State by State Sightings
Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings 1965 - 1967
1818 - 1900 | 1901 - 1950 |
1951 - 1960 | 1961 - 1964 |
1965 - 1967
1968 - 1969 | 1970 - 1972 |
1973 - 1975 | 1976 - 1977 |
1978 - 1980
| Date | Location | Witness | Incident |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 1965 | French Lick, IN | Youngsters | Saw 10-ft green monster with glowing red eyes, named it 'Fluorescent Freddie'. |
| 31 May 1965 | Nicomen Is. nr Mission, BC | Mrs. Seraphine Jasper | Saw tall, black Bigfoot in field in daytime; cows stared at it. |
| 28 June 1965 | Pitt Lake, 25 miles N-E of Vancouver, BC | Two prospectors | Found Bigfoot tracks; later realized they were being watched. Sketched Bigfoot before it walked off. |
| July 1965 | Nr Butedale, BC | Jack Taylor | Man fishing saw 2 Bigfeet on shore and another in the water swimming strongly. |
| 9 Aug. 1965 | Nr Smithville, Ont. | Truck driver | Saw 6-7-ft, long-armed Bigfoot weighing about 500 lb. |
| 13 Aug. 1965 | Nr Monroe, MI | Christine van Acker & mother Mrs. Ruth Owens | Black 7-ft Bigfoot reached into car and gave Christine a black eye. |
| Aug. 1965 | Campden, Ont. | Several people including Wayne Beach, Manfred Berg, Hector McDonald | Saw something 7 ft tall, black and furry like a 'big gorilla'; 16-in prints found. |
| Aug. 1965 | Rutherford County, TN | Roy Hudson, Terry Ring, Dorris Barrett, Terry Lester | Saw 7-ft, reddish-brown Bigfoot with 3-in teeth and pug nose. |
| Summer 1965 | Clio Bay nr Kitimat, BC | Group of men | Saw Bigfoot on rock beside sea; walked away upright. |
| Summer 1965 | Bowen's Ranch, San Gorgonio Mtns, CA | Jim & Jan Gorrell | Couple having night-time barbeque were watched by 9-10-ft Bigfoot; they left hurriedly. |
| Sept. 1965 | Montezuma Hills nr Decatur, IL | 4 young people | Black Bigfoot approached their car and they fled; later police search found nothing. |
| Sept. 1965 | Tillsonburg, Ont. | Several people | Bigfoot seen in tobacco fields; 18-in tracks found. |
| Oct. 1965 | Nisqually Hill, nr Olympia, WA | Russell Geis & Dennis Lensgrave | Saw white, 7-ft Bigfoot in car headlights and shot at it. Later large tracks and broken trees found. |
| Autumn 1964 or 1965 | Nr LaPorte, CA | Herb Brown | Saw 4 deer followed by a Bigfoot. |
| Autumn 1965 | Nr Harrison Mills, BC | Man | Sew female Bigfoot in brush near road. |
| Autumn 1965 | Little Jedito Wash, N of Winsiow, AZ | Roger Heath (school teacher) | Creature 3 ft high with shining black fur and long arms seen hopping and scrambling at roadside. |
| Nov. 1965 | Green Bay, nr Bells Coola, BC | Jimmy Nelson | Watched Bigfoot cross loggers' 'slash' in 10 min; witness took 2 hours to cross the same area. |
| 1965 | Fouke, AR | James Lynn Crabtree (14) | While squirrel-hunting, 7-8-ft Bigfoot approached; boy fired at its face 3 times and ran off. |
| 1965 | Tarrytown, GA | Man | Saw Bigfoot over 8 ft tall which 'appeared mangled'. |
| 1965 | Morristown, NJ | Young woman & 3 other people | Sitting in parked car at night, drove off in panic when Bigfoot thumped on the back. |
| 1965 | Nr The Dalles, OR | Dalene Brown & other girls | Saw Bigfoot near gravel pit on several occasions. |
| Mid-1960s | Yakima River, Yakima, WA | Jim Mission & 3 others | Saw tall animal with head set on shoulders. |
| Jan. 1966 | Wildwood, CA | Bob Kelley & Archie Bradshaw | Kelley shot a Bigfoot which looked in cabin window at 2 am; big tracks found. |
| Spring 1966 | Brooksville, FL | Mrs. Eula Lewis | Bigfoot with roundish head and shoulders chased her into her house; she saw it swinging its arms as dogs yapped at it. |
