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1960 - 1969 Encounters, Sightings, Tracks and Legends



As compiled by M.C. Thompson (2005 - Present).



1960s / 01 / S - Southeast AK

Third hand report of hunter describing tall, black hairy manlike creature chasing mountain goats down towards hunters at tree line. IBS #3387 (Alley, R. 2003. Raincoast Sasquatch)


1960s / 02 / S - Pending Investigation


1960s / 03 / S – Jade Mountain, AK

Jade miner kills a Sasquatch at his mine thinking it was a bear. Later discovers it was not a bear, fearing punishment, the miner proceeds to cut up the body and throws pieces into a nearby stream. Delta Discovery 26JUN2013


1960s(?) / 05 / L - Bethel, AK (Area)

Legend of runaway boy named Gabriel Fox who transforms into Sasquatch to survive and later abduction by military or US Government. Delta Discovery, 30JAN2013.


Additional Information: "Here in the Bethel area, many people's introduction to Hairy Man was through the creature we came to know of as "Gabriel Fox" in the 1960s. It's the story of a young boy who ran away from the Children's Home near Kwethluk and survived in the wilderness by turning into a Hairy Man. But big questions remain: How could a boy turn into a hairy creature that lived in the extreme wild? Was it really Gabriel Fox, and not a young Bigfoot that was starving and raiding fish camps for food when it was caught? Why did the military and/or the US government say nothing about him after they took him away? And most importantly, why didn't they return him home? ..." http://www.adn.com/alaska-beat/article/bethel-newspaper-rounding-y-k-tales-hairy-man-aka-bigfoot/2013/02/04/ Online (Accessed 04 JAN 2018)


1960 / 01 / S – Ketchikan, AK

Sighting from boat, no other details. Bigfoot Encounters (J. Green).


1960 / 02 / S – Ruby, AK

Sighting by Paul Peters 10 miles down Yukon River from Ruby. Claims to have seen a "bushman" climb a steep hill near the river and disappear into the bush. Described as walking upright like a man, quite tall and broad, covered with dark hair. (Credit Bob Betts to John Green.) Bigfoot Encounters.


1960 / 03 / S – Metlakatla, AK

Fishermen see tall Sasquatch standing in water near dock then see it swim underwater. IBS #3574 (Alley, R. 2003. Raincoast Sasquatch).


1960 / 04 / S / B - Ketchikan, AK

A 15 year old boy sent out to haul in the skiff up on fishing boat at night and leaves a flashlight pointing towards the shore. Boy glances up and sees human-like figure standing in the water waist deep between the float and the shore. Further described it as "not exactly a person" but arms and head like a man. Grayish white all over with "big round beady eyes." Boy screams about thirty men (from boat?) rush out and shine lights on the creature. Claim to have then seen "...it dive under water and swim away under the water like a frog." Reported by Mrs. Nye of Renton, WA to Nick Carter sometime during 1975. (from John Green's files.) Bigfoot Encounters.


1964 / 01 / S – Fairbanks, AK

Sighting 35 miles south of Fairbanks on Richardson Highway. No other details. BFRO#1256.


1966 / 01 / S – Hyder, AK

Sighting on Mountain Road north of Hyder. Hunters shoot bear and a Sasquatch flees up the mountainside. IBS #386 (Alley, R. 2003. Raincoast Sasquatch).


1966 / 02 / O – Kobuck River, AK

Jean Joiner of Nome allegedly kills a Sasquatch on Jade Mountain. "...Faced the creature and shot an upright walking bear in the back." Joiner later finds the creature to be so human like that he then destroys body out of fear by cutting it up and throwing it into a stream. (Believed to be related to1966/03/S.) Bigfoot Encounters.


1966 / 03 / S – Jade Mountain, AK

Hunter comes face to face with Sasquatch near mine. No other details. Alaska Dispatch, 25SEPT2012.


1966 / 04 / S / B – Ward Lake, AK

Three women see Sasquatch near tent. They relocate to a picnic shelter and are followed. Later an axe is stolen. IBS #3577 (Alley, R. 2003. Raincoast Sasquatch).


