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1774
Terrel, Kaufman Cty, Texas
Unnamed fireman was riding near Hwy 429 between Terrel and Lake Tawakoni looking for lost cattle, in very heavy rain, horse spooked by something coming out of a nearby gulley, moved very fast into trees, but only 30 feet away.…
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1790's
Mars Hill, Madison Cty, North Carolina
Gentleman writes a friend in Boston describing animals 12 to 15 feet high, hairy, dark dun colour, head "drawn in somewhat like a tarapin". Said to live mainly on Bald Mountain and to attack travellers, "in which attempt some have…
- mid 1800's Salmon, Lemhi Cty, Idaho
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early 1800's
Ripogenus, Piscataquis Cty, Maine
Cluey heard footsteps approaching as he lay awake. Manlike creature covered with hair walked up to camp, stood there, then walked on into the forest.
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1800's
Middletown, Frederick Cty, Maryland
Mike Frizzell reports stories that 19th Century farmers in Middletown Valley were plagued by appearances of a tall, hairy, apelike creature called the "Monkey Man."
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Aug 1818
Ellisburg, Jefferson Cty, New York
Gentleman of unquestionable veracity said that a hair-covered creature came from the woods a few rods away, looked at him and then took flight in a direction that kept him in view for some time. It had feet with narrow…
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before 1820
Chehalis, Lewis Cty, Washington
Agnes Louise Eliot said that before the European settlers came "a big Skookum or hairy man drove all the Indians away that were living on the Pe Ell Prairie and the Indians never went back there to live until after…
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1839
Indiana
Four-foot-high, chesnut colored creature runs among the sand hills around Fish Lake, with great velocity and when pursued makes hideous yells. Also whines piteously.
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before 1840
Washington
Elkanah Walker was one of the members of the original Whitman Mission. He said of the Spokane Indians: "They believe in the existence of a race of giants which inhabit a certain mountain off to the West of us. This…
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before 1847
Vancouver, Mt. St. Helens, Washington
Paul Kane wrote in his journal that the Indians told him Mt. St. Helens was inhabited by beings of a different species who are cannibals. One man was said to have escaped when his companion was eaten by the "Scoocooms."
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May 1849
Eagletown, McCurtain Cty, Oklahoma
One-Eye Bascom said to have seen a 'strange critter' in the swamps, with a description that fits Bigfoot.
- 1850's Mount Shasta, Siskiyou Cty, California
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Mar 1851
Paragould, Greene Cty, Arkansas
Mr. Hamilton and a friend while hunting saw a drove of cattle go by in apparent alarm, then saw running behind them a gigantic creature in the likeness of a man, body covered with hair, head with long locks that…
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before 1860
Independence, Inyo Cty, California
Tracks 18" by 6" turned up in the mornings sometimes in the mining towns of San Carlos, Bend City and Chrysopolis, shortly before the mines gave out and the towns were abandoned in the mid 1800's. These towns were on…
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1869
Arcadia Valley, Crawford Cty, Kansas
Letter tells of repeated sightings of a wild man or gorilla which frightened the women and children and pulled down fences. The men could not catch and would not shoot, it was so close to human form. It was usually…
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Jun 1869
Gallipolis, Gallia Cty, Ohio
Wild man, naked, hair-covered, gigantic in height, "eyes start from their sockets" reported to haunt woods near Gallipolis. One story, he attacked a man riding in a carriage, hurling him to the earth, where they struggled until the man's daughter…
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1869
Newman, Stanislaus Cty, California
Anonymous writer said he was camped while hunting about 20 miles south of Grayson, and had noticed several times that something was disturbing his fire. Searching he found in damp sand about 300 yards off the print of a barefoot…
- Sep 1870 Danville, Contra Costa Cty, California
- Sep 1870 anville, Contra Costa Cty, California
- 1870's Port Orford, Curry Cty, Oregon
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Sep 1870
Newman, Stanislaus Cty, California
Story says that F.J. Hildreth and Samuel De Groot, of Washington Corners (now Irvington, part of Fremont, Cal.) found humanlike footprints with larger toes while hunting on Orestimba Creek, and later saw what they were sure was gorillas. Not enough…
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1870's
Port Orford, Curry Cty, Oregon
After a miner was beaten to death with a 4-pound rock and bear hounds were frightened of what they were following, 'Dog' Elgin saw beside the South Fork of the Sixes River (at Bear Pan Flat, at Alder Creek--not on…
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1875
Austin, Travis Cty, Texas
Wild boy seen wallowing in a shallow pond, ran a mile before men on horses lassooed him, then fought until overpowered and tied. Covered with hair about 4 inches long, about the size of a 12-year-old. Can't talk. Follows captor…
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about 1875
Moncton, New Brunswick
Rev. A. Fulton Johnson, born in 1866, told his son Ken Johnson that when he was a boy living near Moncton there was a creature that used to be seen at the edge of the woods near their home, very…
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Feb 1876
San Diego, San Diego Cty, California
L.T.H. writes that he and Turner Helm were prospecting 10 miles East of Warner's Ranch and that Helm told him he had heard a whistle, then saw a creature sitting on a boulder 15 or 20 paces from him. It…