State by State Sightings
New York
| Date | Location | Witness | Incident |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sept. 1818 | Ellisburgh | 'Gentleman' | Saw hairy 'animal' which ran away. |
| Autumn 1893 | Rockaway Beach, Long Island | Several, including 'Red' McDowell & George Farrell | Large 'wild man' frightened local people. |
| Aug. 1895 | Delamere County | Peter Thomas | 'Wild man' seized traveller's horse, killed it and dragged it away. |
| Nov. 1922 | Babylon, Long Island | Several | 4-ft 'baboon' seen in woods; known to have lived in vacant house for two weeks, and attacked 13-year-old Willie Erlinger. |
| June 1931 | Mineola, Long Is. | 6 | 4-ft Bigfoot seen briefly by people at nursery; armed police found nothing. |
| 18 July 1931 | Nr Huntington, Long Is. | Stockman family | Nurseryman's family saw gorilla-like animal running through shrubbery. |
| July 1931 | Nr Huntington, Long Is. | Mr. Bruno | Farmer saw 'strange animal'; police found tracks. |
| Jan. 1971 | Dutchess County | Young man | Saw Bigfoot on 3 occasions: while snowmobiling, in lovers' lane, and while Bigfoot-hunting, when 8-9-ft Bigfoot approached pickup carrying 4-ft stick. |
| 7 Dec. 1974 | Richmondtown, Staten Is. | Frank Piztolato (11) & Philip Vivolo (12) | In woods saw a black, upright 'bear' which roared at them. |
| 21 Jan. 1975 | Richmondtown, Staten Is. | Mrs. D. Daly | Driving late at night, had to brake to avoid Bigfoot under 6 ft tall crossing road from church car park and heading for rubbish dump and swamp behind church. |
| 21 Jan. 1975 | Richmondtown, Staten Is. | Young couple | Saw Bigfoot on church car park in early morning. |
| Jan. 1975 | Watertown | Steve Rich (11), Jerry Emerson (11) & another boy | Saw Bigfoot about 5 ft tall walking along edge of forest. |
| June 1975 | Route 3 nr Saranac Lake | 2 men in car | Saw Bigfoot squatting beside road; walked away on 2 legs as they approached. |
| 10 Aug. 1976 | Watertown | Dennis Smith & Jimmy Slate | Boys saw 8-ft, black hair-covered creature at sunrise; minutes later they saw it again, walking through field. 15-in tracks found. |
| 24 Aug. 1976 | Whitehall | Marty Paddock & Paul Gosselin | Saw Bigfoot 3 times in same area. |
| 25 Aug. 1976 | Whitehall | Brian Gosselin, police patrolman | Bigfoot came within 25 ft of his squad car. |
| Autumn 1976 | Nr Oxbow | Coon-hunter | Saw 7-ft Bigfoot, very heavy, with dark-brown hair, run across clearing in the moonlight. |
| 27 June 1977 | Nr Theresa, Jefferson County | Two railway workers | Saw Bigfoot watching them; later found large manlike tracks. |
| 28 June 1977 | Nr Theresa, Jefferson County | Two railway workers | Saw Bigfoot watching them; later found large manlike tracks. Different location from their 27 June sighting. |
Data from "Chronological List of Bigfoot Sightings (1818-1980)"
(The Bigfoot Casebook, Janet & Colin Bord, 1982, New York: Granada Publishing)