| April 1966 | Trinity Alps N of Weaverville, CA | Nick Campbell, Larry Browning, Bill Crockett, Bill Combe, Frank Magnussen | Campers saw Bigfoot several times: it watched campers, threw rubbish bins around, and took food left for it. |
| 21 May 1966 | Morristown, NJ | Raymond Todd & 3 friends | Saw a 7-ft black Bigfoot walking through park. |
| 21 July 1966 | Richmond, Lulu Is., BC | John Osborne | 'Big hairy man 6 ft 8 ins to 7 ft tall' seen in woods. |
| 21July 1966 | Richmond, Lulu Is., BC | Darlene Leaf | Saw head and shoulders of Bigfoot above 6-ft raspberry bushes at night. |
| 22 July 1966 | Nr Fraser River, Richmond, Lulu Is., BC | John McKernan | In car, saw Bigfoot cross dirt road. |
| July 1966 | Nr White Rock, BC | Mr. Letoul | Saw light Bigfoot come up to his house in the moonlight; it 'fooled around'. |
| July 1966 | Richmond, Lulu Is., BC | Don Gilmore | 'A big woolly animal' stampeded about 100 cattle. |
| July 1966 | San Diego, CA | 5 people | Tall, reddish Bigfoot ransacked car while they were picnicking. |
| July 1966 | Fontana, CA | Teenage boys | One, grabbed by Bigfoot, received scratches and torn clothing. |
| 27 Aug. 1966 | N of Fontana, CA | Jerri Mendenhall (16) & friend | Smelly Bigfoot with muddy, slimy hair scratched girl's arm through car window. |
| Summer 1966 | Nr Anclote River, Elfers, FL | Ralph 'Bud' Chambers | Bigfoot seen standing in trees had a 'rancid, putrid odor'. |
| Summer 1966 | Nr Richland, WA | Greg Pointer, Roger True, Tom Thompson, Carl & Jim Franklin, John McKnight, Alvin Anderson, Selby Green, Roger Howard, Bob McDonald, Ron Blackburn | 8-ft, whitish-gray Bigfoot was repeatedly shot at with no effect. |
| Summer 1966 | Sawyer, WA | 3 boys | Saw the 'white demon'. |
| Summer 1966 | Nr Yakima, WA | A youth | Chased by white Bigfoot which climbed out of tree at night; was found lying on ground shocked and clutching white hairs. |
| 19 Sept. 1966 | Nr Yakima, WA | Ken Pettijohn | 7-ft, grayish-white Bigfoot examined car and driver. |
| Sept. 1966 | Parke County, IN | Various | 10-ft Bigfoot left 21-in tracks and killed 2 dogs. |
| Early Oct. 1966 | Nr Yakima, WA | Carl Timberbrook | Saw tall, gray Bigfoot walking by canal near road at 8 am. |
| Oct. 1966 | Albuquerque, NM | Clifford McGuire & family | Over a period of several weeks a 5-ft Bigfoot that cried like a baby roamed round their property, and the radio would stop when it was near. |
| Oct. 1966 | Nr Yakima, WA | Mike Corey | His dog attacked Bigfoot; Corey shot at it as it ran away; dog later mysteriously killed. |
| Autumn 1966 | Lower Bank, NJ | Married couple | Bigfoot looked in through window, and witnesses left food out for it which it ate. |
| 7 Nov. 1966 | Nr Winona, MS | William & James Cagle | 7-ft Bigfoot with 2-in diameter red eyes 'waved' its arm at witnesses' passing truck. |
| 30 Nov. 1966 | Nr Brooksville, FL | Miss M.B. | While changing a wheel on lonely road, witness watched by green-eyed Bigfoot. |
| Nov. 1966 | Mason County, WA | Cecil Lucas | Saw 'three bear-like creatures sniffing around an oil pump'; ran off erect. |
| Dec. 1966 | Nr Lakeview, OR | Youths | While they were cutting Xmas trees their Alsatian dog rushed frightened out of brush, and they saw a Bigfoot; tracks in snow later found. |
| Dec. 1966 | Anclote River, FL | 2 hunters | Saw Bigfoot. |
| 1966 | Quartz Hill nr Lancaster, CA | 2 young men | Saw Bigfoot on hilltop. |
| 1966 | Maquoketa, IA | Gary Koontz | Shot at 4-5-ft Bigfoot which screamed like a woman and disappeared into the brush. |
