State by State Sightings
British Columbia
| Date | Location | Witness | Incident |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1864 | Fraser River canyon | Alexander Caulfield Anderson | Fur trader and party attacked by 'hairy humanoids' which threw rocks at them. |
| 1871 | Harrison River area | Amerindian woman | Kidnapped by Bigfoot. |
| June or July 1884 | 20 miles from Yale | - | Hairy 'half man, half beast', nicknamed Jacko, 4 ft 7 in tall and weighing 127 lb, captured. |
| 1901 | Campbell River area of Vancouver Is. | Mike King | Saw 'man-beast' washing roots in water and placing them in neat piles. |
| Dec. 1904 | Nr Horne Lake, Vancouver Is. | A.R. Crump, J. Kincaid, T. Hutchins, W. Buss | Hunters in uninhabited area saw young, hairy 'wild man' with 'long matted hair and a beard' who ran off at speed through impenetrable undergrowth; had also been seen by others in past few years. |
| March 1907 | Bishop's Cove, Vancouver Is. | Indians | Villagers scared by hairy 'monkey' which dug clams and howled on beach at night. |
| May c.1909 | Nr Chehalis Indian reserve | Peter Williams | Bigfoot chased witness home and then pushed against walls of wooden house. |
| 1915 | Cougar Lake nr Holy Cross Mtns | Charles Flood, Donald McRae, Green Hicks | Prospectors watched Bigfoot eating berries. |
| Summer 1924 | Nr head of Toba Inlet | Albert Ostman | Camper kidnapped and kept prisoner by Bigfoot. |
| Sept. 1927 | Agassiz | Indian named Point & Adaline August | While walking on railroad track, saw Bigfoot coming towards them. |
| 1928 | Conuma River, Vancouver Is. | Muchalat Harry | Indian kidnapped and kept prisoner by Bigfeet. |
| 1928 | South Bentinck Arm, nr Bella Coola | George Talleo | While trapping, saw and shot at Bigfoot, which fell; witness did not stay. Earlier had found excrement covered by moss. |
| c. 1930 | Kwaltwa Kitasu Bay, Swindle Is. | Tom Brown | Bigfoot seen in shallows at night; screamed when shot at, but no body to be found next day |
| c. 1933 | Head of Pitt Lake | 2 men | Saw Bigfoot through field glasses, eating berries. |
| March 1934 | Chehalis Indian reserve nr Harrison River | Frank Dan | 'Hairy giant' seen by Indian near his home. |
| July 1936 | Morris Creek nr Harrison River | Frank Dan | Bigfoot threw rocks at witness's canoe. |
| c. 1937 | Nr Bridesville | Mrs. Jane Patterson | Saw Bigfoot sitting in abandoned garden. |
| Aug. 1939 or 1940 | Headwaters of Silver Creek, Harrison Lake | Burns Yeomans & another prospector | Saw 4 or 5 Bigfeet wrestling. |
| 1930s | Nr Alert Bay | Ellen Neai | Saw Bigfoot walk along beach and into trees. |
| Sept. 1941 | Ruby Creek | Mrs. Jeannie Chapman & 3 children aged 9, 7 & 5 | Bigfoot visited lonely house; adult witness grabbed children and fled to village. |
| Oct. 1941 | Port Douglas at head of Harrison Lake | Many Indians | Fled in canoes after seeing Bigfoot nearly 14 ft tall at their village. |
| Early 1946 | Nr Coombes, Vancouver Is. | Alex Oakes | Bigfoot ran across road in front of witness's car |
| 1947 | Grouse Mtn, North Vancouver | Mr. & Mrs. Werner | Driving along logging road, witnesses came upon 2 tall beings, with 'a skin wrapped round them'. |
| c.1948 | Harrison Mills | Henry Charlie | Indian on bicycle chased by Bigfoot, which kept up with him for over a mile. |
| 1949 | New Hazleton | Frank Luxton | Highway foreman saw 8-ft Bigfoot while driving; it ran into the bush. |
| 1940s | Jacobsen Bay, 20 miles W of Bella Coola | Clayton Mack, game guide | Saw Bigfoot from boat as it walked along beach and into timber. |
| Sept. 1953 | Nr Courtenay, Vancouver Is. | Jack Twist | At dusk saw 8-ft Bigfoot on road ahead; it moved into forest. |
| Oct. 1955 | Mica Mountain | William Roe | Watched female Bigfoot eating leaves at a distance of 20 ft. |
| c.1955 | Between Vancouver & Banff | Woman & boy | Witnesses on bus saw Bigfoot standing beside road. |
