1977 Listing from:

'The Bigfoot Casebook', Janet and Colin Bord, 1982
(New York: Granada Publishing)
 

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U.S. State Abbreviations

AL=Alabama; AK=Alaska; AZ=Arizona; AR=Arkansas; CA=California; CO=
Colorado; CT=Connecticut; DE=Delaware; FL=Florida; GA=Georgia; ID=Idaho;
IL=Illinois; IN=Indiana; IA=Iowa; KS=Kansas; KY=Kentucky; LA=Louisiana;
ME= Maine; MD=Maryland; MA=Massachusetts; MI=Michigan; MN=Minnesota;
MS=Mississippi; MO=Missouri; MT=Montana; NB=Nebraska; NV=Nevada; NH=New
Hampshire; NJ=New Jersey; NM=New Mexico; NY=New York; NC=North Carolina;
ND=North Dakota; OH=Ohio; OK=Oklahoma; OR=Oregon; PA=Pennsylvania;
RI=Rhode Island; SC=South Carolina; SD=South Dakota; TN=Tennessee;
TX=Texas; UT=Utah; VT=Vermont; VA=Virginia; WA=Washington; WV=West
Virginia; WI=Wisconsin; WY=Wyoming

Names of Canadian provinces are given in full, except for British
Columbia, abbreviated as BC, and Ontario, abbreviated as Ont.

Source Abbreviations For fuller details of books and magazines listed,
see Bibliography.
AS = Sanderson, Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life
BAOTC = Place, Bigfoot All Over the Country
BB=Bigfoot Bulletin
BFN = Bigfoot News
Bigfoot(N) = Napier, 'Bigfoot'
Bigfoot(PRL) = 'Bigfoot: Tales of Unexplained Creatures' (A Page
Research Library Newsletter Special Report, 1978)
Bigfoot(S&B)= Slate & Berry, 'Bigfoot'
BSIS = Bigfoot/Sasquatch Information Service
COTOE = Clark & Coleman, 'Creatures of the Outer Edge'
DASOARE = Patterson, 'Do Abominable Snowmen of America Really Exist?'
FN=Forteana News
FSR = Flying Saucer Review
int. = interviewed by
ft = foot/feet
in/ins = inch/inches
mt = Mount
Hall(l)= Mark A. Hall, 'Contemporary Stories of "Taku He" or "Bigfoot"
in South Dakota as Drawn from Newspaper Accounts', The Minnesota
Archaeologist vo1.37 no.2 (May 1978) pp.63-78
Hall(a)=Mark A. Hall,'Stories of "Bigfoot" in Iowa during 1978 as Drawn
from Newspaper Sources', 'The Minnesota Archaeologist' vo1.38 no.l (Feb.1979) pp.2-17
JG=John Green
OTTOTS= Green, 'On the Track of the Sasquatch'
quot. = quoted in
RD = Rene Dahinden
repr. = reprinted in full in
RP = Roger Patterson
Sasquatch = Hunter & Dahinden, 'Sasquatch'
SCFTAS= Keel, 'Strange Creatures from Time and Space'
STAAU = Green, 'Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us'
TSF= Green, 'The Sasquatch File'
TSFBF = Byrne, 'The Search for Big Foot'
UIRTCSIP = Stan Gordon, 'UFOs, in Relation to Creature Sightings in
Pennsylvania' (MUFON UFO Symposium Proceedings, 1974)



17 Jan. 1977 / Natchez, MS / Several / 'Almost human,' huge, hairy,
creature over 6 ft tall growled at dog. Walked with a limp and appeared
curious. Large footprints and other traces found / Reported widely,
including The States-item 19 Jan. 1977, Arkansas Gazette 20 Jan. 1977,
Natchez, MS, Democrat 20 Jan. 1977, all noted Anomaly Research Bulletin
5 p.14; Jackson, MS, Daily News 19 Jan. 1977, noted INFO Journal vol.V
no.6 p.15.

23 Jan. 1977 / Blewett Pass nr Ingalic Creek, WA / David Kernoul & Dean
DeWees or DeWess / Saw and shot at Bigfoot by chicken pen / Wenatchee,
WA, World 26 Jan. 1977, quot. Fate vo1.30 no.6 p.32; Yakima, WA,
Republic 25 Jan. 1977, noted Anomaly Research Bulletin 5 p.14.