1966 / 05 / B / O – Ward Lake, AK

Six people in car have the car lifted by the rear bumper and shaken. IBS #3578 (Alley, R. 2003. Raincoast Sasquatch)


Around 1967 / 06 / S - Ostuffna River, near Lake Louise, AK

A trapper saw something chasing sheep and thinks it is a "real lanky wolf". The next day he sees "3 or 4 ape-like animals milling around the area like they were gathering something." Reports to "some old indians in Tyone" and they tell him they are called "Nackhanny". Indians said "they are usually seen up Tsisi Creek behind Watna Mountain. "http://bb.bboy.net/alaskagoldforum-print?forum=3&thread=246.


1967 or 1968 / 01 / S – Tombstone Bay, Portland Canal, AK

Two men report observing dark Sasquatch digging with stick on beach. IBS #3580 (Alley, R. 2003. Raincoast Sasquatch).


1968 / 01 / S – Galena, AK

Sighting along Yukon River from boat by Hazel Strasburg of Galena. Described as "...big hair covered man." Rfthomas.clara.net and Bigfoot Encounters.


1968 / 02 / S – Hyder, AK

Sighting north of Hyder, no other details. Rfthomas.clara.net.


1968 / 03 / O – Kenai, AK

Hunter frightened in gully, no other details. Bigfoot Encounters.


1968 / 04 / O – Portlock, AK

Third hand information of hunter being frightened in gully. (Believed to be related to 1968 / 03 / O) Alaska Adventure Journal, online. Accessed 26SEP2013.


1968 / 05 / S - Juneau-Herbert River, AK

A father and teen son had been fishing together along the Herbert River Trail, working their way towards the trail head. The 14 year old teen approaches the trail through some brush and turns to look where he had come from and sees someone walking across the river bar. He believed it was his father and waited. 20 minutes later, the father arrives and the son asked if he had been on the bar. The father replied "no" and that he had been walking along the river bank close to alders. The father said it must have been a bear that the teen had seen. Teen explained he had seen something that walked bipedal with arms swinging. When they eventually reached the trail head, there were no other vehicles ruling out the possibility of the subject being a person. D. Shepherd, Sasquatch Tracker Associate, via personal email on November 15, 2015


1969 / 01 / L – Fort Yukon, AK

Man is attacked and then allegedly kills Sasquatch. No other details given. (Believed to be linked to other encounters describing attacks.) Bigfoot Encounters.


1969 / 02 / S – Galena, AK

Sighting on Yukon River between Galena and Ruby. No other details given. Bigfoot Encounters.


1969 / 03 / S – Galena, AK

Sighting at Bear Creek drainage by Dick Carol and son. Reportedly saw the "bushman" while constructing a fire line near Bear Creek Drainage near Galena. (Credit Bob Betts to John Green.) Bigfoot Encounters.


1969 / 04 / T – Juneau, AK

Tracks discovered at Whitewater Bay, no other details. Bigfoot Encounters.


1969 / 05 / S – Wrangell, AK

Sighting along Bradfield Canal. No other details given. Bigfoot Encounters.


1969 / 06 / S – Bradfield Canal, AK

Two men report a Sasquatch observing them. No other details given. IBS #3581 (Alley, R. 2003. Raincoast Sasquatch).


1969 / 07 / S - Bradford Canal, AK

J.W. Huff of Ward Cove id flown to a prospecting camp about the 2300 foot level(elevation?) in the late afternoon during which time he saw a man on a ridge 500 yards away who seemed extremely large and very dark in color, wearing no clothes. (Credit Bob Betts to John Green) Bigfoot Encounters.


1969 / 08 / S - Galena, AK

Wein Airlines agent in Galena reported to Bob Betts "...they saw the hair covered man again near the bank of the Yukon between Galena and Ruby. Bigfoot Encounters.


1969 / 09 / S / B - Fort Yukon, AK

Jim Ward is alleged to have shot at a large hair covered man while moose hunting. Believed to be related to 1969/01/L. (Credit Bob Betts to John Green.) Bigfoot Encounters.





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