| 17 May 1956 | Trans-Canada Highway nr Flood | Stanley Hunt, auctioneer | Slowed down as gray, 7-ft Bigfoot crossed road to join another, which was 'gangly, not stocky like a bear'. |
| Dec 1958 | Bella Coola Valley | George Robson & Bert Solhjell | Hunters saw 7-ft Bigfoot watching them; ran off when they stared at it. |
| c.1958 | Nr New Hazelton | 2 women | Bigfoot crossed road in front of witnesses' car. |
| March 1959 | Aristazabal Is. | Lawrence Hopkins | Saw strong-smelling Bigfoot in brush. |
| Sept. 1959 | Hidden Lake, nr Enderby | Mrs. Bellvue | While collecting wood at dusk for campfire, saw 6-ft Bigfoot watching her. |
| Late 1950s | Nr New Hazleton | Man | Bigfoot crossed road in front of witness's car. |
| Feb. 1960 | Price Is. | Joe Hopkins | While digging clams, saw small Bigfoot walk up beach and into trees. |
| Winter, c.1960 | Watson Bay, Roderick Is. | Timothy Robinson & Samson Duncan | Shot at small Bigfoot on beach and found blood on snow where it had been, but were afraid to follow the creature. |
| Oct. 1961 | Kokanee Glacier Park | John Bringsli | Bigfoot hunter saw apelike creature on trail at night. |
| 1961 | Nr Moricetown | Couple | Sitting at breakfast, watched black, 8-ft Bigfoot walk across field and road. |
| April 1962 | Bella Coola | Woman & 2 children | Saw female Bigfoot holding youngster by hand, on Bella Coola River bank; others saw Bigfoot in village at night. |
| July 1962 | Stoney Lake nr Hixon | Alex Lindstrom | While on lake saw heavy, light-gray, 8-ft Bigfoot on shore; it left quickly as he approached. |
| 7 Aug. 1962 | Lemon Creek nr Nelson | John Bringsli | Woodsman and hunter, picking huckleberries, suddenly saw 7-9-ft Bigfoot with 4-in gray-blue body hair walking slowly towards him. It seemed curious. At 40 ft, witness sprinted for his car and drove away. |
| Aug. 1962 | Nr Hixon | Woman | Saw 7-ft black Bigfoot walking along creek towards her; it jumped into bush on seeing her. |
| Late Aug. 1962 | Between Quesnel & Prince George | Mrs. Calhoun | Bigfoot seen in woods, 10 yds away. |
| Oct. 1962 | Between Vedder Crossing & Yarrow | Joe Gregg, bus driver off duty | Bigfoot crossed road in front of car at night. |
| 1963 | Goose Point, nr Anahim Lake | Harry Squiness | Hairy monkey face looked into tent; four Bigfeet at edge of camp walked into forest. |
| 1963 | Nr Bells Bella | Jack Wilson | Saw Bigfoot on island shore. |
| 4 July 1964 | Nr Cultus Lake, nr Chilliwack | 2 youths | Saw 2 7-ft shaggy white Bigfeet beside road at 2:30 am. |
| 31 May 1965 | Nicomen Is. nr Mission | 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 | two prospectors | found Bigfoot tracks; later realized they were being watched. Sketched Bigfoot before it walked off. |
| July 1965 | Nr Butedale | Jack Taylor | Man fishing saw 2 Bigfeet on shore and another in the water Swimming strongly. |
| Summer 1965 | Clio Bay nr Kitimat | Group of men | Saw Bigfoot on rock beside sea; walked away upright. |
| Autumn 1965 | Nr Harrison Mills | Man | Saw female Bigfoot in brush near road. |
| Nov. 1965 | Green Bay, nr Bells Coola | Jimny Nelson | Watched Bigfoot cross loggers' 'slash' in 10 min; witness took 2 hours to cross the same area. |
| 21 July 1966 | Richmond, Lulu Is. | John Osborne | 'Big hairy man 6 ft 8 ins to 7 ft tall' seen in woods. |
| 21 July 1966 | Richmond, Lulu Is. | Darlene Leaf | Saw head and shoulders of Bigfoot above 6-ft raspberry bushes at night. |
| 22 July 1966 | Nr Fraser River, Richmond, Lulu Is. | John McKernan | In car, saw Bigfoot cross dirt road. |
| July 1966 | Nr White Rock | Mr. Letoul | Saw light Bigfoot come up to his house in the moonlight; it 'fooled around'. |
| July 1966 | Richmond, Lulu Is. | Don Gilmore | 'A big woolly animal' stampeded about 100 cattle. |
| Feb. 1967 | Hartley Bay | 2 men | Saw Bigfoot on an island and shot at it; it screamed. |
| Feb. 1968 | Broughton Is. | Tom Brown & Harry Whonnock | While digging clams, were watched by 6-ft Bigfoot. |