Jan. 1977 / Simpson County, KY / Policeman / Saw Bigfoot crossing road
at night; other sightings in area / STAAU p.223.

Early Feb. 1977 / Delray Beach, FL / Golf course superintendent / 7-ft
'skunk ape' with shaggy black hair seen drinking from lake (see ch.8) /
FL, The Palm Beach Post News 11 Feb. 1977.

Early Feb. 1977 / Delray Beach, FL / Security guard / Saw gorilla-like
creature near golf course / FL, The Palm Beach Post News 11 Feb. 1977.

Feb. 1977 / Moon Lake, FL / Several / Three Bigfeet, one 10 ft tall,
seen in house yard; other sightings in same area / Report from Duane &
Ramona Hibner, noted STAAU p.280.

Early March 1977 / West-central OR / Housewife / Saw Bigfoot under 8 ft
tall and about 4 ft wide standing near barn at twilight. Walked away
after several minutes; footprint found / Report from Bill Espesito,
noted BFN 30 p.l.

Early March 1977 / Alliance, OH / Two young men / Driving at night, saw
7-8-ft Bigfoot with big, bright yellow eyes, cross road into woods. Went
to look for it, and one of them saw it again, running fast across road;
heard noises and found tracks / Mark W. Swift & Jim Rastetter, 'A Report
on Recent Bigfoot Type Creatures Seen in North-eastern Ohio,'
Bigfoot(PRL) p.24.

8 March 1977 / Nelson Township, OH / Mrs. Barbara Pistilli & two
teenagers / 8-ft Bigfoot walked towards house; but fled after being shot
at / Revenna Record Courier 10 March 1977, noted STAAU p.210; Mark W.
Swift & Jim Rastetter,'A Report on Recent Bigfoot Type Creatures Seen in
North-eastern Ohio,' Bigfoot(PRL) p.25.

16 March 1977 / Nr Eatonville, WA / Soldier / While hiking, saw Bigfoot
and was later treated for shock / Widely reported in newspapers, and
mentioned BFN 31 p.l, BSIS vol.l no.l, INFO Journal vol.VI no.l, Res
Bureaux Bulletin 17 p2

17 March 1977 / Alliance, OH / Woman / Van driver saw 7-8-ft Bigfoot
step over fence and approach her, unafraid of headlights / Int. Swift &
Rastetter, noted Mark W. Swift & Jim Rastetter, 'A Report on Recent
Bigfoot Type Creatures Seen in North-eastern Ohio, Bigfoot(PRL) p.25.

28 March 1977 / Nr Spuzzum, BC / Richard Mitchell / Saw Bigfoot, 71/2 ft
tall with peculiar gait, by side of road / Vancouver, BC, Sun 2 April
1977, noted Res Bureaux Bulletin 17 p.2.

12 April 1977 / Rising Sun, IN / Tom & Connie Courter / 12-ft Bigfoot
with black hair and red eyes bumped against their car and dented it,
near their trailer home / Report by Ron Schaffner in Unusual News Oct.
1977 p.4; Cincinnati, OH, Post 20 April 1977, noted STAAU p.208; COTOE
p.209.

13 April 1977 / Rising Sun, IN / Tom & Connie Courter / Bigfoot seen on
hill late at night; Tom Courter fired 16 shots at it but no trace could
later be found / Report by Ron Schaffner in Unusual News Oct. 1977 p.4;
Cincinnati, OH, Post 20 April 1977, noted STAAU p.208; COTOE p.209.

April 1977 / Moon Lake, FL / Three men in truck / Saw 9-ft black Bigfoot
by full moon; it leapt road in one try / Report from Duane 8 Rarnona
Hibner, noted STAAU p.280.

Spring 1977 / Nr Gerber, MT / Three men / Chased 6Yz-ft Bigfoot covered
with black hair 4 ins long. It turned to face them so they drove off /
STAAU p.300.

7 May 1977 / Hollis, NH / Gerald St Louis & two sons Alan (14) & James
(12) / At night, Bigfoot shook truck where family were sleeping (see
ch.8) / Reported widely, including Boston Herald American 16 May 1977
(noted Res Bureaux Bulletin 18 p.6 & quot. STAAU p.230) & 17 May 1977;
Rutland, VT, Herald 16 May 1977 (noted INFO Journal vol.VI no.2 p.6).

