor Valley Natural Resource Area, California · 1970
Witness reports hearing about the Proctor Valley Monster which was assumed to be similar to the Zoobies described by Dr. [name].
Bigfoot · Madera County, California · 1970
Witness's father reports a Bigfoot walking between him and his son while hunting.
Bigfoot · Sussex, New Jersey · 1976
Witness reports that he and a friend encountered a large creature with hairy legs in an abandoned creamery attic.
Bigfoot · Kansas City, Missouri · 1970s
Witness reports that his father identified the creature as bigfoot after hearing screams described as a person mixed with a dog in pain.
Bigfoot · Saline County, Arkansas · 1970
Witness reports two uncles saw a large brown figure running on two legs like an ape or man near the Saline river.
Bigfoot · Pierce County, Washington · 1970s
Witness reports parents heard stories of people seeing Sasquatch crossing the road or in yards along 224th street.
Bigfoot · Phường Kon Tum, Tỉnh Quảng Ngãi · 1974
Witness reports that Professor Võ Quý discovered and cast a large footprint attributed to the Người Rừng in 1974.
Bigfoot · Pierce County, Washington · 1979
Witness reports seeing a Sasquatch while riding in a car with parents on December 7, 1979.
Bigfoot · Bossier Parish, Louisiana · 1976
Witness reports that his wife heard something jump on her porch and pull on the screen door until her husband arrived.
Bigfoot · Washington, District of Columbia · 1970s
A photograph of an ape-like face is claimed to have been taken in Washington in the 1970s.
Bigfoot · Durham, Maine · 1973
Witness reports [name] and [name] found a footprint behind Jones Cemetery that looked like a chimpanzee print.
Bigfoot · Bonney Lake, Washington · 1975
Witness reports that Mrs. [name] saw a reddish blonde colored man or something hovering over and running through the woods while dogs barked frantically.
Bigfoot · Bonney Lake, Washington · 1975
Witness reports that Mrs. [name]'s sons saw a shadow of something huge cross the tent and house while their dog whined.
Bigfoot · Pinckneyville, Illinois · 1970s
Witness reports a friend found large bare-foot humanlike footprints in mud at a strip-mine pond in December.
Bigfoot · Raccoon River, Iowa · 1978
A high school friend reports a tall black-haired creature jumped out of an unfinished cabin near the river.
Bigfoot · Collier County, Florida · 1975
Witness reports that his father and others saw large tracks (at least 17 inches long) in a dried-out water hole during a hunting trip.
Bigfoot · Montgomery County, Arkansas · 1975
Witness reports a hairy humanoid with glowing eyes attacked their grandfather's trailer, breaking a stair and leaving a large footprint before being destroyed by the witness.
Bigfoot · Vanceburg, Kentucky · 1970s
Witness reports that his grandfather, driving a school bus in the late 1970s, saw a large, ape-like creature with reddish-brown hair cross the road near Vanceburg, Kentucky.
Bigfoot · Grays Harbor County, Washington · 1971
[name] reports something followed them for 1.5 miles with noisy breaths when they stopped.
Bigfoot · Town of Whitehall, New York · 1976
Witness reports that multiple people including state troopers and sheriffs saw the same creature move across a meadow on Abear Road.
Bigfoot · Doyline, Louisiana · 1976
Witness reports that her father saw a large, hairy creature on his porch which leaped over a 6-foot fence and cleared a creek.
Bigfoot · Rantoul, Illinois · 1975
Witness reports a 7-foot tall, hairy, beefy animal that emerged from a ditch on all fours, stood up, and walked away near a vehicle.
Bigfoot · Keg River, Alberta · 1970s
The narrator's mother reports that her family used to see a Sasquatch laying in the grass at Keg River Post.
Bigfoot · Mountain Creek, Wyoming · 1970s
Witness reports a crew finding deboned elk and real big footprints in the southeast corner of the park.
Bigfoot · Granite Falls, Washington · 1977
Witness reports Mr. [name] found large barefoot tracks and animal droppings on a forest service road while sledding with his children.
Bigfoot · Cumberland County, Maine · 1973
Witness reports four youngsters on bicycles encountered an upright, chimpanzee-like creature that looked at them before they fell off their bikes.
Bigfoot · Elm Creek, Texas · 1970s
[name] claims he and two friends spotted two creatures in a valley near Elm Creek while bobcat hunting.