| 27 June 1968 | Salmon Arm Inlet | Gordon Baum | Saw 5-ft, black-haired Bigfoot leap over pile of logs; 'He was gone in two seconds'. |
| Mid-Aug. 1968 | Nr Stewart BC | 2 hunters | Bigfoot over 7 ft tall with short neck, flat nose and long arms, ran up hillside at dusk. |
| 14 Sept. 1968 | Nr Chetwynd | Eddie Barnett & another game guide | Saw Bigfoot. |
| Late Feb. 1969 | Khutze Inlet | Ronnie Nyce & 2 other men | Shot at Bigfoot which ran screaming into woods. |
| 18 May 1969 | Nr Merritt | David Ludlam & army cadets | Witnesses saw hairy 10-ft Bigfoot near their camp, by day and night. |
| June 1969 | Mamquam | Gordon Ferrier | Saw hairy biped with bushy tail; 3-toed tracks found later. |
| 25 Oct. 1969 | Nr Anahim Lake | Pan Phillips | Game guide watched brown Bigfoot through telescopic sight for 10 mins; it sat by snowhole (apparently its home) at edge of glacier at 6,000 ft. |
| 20 or 22 Nov. 1969 | Trans-Canada Highway nr Lytton | Ivan Wally | Graybrown Bigfoot about 7 ft tall stood in road with hands above head as Wally drove by at night. |
| 1969 | Nr Massett, Queen Charlotte Islands | Indians | Saw Bigfoot on at least two occasions. |
| 1960s | Nr Invermere | Man | Saw white or gray Bigfoot. |
| Late 1960s | Nazko River, S of Nazko | Samial Paul | Saw Bigfoot near river. |
| Winter, late 1960s | Vancouver Is. | Paul Griffith | After exploring a cave, saw 7-ft Bigfoot with long arms, flat face and reflecting eyes at 3 am; later saw large tracks in snow near same cave. |
| 7 Jan. 1970 | Cheakamus Canyon nr Squamish | Bill Taylor, road works foreman | 7-ft Bigfoot crossed road in front of Taylor's car, carrying a fish in its hand. |
| Early Feb. 1970 | Nr Klemtu | Andrew Robinson | While in boat, saw 6-ft, light-brown Bigfoot on beach. |
| c. March 1970 | Queen Charlotte Islands | Tina Brown | Saw 7-ft Bigfoot in car headlights at night. |
| Early 1970 | Nr Juskatla | Boy | Saw Bigfoot run away with arms raised. |
| 2 April 1970 | Harrison Hot Springs | Keith Shepard | 8-ft tall, dark hair-covered Bigfoot 'ambled' across road in front of witness's car. |
| 23 April 1970 | Nr Klemtu | Crew of seiner Brace | Saw beige Bigfoot on shore. |
| Early Sept. 1971 | Allison Pass, Manning Park | Man | Saw dark, 8-ft Bigfoot with small head and long arms walk across lighted highways dept. yard at 4 am. |
| Autumn 1971 | Nr Sechelt | Prospector | Saw two Bigfeet, the color of a collie dog, run away from small lake where they may have been pulling up lily roots. |
| 21 March 1973 | Bute Inlet | Peter Spika, Luke Burmas & Nick Pisac | Herring fishermen watched beige, 10-ft Bigfoot walking on beach. |
| June 1973 | Chapman Creek, Nr Sechelt | Timber worker | Saw Bigfoot jumping up and down; it left 'humanlike' footprint. |
| July 1973 | Roscoe Inlet | Fisheries patrolman | Watched 6-ft gray Bigfoot rooting in vegetation on beach in daylight. |
| 18 July 1974 | Nr the head of Harrison Lake | Wayne Jones | Sitting by campfire at night, watched 7-8-ft Bigfoot for 5 mins before other people disturbed it; it was licking mud off fingers. |
| 1974 | Nr Castlegar | Young couple | Driving at night, saw Bigfoot standing beside road. |
| Sept. 1976 | East Kootenay - Kimberly area | Mickey McLelland | Tall, tan-colored, long-armed Bigfoot seen 125 yds away and followed in car along road. |
| Sept. 1976 | East Kootenay - Kimberly area | Barbara Pratula | Saw black Bigfoot with light stomach, 6-7 ft tall, behind their store. Took blurred photograph before creature left. Six other people have seen Bigfoot in this area. |
| 28 March 1977 | Nr Spuzzum | Richard Mitchell | Saw Bigfoot, 7½ ft tall with peculiar gait, by side of road. |
| 28 & 30 April 1979 | Dunn Lake nr Barriere | Tim Meissner (16) | Fishing with friends, saw Bigfoot across lake; returned, saw it again and shot at it. |
Data from "Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings (1818-1980)"
(The Bigfoot Casebook, Janet & Colin Bord, 1982, New York: Granada Publishing)