12 & 13 May 1977 / Wantage Township, NJ / Sites family / Bigfoot visited
farm and killed rabbits; returned and was shot at by family (see ch.8) /
S.N. Mayne, 'The Wantage Event, Pursuit vol.lO no.4 pp.124-7; Robert E.
Jones, The Report of a Recent Bigfoot Incident in Wantage Township, New
Jersey, with Autopsy Report of Mutilated Rabbits, Vestigia Newsletter 3
pp.l-2.

18 May 1977 / Pacific, MO / Motorist / Saw 8-9-ft Bigfoot cross road /
Union, MO, Franklin County Tribune 25 May 1977, noted STAAU p.195.

18 May 1977 / Nr Eaten, OH / Two boys (13) / Chased by Bigfoot (see
ch.8)/ Witnesses int. Ron Schaffner & Betty Parks, see Ron Schaffner,'A
Report on Ohio Anthropoids and Other Strange Creatures,' Bigfoot(PRL)
pp.43-4.

21 May 1977 / Nr Eaten, OH / - / More Bigfoot sightings / Eaten, OH,
Register Herald 25 May 1977.

23 May 1977 / Nr LaBelle, FL / Four people / As they walked from broken
down van, saw 7-8-ft, black'skunk ape' cross road / Belie Glade, FL,
Herald 26 May 1977, noted STAAU p.280.

May 1977 / Nobleton, FL / Two men / Saw Bigfoot fighting with dogs /
Report from Duane & Ramona Hibner, noted STAAU p.280.

May 1977 / German Township, PA / Couple & three children / Saw back of
6-ft Bigfoot, with shaggy reddish-brown hair, walking slumped over,
beside rural road / Uniontown, PA, Herald 20 May 1977, noted STAAU
p.264.

May 1977 / Pittsylvania County, VA / Woman / Saw 7-ft Bigfoot /
Danville, VA, Bee 17 May 1977, noted STAAU p.225.

4 June 1977 / Ruthven, Ont. / Boy (15) / Saw tall black upright creature
in foliage / Report from Wayne King, noted STAAU p.251.

11 June 1977 / U.S. 27 in Glare County, MI / Abby Matthews & Nicholas A.
Zurawic / Saw three creatures around 7 ft tall, 300-500-lb weight, run
across road with big strides / Report by Wayne King of Michigan Bigfoot
Information Center following his investigation.

14 June 1977 / Silver City, MT / ~yo campers / Saw three Bigfeet, 10 ft
tall / BSIS vol.l no.5, noted Anomaly Research Bulletin 8 p.12.

14 & 15 June 1977 / Uniontown, PA / Student (20) / Saw Bigfoot near his
home / Anomaly Research Bulletin 8 p.12, & BSIS vol.l no.5.

27 June 1977 / Nr Theresa, Jefferson County, NY / Two railway workers /
Saw
Bigfoot watching them; later found large manlike tracks / BAOTC p.162;
Watertown, NY, Daily Times 2 Aug. 1977, noted STAAU p.235.

28 June 1977 / Nr Theresa, Jefferson County, NY / Two railway workers /
Saw Bigfoot watching them; later found large manlike tracks. Different
location from their 27 June sighting / BAOTC p.162; Watertown, NY, Daily
Times 2 Aug. 1977, noted STAAU p.235.

June 1977 / Nr Barryton, MI / Robert Kurtz & brother-in-law / Glowing
eyes seen at night; men investigated and saw Bigfoot which walked into
forest / Report by Wayne King of The Michigan Bigfoot Information Center
following his investigation.

6 July 1977 / Abilene Boys' Ranch nr Hawley, TX / Tom Roberts (14),
Larry Suggs (15), Renee McFarland / The 'Hawley Him' threw rocks at the
witnesses / Abilene, TX, Morning Reporter-News 7 July 1977, noted BAOTC
pp.140-1 & STAAU p.188.

7 July 1977 / Little Falls, WA / Three campers / Saw Bigfoot-type
creature / BSIS vol.l no.6.

10 July 1977 / Nr Elizabeth Lake, UT / Mr. & Mrs. Robert Melka, & Sgt. &
Mrs. Fred Rosenberg / Watched three Bigfeet for 10 mins as two played
together in meadow or ran around at high speed / Bountiful, UT, Davis
County Clipper 2 Sept. 1977, quot. STAAU p.175.