Bigfoot · Miller County, Arkansas · 1970s
A family claims to have been attacked by the beast in their house at night during a rash of sightings in the early 70s.
Bigfoot · Floyd County, Iowa · 1977
Witness reports finding large footprints and eaten frog legs in a sand pit, suggesting a bipedal creature.
Bigfoot · Darrington, Washington · 1975
Witness reports two boys and their mother observed large human-like footprints in the snow.
Bigfoot · Idaho · 1972
A photograph of a sasquatch taken in Idaho is reported to have been displayed at Jon Erik Beckjord’s museum.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports that [name] claimed to have shot and killed two Bigfoot creatures near Elm Creek in the Texas panhandle during the 1970s.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports his best friend's father and his friends saw a Bigfoot that froze them in suspended animation near a cemetery on the river.
Bigfoot · 1978
A Californian photograph by [name] showing a bigfoot is reported to have possibly been destroyed in a fire.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1974
Witness reports seeing a tall, dark, stooped animal standing near their childhood home in the Okanagan in 1974.
Bigfoot · 1974
A soldier and his company report encountering glowing yellow ape-like beings that were impervious to gunfire.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness's aunt reports running into a tall figure described as a wall of hair that she face-planted into while walking up a road in the dark.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1971
A photo of a bigfoot is claimed to have been taken by a British Columbian man in 1971.
Bigfoot · British Columbia, Canada · 1977
Witness reports a man-like creature covered in black hair splashing in water and watching them before they ran away.
Bigfoot · 1973
Witness reports that he and a companion named [name] shot and killed a Bigfoot in 1973 after it was illuminated by vehicle lights.
Bigfoot · 1974
Two loggers report seeing a tall, long-legged, hairy creature with wide shoulders walking through timber in 1974.
Bigfoot · 1972
Witness reports hearing a large bipedal creature walking on rocks near his boat while fishing with his father in Arizona.
Bigfoot · Oklahoma · 1970s
Witness reports his granddad found a young male Sasquatch with arrows in its back in the barn and patched it up.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports three armed men near Elm Creek in the Texas panhandle saw large, hairy, upright shapes they initially thought were bears but later described as Bigfoot.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports that her grandpa dug a pond in the woods in the early 80s or late 70s where huge tracks were later found leading towards it.
Bigfoot · Ontario, Canada · 1977
A photo of a bigfoot head taken in Ontario is reported to have been considered classified.
Bigfoot · Oklahoma · 1970s
Witness reports his granddad and grandma left food for a Sasquatch family at a stump in the woods.
Bigfoot · Texas · 1970s
[name] claims he shot and killed two Bigfoot creatures in the Texas panhandle during the 1970s.
Bigfoot · 1975
[name] reports seeing a huge man with big red eyes like truck tail lights looking in the window at her.
Bigfoot · Texas · 1970s
Witness reports that [name] claimed to have shot two Bigfoot in the Texas panhandle during the 1970s.
Bigfoot · 1979
A hunter named [name] observed and attempted to catch a female pikelian in the mountains.
Bigfoot · 1978
Witness reports a tall dark figure with heavy brown hair walking across a snowy road in 1978.
Bigfoot · Colorado · 1970s
[name] reports a peaceful face-to-face encounter with Bigfoot that occurred almost 50 years prior to the interview.
Bigfoot · Alberta, Canada · 1972
Witness reports that his cousin followed hundreds of large footprints for two miles up river banks and into the bush in northern Alberta around 1972.
Bigfoot · 1972
Witness reports that a creature with a chocolate brown face and brown hair fled from armed residents in 1972.
Bigfoot · 1971
Witness reports that he and other hunters encountered creatures in the remote Sierra area who started interacting with them.
Bigfoot · 1972
Witness reports Bigfoot vocalizations including a whistle occurred in 1972.
Bigfoot · 1970
[name] and two fellow-hunters sighted a gigantic hairy figure on the Amguema River.
Bigfoot · 1975
Witness reports a tall, hairy creature was seen on a sandbar and later at a kitchen window in Arkansas in 1975.
Bigfoot · 1970s
Witness reports that [name] made recordings in Northern California which were later analyzed to contain clear English phrases.
Bigfoot · 1972
Witness reports [name] witnessed two Sasquatch arguing down a hill in the Sierra Nevada in 1972.