| 1966 | Cass County, MI | Various | Bigfoot seen in sparsely populated area near Detroit. |
| 1966 | Wayne National Forest, OH | - | A 7-ft apeman was reported roaming the forest. |
| 1966 | Bluff Creek, CA | Richard Sides | Saw Bigfoot drinking from creek with cupped hands. |
| Jan. 1967 | Elfers, FL | Four teenagers | Smelly Bigfoot with glowing green eyes jumped onto car hood. |
| Jan. 1967 | Wildwood Inn, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA | Bob Kelley | Heard moaning and saw Bigfoot, dark-brown with silver-tipped hair, a flat nose, and no hair on face or hands, looking in at window. |
| Feb. 1967 | Hartley Bay, BC | 2 men | Saw Bigfoot on an island and shot at it; it screamed. |
| May 1967 | The Dalles, OR | Dennis Taylor (19), Dave Churchill & others | Bigfoot followed witnesses, who returned with friends and guns on several nights. |
| Spring or summer 1967 | Nr Willow Creek, CA | Russel Summerville | Saw 8-9-ft, smelly Bigfoot walk downhill along road and into trees. |
| Summer 1967 | Nr Anclote River, Elfers, FL | Ralph 'Bud' Chambers | Saw Bigfoot in yard. |
| Mid-Sept. 1967 | Nr Marietta, Nooksack River, WA | John Davis | Saw 8-ft Bigfoot at 3 am cross road and go towards river. |
| 21 Sept. 1967 | Nr Marietta, Nooksack River, WA | Mrs. Brudevold | In fishing skiff, saw Bigfoot rise up from water beside her. |
| 21 Sept. 1967 | Nr Marietta, Nooksack River, WA | Mrs. Martha Washington | Saw dark-brown Bigfoot sitting on oil drum in neighbor's yard; had human face but reflecting eyes, and sat with arms straight, hands on drum. |
| Sept. 1967 | Nr Marietta, Nooksack River, WA | Harold James | Smelled strong animal smell and saw Bigfoot sitting by river at dawn. |
| Sept. 1967 | Nr Marietta, Nooksack River, WA | Mr. & Mrs. Joe Brudevold | Black 8-ft Bigfoot with flat face and no neck seen standing in river; bent down and disappeared. Tracks later seen coming into and out of water. |
| Sept. 1967 | Nr Marietta, Nooksack River, WA | John Green, Reynold James, Randy Kinley | Night-time fisherman's net hauled in by Bigfoot. |
| Sept. 1967 | Nr Bellingham, WA | Mrs. Carol Davis | Saw Bigfoot wading out of sea. |
| 20 Oct. 1967 | Bluff Creek, CA | Roger Patterson & Bob Gimlin | Saw and photographed Bigfoot on cine film. |
| Late Oct. 1967 | Nr Estacada, OR | Glenn Thomas | Watched 2 adult and a young Bigfoot eating rodents. |
| Late Oct. 1967 | Marietta, WA | Rita Lawrence | Saw hand, covered with dark hair except for fingers and knuckles, reach into bedroom through window and feel around. |
| Late Oct. 1967 | Marietta, WA | Frank Lawrence, Jr | A few days after previous case, saw 7-ft Bigfoot outside house; it ran away. |
| Autumn 1967 | By Chehalis River nr Chehalis, WA | Billy Brown | Hunter saw white, 8-ft Bigfoot; shot at its head and it screamed and ran into swamp. Found blood later. |
| Autumn 1967 | Dead Horse Creek nr Grande Ronde River, N-E OR | Joe Jackson | Saw Bigfoot standing by road; it ran into brush. |
| Early Dec. 1967 | Nooksack River, nr Marietta, WA | Frank Lawrence, Jr., & another man | Saw 6-ft Bigfoot with red eyes walk out of river at night and into misty fields. |
| Dec. 1967 | Teton Forest nr Jackson Hole, WY | Two university students from Marshalltown, IA | Saw what they thought was a bear and shot it. They examined the corpse and found it was dark brown, humanlike, about 7 ft tall, and hair-covered except for soles and palms. They left the body where it was. |
Data from "Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings (1818-1980)"
(The Bigfoot Casebook, Janet & Colin Bord, 1982, New York: Granada Publishing)