18 July 1977 / Salina, KS / Woman / Gorilla-like creature left 3-toed
prints in witness' back yard / Salina, KS, Journal 20 July 1977, Kansas
City Star 21 July 1977, noted Anomaly Research Bulletin 8 p.12.

21 July 1977 / Key Large, FL / Two men / Saw Bigfoot in field / BSIS
vol.l no.6.

July 1977 / Key Large, FL / Charlie Stoeckman, Charlie Stoeckman Jr.
(13), Sawn Tubbs / Stoeckman saw 'skunk ape' three times / Marathon, FL,
morida Keys Keynoter 28 July 1977, quot. STAAU pp.280-1; see also BAOTC
pp.168-9.

July 1977 / Harford County, MD / Woman & daughter / Saw Bigfoot sitting
on ground leaning against picnic table in their garden; walked into
woods when they screamed / York, PA, Daily Record 23 Feb. 1978, repr.
INFO Journal vol.VI no.6 p.7.

July 1977 / Shaler, PA / John Tiskus / Saw Bigfoot about 7 1/2 ft tall
drinking water from his swimming pool at 2 am / Pittsburgh, PA, North
Hills News Record ~8 July 1977, noted STAAU p.264.

9 Aug. 1977 / Green Grass, SD / Three policemen / At 3 am saw by
spotlight 6-7-ft hairy ape-like creature moving in creek bottom. / Eagle
Butte News 18 Aug. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.65.

9 Aug. 1977 / On County Road 1100N nr Elwood, IN/ Mrs. Melinda Chestnut
/ Driving alone at 2 am, saw 8-10-ft Bigfoot walking upright. Ran into
woods when she directed headlights at it / Anderson, IN, Herald 11 Aug.
1977, noted STAAU p.208; Alexandria, IN, Times-Tn'bune 17 Aug. 1977,
noted BAOTC p.119.

Mid Aug. 1977 / Nr Grand River, nr Little Eagle, SD / Todd Alexander
(12), Chad Alexander (9) / Saw 'long hairy legs' in bushes / Mobridge,
SD, Tribune, 3 Nov. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.65.

Mid Aug. 1977 / Along Grand River at Little Eagle, SD / Craig Two Hearts
(16) / Saw Bigfoot / Richard Boeth & Elaine Sciolino, 'Bigfoot is Back,'
Newsweek 31 Oct. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.65.

20 Aug. 1977 / Belt Creek Canyon, MT / Staff Sergeant Fred Wilson & two
others / At 2 am saw 15l/z-ft Bigfoot with tan hair and no neck standing
upright in bushes. Fired at it, but drove off when it ran towards them /
Great Falls, MT, Tn'bune 20 Aug. 1977, noted STAAU pp.300-1.

22 Aug. 1977 / Highway 274 nr Trinidad, TX / Three women / Saw Bigfoot
on road / A Corsicana newspaper, date unknown, noted STAAU p.188.

27 Aug. 1977 / Nr Clear Lake, WA / Vernita Frazier (11) / On picnic with
family, saw Bigfoot 10 ft away and screamed. It growled and ran into
brush / BAOTC p.51; BSIS vol.l no.6.

Late Aug. 1977 / Cuberant Basin, nr North Ogden, UT / Eight hikers - Jay
Barker, Larry Beeson, sons & teenage friends / Saw c.l0-ft, white-haired
Bigfoot which walked away; found partly eaten rabbit nearby / INFO
Journal vol.VI no.4; BAOTC p.89; BSIS vol.l nos 6 & 7; Ogden, UT,
Standard-Examiner 25 Aug. 1977, noted STAAU p.175.

30 Aug. 1977 / Route 258, nr West River, MD / Ronald Jones / Saw Bigfoot
on road and chased it into field (see ch.8) / Annapolis, MD, Evening
Capital / Sept. 1977, noted STAAU p.227.

Aug. 1977 / Jackson, MS / Donald Bracey / Bigfoot limped across road in
front of car / Jackson, MS, News 23 Dec. 1977, repr. BSIS vo1.2 no.2
p.3.

