16 case records
Modern Cases
Explore reported encounters from the later twentieth century to the present.
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Case Archive
Explore reported Sasquatch encounters by era, location, year and witness, with direct access to the testimony, sources and media connected to each event.
8 case records
Historical Cases
Explore earlier encounters documented through witness accounts, newspapers, reports and archival material.
Browse historical cases →24 public case records16 Modern · 8 Historical
Modern case
Sunshine Acres / Davie, Florida 1974 — Al Santariga
A summer 1974 window observation near Sunshine Acres / Davie, Florida, recounted firsthand by Al Santariga.
1 witness recordDeveloping
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Middle Tennessee Night Investigation, 2016 — Catman Hero
An August 8, 2016 Middle Tennessee night-investigation visual account reported by the witness known publicly as Catman Hero.
1 witness recordDeveloping
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William B. Bankhead National Forest 2017 — Derin Franks
A 2017 William B. Bankhead National Forest account documented in a direct interview with Derin Franks.
1 witness recordDeveloping
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Vancouver Island Family-Retreat Encounters — Robert Maxwell
A longitudinally documented Vancouver Island family-retreat account reported by Robert Maxwell across multiple interview venues.
1 witness recordEstablished
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Plains, Georgia Road-Crossing Observation — Scott
A July 2022 daylight road-crossing observation near Plains, Georgia, preserved in a direct Sasquatch Theory interview.
1 witness recordDeveloping
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Randy Harrington — Longitudinal Encounter Record
A multi-source witness record spanning 2015–2026. Direct observations are separated from evidence and thermal claims.
1 witness recordEstablished
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Little Belt Mountains Observation — Nick Purswell
A November 11, 2025 long-distance observation in the Little Belt Mountains, initially interpreted as a bear.
1 witness recordDeveloping
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Southern Utah Visual Observation — Sean Patterson
A Southern Utah visual observation documented in a direct interview with transcript; other reported experiences are kept separate.
1 witness recordDeveloping
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Baldwin County Bedroom-Window Sighting — Kenny Allison
A 1973 bedroom-window sighting in Baldwin County, Georgia, described by Kenny Allison in a direct interview.
1 witness recordDeveloping
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2026
Spartanburg County Road Encounter
Two motorists reported seeing a very large dark upright figure illuminated by their vehicle headlights near Highway 292; an investigator later searched the wooded area.
2 witnessesRoadside visualField follow-up
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2026
Shaver Lake / Camp Chawanakee
Linda Dixon-Smith reported a daylight roadside sighting of a stationary reddish-brown upright figure in a utility corridor near Camp Chawanakee.
Named witnessDaylight visualInvestigator follow-up
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Date unresolved
Minnesota Campsite Encounter — Joel Sturgis
Joel Sturgis described seeing a large upright figure at close range near a Minnesota campsite during a grouse-hunting trip.
1 witnessClose-range visualInterview source
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2019
Texas Highway 84 Daylight Encounter
Truck driver Matt Lankford reported a daylight roadside observation in which his interpretation changed several times as he approached a distant dark figure.
1 witnessDaylight visualMultiple sources
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2006
Prairie Lake
Kathleen Kalina described a northern Minnesota hunting and camping sequence that culminated in a reported tall dark figure moving through black spruce.
Visual testimonyFirsthand interview
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1993
Oregon National Guard
During a National Guard training exercise, Todd Neiss reported watching three large dark bipedal figures in northwestern Oregon for roughly 25 seconds.
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c. 1989
Florida Highway 70 Road Crossing
Steve reported seeing a very dark roadside figure that he first took for a dog but later described as upright on two legs as his vehicle approached.
1 witnessRoad crossing
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Historical case
1982
Tiger Creek / Paul Freeman
Forest Service watershed rider Paul Freeman reported seeing a tall reddish-brown hair-covered figure in Washington’s Blue Mountains; associated footprints were also documented.
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1978–1980
Minerva-area Encounters
Residents around Minerva, Ohio, reported a series of sightings involving multiple named witnesses and contemporaneous newspaper coverage.
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1976
Whitehall
Police officer Brian Gosselin reported illuminating a large upright figure at close range near Whitehall, New York, during a broader cluster of local reports.
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1973
Big Muddy / Murphysboro
Four carnival workers were named in a Murphysboro police case file describing a large upright light-brown-haired figure near carnival ponies.
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1972
MoMo / Marzolf Hill
Teenager Doris Harrison reported a tall black shaggy figure near her family’s home in Louisiana, Missouri, in a sighting that quickly became the “MoMo” story.
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1971
Fouke
Members of the Ford household near Fouke, Arkansas, reported a large upright figure around the property, followed by a sheriff search and reported tracks and scratches.
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Historical case
1967
Bluff Creek / Patterson–Gimlin Film
Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin reported encountering a large upright hair-covered figure at Bluff Creek, where Patterson filmed the retreating subject on 16mm color film.
Film recordMultiple sources
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1955
Mica Mountain
William Roe reported a close visual encounter near Mica Mountain in British Columbia; a sworn statement made in 1957 remains the principal documentary anchor.
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