State by State Sightings

Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings 1818 - 1900

1818 - 1900 | 1901 - 1950 | 1951 - 1960 | 1961 - 1964 | 1965 - 1967
1968 - 1969 | 1970 - 1972 | 1973 - 1975 | 1976 - 1977 | 1978 - 1980

Date	Location	Witness	Incident
Early 1800s	Mt Katahdin area, ME	Trapper named Cluey	Saw Bigfoot near camp at night, and again next day; possibly fictional.
6 Sept. 1818	Ellisburgh, NY	'Gentleman'	Saw hairy 'animal' which ran away.
c.1834	St Francis, Poinsett & Greene Counties, AR	Sportsmen & hunters	'Wild man' seen over many years.
1830s	Bridgewater, PA	Man picking berries	Small Bigfoot ran off when chased.
Summer 1838	Silver Lake Township, PA	16-year-old boy	Frightened by seeing small black-haired Bigfoot.
Late 1830s	Around Fish Lake, IN	-	'Wild child' seen near and swimming in lake.
13 May 1849	S-W of Eagle (later Eagletown), OK	One-Eye Bascomb	Hunter-trapper saw 'strange critter' in swamps; description fits Bigfoot.
c.1850	Mt St Helens, WA	Rocque Ducheney	Bigfoot beckoned to witness, who turned and ran.
Mar. 1851	Greene County, AR	Mr. Hamilton	Gigantic 'wild man' pursued cattle.
2 Jan. 1855	Waldoboro', ME	J.W. McHenri	18-in hairy manlike creature captured.
1856	AR-LA border	-	'Wild man' dragged man from horse and bit and scratched him before riding off on horse.
1850s	Mt Shasta area, CA	Gold prospector	Saw Bigfoot smash sluiceway against tree.
Mid-19th century	Nr Wisdom River in the Bitterroot Mtns, ID-MT border	Hunter named Bauman	Something, thought from footprints to be Bigfoot, haunted hunters' camp and eventually killed one.
1864	Fraser River canyon, BC	Alexander Caulfield Anderson	Fur trader and party attacked by 'hairy humanoids' which threw rocks at them.
After 1865	Saline County, AR	-	7-ft 'wild man' captured.
Sept. 1869	Area of East Davenport & Gilbert, IA	Huntsman	Saw ugly, sandy-haired 'wild boy' eating fish in river.
Autumn 1869	Orestimba Creek area, CA	Hunter	Watched Bigfoot swinging lighted sticks from his fire.
1860s	Northern NV	A large party	Pursuers saw 'the object' carrying a club and a rabbit; bloodhounds refused to chase.
1860s	Arcadia Valley, Crawford County, KS	Many	'Wild man or animal' seen around houses; unsuccessfully.
Sept. 1870	Orias Timbers (Orestimba) Creek, CA	F.J. Hildreth & Samuel de Groot	Two hunters saw 'gorillas'.
1870	Crow Canyon nr Mt Diablo, CA	-	'Wild man' seen but evaded capture; 13-in tracks.
1871	Harrison River area of BC	Amerindian woman	Kidnapped by Bigfoot.
Feb. 1876	10 miles E of Warner's Ranch, CA	Turner Helm	Prospector saw and spoke to Bigfoot, which did not reply.
1878	TN	-	'Wild Man of the Woods' reportedly captured; 6 ft 5 in tall, large eyes, 'fish scales' on the body. Exhibited in Louisville, KY.
Oct. 1879	Nr Williamstown, VT	Two young huntsmen	Red-haired Bigfoot chased witnesses after being shot at.
Early 1880s	Nr Happy Camp, Siskiyou County, CA	Jack Dover	Hunter saw 7-ft 'wild man' picking berries or shoots.
1882	Owens Valley, CA	Several, including John Clarke, Paul Myrtengreen & Jack Ferral	Many reports of large, shaggy beast roaming the foothills of Round Valley. Clarke came upon it asleep and tried to lasso it, but it ran off yelling. Myrtengreen fainted when he saw it coming towards him. Ferral hunted it and on 25 March came upon it feeding. He fired five bullets into it, but it came for him. His horse broke two legs in its mad escape and Ferral was bruised.
June or July 1884	20 miles from Yale, BC	-	Hairy 'half man, half beast', nicknamed Jacko, 4 ft 7 in tall and weighing 127 lb, captured.
1885	Cascade Mtns nr Lebanon, OR	Mr. Fitzgerald & others	Hunters saw hairy 'man' eating deer flesh.
c.1880s	Horseshoe Bend area of Bear Creek, AL	Jade Davis	Fisherman watched by Bigfoot which jumped into creek when noticed.
Oct. 1891	Nr the Tittabawassee River, MI	George W. Frost & W.W. Vivian	7-ft Bigfoot killed bulldog with one blow.
1892	Anaconda, MT	'a wild-eyed individual'	Saw hairy 'varmint' in the mountains.
Autumn 1893	Rockaway Beach, Long Island, NY	Several, including 'Red' McDowell & George Farrell	Large 'wild man' frightened local people.
Jan. 1894	Nr Dover, NJ	Bertha Heatig, Lizzie Guscott, Katie Griffin, Mike Dean, Bill Dean, William Mullen & others	Bearded 6-ft 'wild man' with club seen in woods.
May 1894	Deep Creek, KY	Jack Agee, Joseph Ewalt, Eph Boston, Tom Boston, James Boston	Man-beast which raided farms was tracked to cave.
Aug 1895	Colebrook, CT	Riley W. Smith	Bigfoot ran out of bushes, yelling as witness picked berries.
Aug. 1895	Delamere County, NY	Peter Thomas	'Wild man' seized traveller's horse, killed it and dragged it away.
Late April 1897	Nr Sailor, IN	Adam Gardner & Ed Swinehart	Two farmers saw Bigfoot run into woods.
Late April 1897	Nr Stout, OH	Several	'Wild man' seen in woods on several occasions.
26 May 1897	Nr Rome, OH	Charles Lukins & Bob Forner	Struggled with curly-haired Bigfoot which escaped.
Summer 1897	Nr Tulelake, CA	An Indian	Bigfoot took fish offered by witness.
1899	Headwaters of South Sixes River, OR	Prospectors named Robbins & Benson	Saw 6½-ft, yellow-furred 'devil' push camp gear off cliff; ran away when shot at.
Late 1800s	Nr Moncton, New Brunswick	-	'Squatty, hair-covered creature with long arms' seen on edge of woods several times.
1900	E of Thomas Bay, AK	3 prospectors	Hairy creatures, 'neither men nor monkeys,' smaller than men, seen.
1900	Sixes River area, OR	William Page & Johnnie McCulloch	Miners saw 9-ft hairy 'animal-man' drinking at stream.
c.1900	Kildeer Mtns, ND	People in sleigh	Saw large gorilla-like animal which first ran towards them, then ran off through snow leaving huge manlike tracks.

Data from "Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings (1818-1980)",
The Bigfoot Casebook (Janet & Colin Bord, 1982, New York: Granada Publishing)