Aug. 1977 / Stilwell, OK / Brian Jones, two Ritchie boys / Saw red eyes
looking in at window; outside Jones met foul-smelling, 8-ft Bigfoot
which lifted him off the ground. Dropped him and ran off when others
appeared. They shot at Bigfoot, which threw rocks at them. There had
been frequent sightings in previous 3 years / Witnesses int. Bigfoot
Research Society members, see their Bigfoot Bullerin 2, 3, 4, 6.

Summer 1977 / Nr East Baton Rouge, LA / Chris Denaro / Saw 9 ft Bigfoot
while parked in woods with girlfriend / STAAU pp.192-3.

Summer 1977 / Around Spearfish, SD / Betty Johnson & daughters Brenda,
Bonnie & Becky / Saw two Bigfeet in cornfield eating corn, one 7-8 ft
tall and black, the other smaller with brownish-red body and black face;
whistled / Letter to editor of Eagle Butte, SD, News 20 Oct. 1977 from
Pauline Johnson, noted Hall(l) p.65.

Summer 1977 / Red Scaffold, SD / Young girl / While at home alone, was
frightened by 'foul-smelling, hairy creature' / Eagle Butte, SD, News 18
Aug. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.65.

2 Sept. 1977 / Highway 31 nr Corsicana, TX / Man / Saw 7-ft Bigfoot on
road / A Corsicana newspaper, date unknown, noted STAAU p.188.

5 Sept. 1977 / Care, MI / Karl Traster (14) & Steven Traster (10) /
While playing in yard, saw 8-9-ft smelly Bigfoot with long brown hair,
breasts, big teeth and long fingernails / Saginaw, MI, News 28 Nov.
1978, repr. BSIS vo1.3 no.l pp.l-2.

5 Sept. 1977 / Care, MI / Wayne W. King & friend, Charles J. Roose, Karl
Traster (14) / At midnight visited site of Traster boys' sighting and
saw longarmed, black Bigfoot with 'large glowing eyes about the size of
golf balls,' about 10 ft tall; another, bent over, was close by /
Saginaw, MI, News 28 Nov. 1978, repr. BSIS vo1.3 no.l p.2.

9 Sept. 1977 / Barryton, MI / Robert & Becky Kurtz / Saw black Bigfoot
crossing road / Report by Wayne King of The Michigan Bigfoot Information
Center, following his investigation.

Mid Sept. 1977 / Nr Little Eagle, SD / Chris Howiatow & others /'Big
ape' watched them from hillside as they checked cattle; then ran into
brush as they approached / McLaughlin, SD, Messenger 20 Oct. 1977, noted
Hall(l) p.66; see also Bonnie Lake,'Bigfoot on the Buttes; The Invasion
of Little Eagle,' UFO Report vo1.5 no.6 p.28.

Mid Sept. 1977 / Nr Cannonball River, ND / Paul Monzelowsky & son /
Chased 8-9-ft Bigfoot in pickup truck. It ran 'as fast as a horse' and
leapt across creek / Richard Boeth & Elaine Sciolino,'Bigfoot is Back,'
Newsweeh 31 Oct. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.66; see also Bonnie Lake,'Bigfoot
on the Buttes; The Invasion of Little Eagle,' UFO Report vo1.5 no.6
p.29.

27 Sept. 1977 / Highway 66 nr Ashland, OR !John C. Martin / Saw 7-8-ft
Bigfoot run across road at night / INFOJournal vol.VI no.4 p.15; BFN 36
p.l.

28 Sept. 1977 / E of Little Eagle, SD / Nancy Chasing Hawk, Esther
Thundershield, Myron Fast Horse / After hearing howling outside, turned
on truck lights and saw tall, hairy animal with green eyes run into
brush / Worthington, MN, Globe 4 Oct. 1977 & Pierre, SD, Capital Journal
6 Oct. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.66.

Sept. 1977 / Mount White Chuck, WA / Mrs. Mildred Quinn / Awoke from
sleep to see black figure with long arms and big shoulders leaning
against rock, watching her. Closed her eyes and prayed; when she opened
them it had gone / Int. Jeanne Roush, noted BFN 42 p.l; see also
INFOJournal vol.VI no.6 p.15 mentioning Portland, OR, Journal 12 Jan.
1978, & BSIS vo1.2 no.2 p.2.

Sept. 1977 / Little Eagle, SD / LeMar Chasing Hawk / Saw eft Bigfoot in
bushes; ran home / Bismarck, ND, Tribune 26 Nov. 1977, noted Hall(l)
p.71; see also Bonnie Lake, 'Bigfoot on the Buttes; The Invasion of
Little Eagle,' UFO Report vo1.5 no.6 p.28.

1 or 2 Oct. 1977 / Nr Bend, OR / Gary Benson (25)& Ronald Kershey (25) /
Shot 4 times at 7-ft, black-haired creature with silver hair at
shoulders and monkey face which, they claimed, attacked them / Unnamed
newspaper report repr. BFN 39 p.l; also briefly noted INFO Journal
vol.VI no.4 p.15.

1 or 3 Oct. 1977 / Apoka, FL / Security officer / Reportedly attacked
and scratched by 10-ft Bigfoot which tried to break down door / Apoka,
FL, Chief 7 Oct. 1977; BSIS vol.l no.8.

c. 2 Oct. 1977 / Belleview, FL / 22-yr-old welder / While hitchhiking,
attacked by black, smelly'skunk ape' 6-ft tall / Orlando, FL, Sentinel 5
Oct. 1977.

c. 6 Oct. 1977 / N of Little Eagle, SD / Phoebe Little Dog / Saw Bigfoot
/ Pierre, SD, CapitalJournal 17 Oct. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.66.

11 Oct. 1977 / Ocala National Forest, FL / Revd S.L. What!ey / Baptist
minister saw Bigfoot while cutting wood (see ch.8) / Ocala, FL, Star-
Banner 16 Nov. 1977, repr. BSIS vo1.2 no.l p.2; San Francisco Chronicle
15 Nov. 1977, repr. BSIS vol.l no.9 p.4.

13 Oct. 1977 / SE of Little Eagle, SD / Cecilia Thundershield, Dan Uses
Anew, Albert Dog / First two witnesses saw Bigfoot come from woods, and
they fetched Dog who saw it re-enter woods. It had long arms almost to
knees and walked slouched over / Sioux Falls, SD, Argus-Leader 15 Oct.
1977 & McLaughlin, SD, Messenger 20 Oct. 1977, noted Hall(l) pp.66-7;
see also Bonnie Lake, 'Bigfoot on the Buttes; The Invasion of Little
Eagle,' UFO Report vo1.5 no.6 p.31.

13 Oct. 1977 / N of Little Eagle, SD / Phoebe Little Dog / Saw Bigfoot
in cattle pasture, same place as her c.6 Oct. sighting / Pierre, SD,
Capital Journal 17 Oct. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.67; see also Bonnie Lake,
'Bigfoot on the Buttes; The Invasion of Little Eagle,' UFO Report vo1.5
no.6 p.31.

Mid-Oct. 1977 / Annapolis, MD / Debbie Carpenter (13), Kevin Epley (5)/
Black-haired, black-eyed, 7-ft Bigfoot seen sitting on log in woods /
Annapolis, MD, Evening Capital, 19 Oct. 1977.

22 Oct. 1977 / Along the Grand River, Corson County, SD / Four men on
horseback / Saw Bigfoot basking in sun; it ran away and they could not
find it / Timber Lake, SD, Topic 27 Oct. 1977 & 10 Nov. 1977, noted
Hall(l) p.67.

25 Oct. 1977 / Nr Grand River Bridge, Little Eagle, SD / Alwin
Ducheneaux / Saw Bigfoot in his headlights around midnight / Bonnie
Lake, 'Bigfoot on the Buttes; The Invasion of Little Eagle,' UFO Report
vo1.5 no.6 p.31.

29 Oct. 1977 / Elkhorn Buttes, N-E of Little Eagle, SD / Verdell Veo
(police officer), Jeff Veo (15), another teenage son & officers Bobby
Gates & Selvin Arlen / Saw Bigfoot by moonlight and men followed it.
Pursuit ended as they had no weapons against Bigfeet 8-9 ft tall (see
ch.8)/ Timber Lake, SD, Topic 3 Nov. 1977, & Worthington, MN, Globe 8
Nov. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.67; see also Bonnie Lake, 'Bigfoot on the
Buttes; The Invasion of Little Eagle,' UFO Report vo1.5 no.6 p.69.

Late Oct. 1977 / Little Eagle, SD / Irene Village Center / Saw Bigfoot
in marshy brush / Bonnie Lake, 'Bigfoot on the Buttes; The Invasion of
Little Eagle,' UFO Report vo1.5 no.6 p.72.

Autumn 1977 / Nr La Plant, SD / Melvin Garreaux / Saw Bigfoot; tracks
found / McLaughlin, SD, Messenger 6 Oct. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.69.

Autumn 1977 / Little Eagle, SD / Hanna Shooting Bear / At night, saw
Bigfoot near a mobile home (see ch.8) / Mobridge, SD, Tn'bune 3 Nov.
1977, noted Hall (/) pp.69-71; see also BAOTC p.93.

Autumn 1977 / Standing Rock Reservation, SD / Mr. & Mrs. Waiter Chasing
Hawk / While driving at night, saw green eyes in lights. Thinking it was
a deer, Chasing Hawk got out with rifle, but saw 8-ft Bigfoot. Police
found nothing when they searched / Worthington, MN, Globe 8 Nov. 1977,
noted Hall(l) p.71.

Autumn 1977 / Grand River, Little Eagle, SD / Mrs. Angus Long Elk / Saw
Bigfoot by river / Bismarck, ND, Tribune 26 Nov. 1977, noted Hall(l)
p.71.

Oct. or Nov. 1977 / Nr Belville, LA / Leonce Boudreaux / Saw Bigfoot in
woods / Roseburg, OR, News-Review 5 June 1978, repr. FN June 1978 p.19;
int. Bigfoot Research Society, See their Bigfoot Bulletin 10.

5 Nov. 1977 / Nr Little Eagle, SD / Verdell Veo (police officer), Gary
Alexander & others / Surrounded Bigfoot, but it escaped after chase of
several hours (see ch.8) / Timber Lake, SD, Topic 10 Nov. 1977, noted
Hall(l) p.67; see also Bonnie Lake 'Bigfoot on the Buttes; The Invasion
of Little Eagle,' UFO Report vo1.5 no.6 p.71.

13 Nov. 1977 / N of Little Eagle, SD / Male driver / Saw Bigfoot on road
and drove into ditch / Timber Lake, SD, Topic 10 Nov. 1977, noted
Hall(l) p.69.

Mid Nov. 1977 / Ocala National Forest, FL / Hunter / Fired 6 times at 8-
ft 'apelike' creature weighing approx 800 Ibs / Ocala, FL, Star-Banner
19 Nov. 1977, noted INFO Journal vol.VI no.6 p.15.

23 Nov. 1977 / Little Eagle, SD / About 12 women & children / Held
campfire party to lure Bigfoot; two seen crouching in brush / Bismarck,
ND, Tribune 26 Nov. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.69.

3 Dec. 1977 / Elkhorn Buttes, N-E of Little Eagle, SD / Gary Alexander,
Lowell Olson, Keith Olson / Watched two Bigfeet for 3 mins; one was 8-8
1/2 ft tall and dark, the other a foot shorter / Timber Lake, SD, Topic
15 Dec. 1977, noted Hall(l) p.69.

5 Dec. 1977 / Elkhorn Buttes, N-E of Little Eagle, SD / Verdell Veo
(police officer)/ Saw 2 Bigfeet / Timber Lake, SD, Topic 15 Dec. 1977,
noted Hall(l) p.69.

Mid Dec. 1977 / Mich Coal Mine near Oskaloosa, IA / Theresa McGee / 8-
10-ft Bigfoot with 'bristly-like fur' and arms held out jumped from
shadow of tree when witness went to sweep snow / Oskaloosa, IA, Herald
20 Dec. 1977, repr. BSIS vo1.2 no.2 p.3.

Late Dec. 1977 / Maddox Road area, Jackson, MS / Donald Bracey / 6-ft
Bigfoot, eating something, seen by road 5:30 pm / Jackson, MS, News 23
Dec. 1977, repr. BSIS vo1.2 no.2 p.3.

Late Dec. 1977 / Maddox Road area, Jackson, MS / Robert Trussel /
Bigfoot crossed road in front of car, and witness had to swerve. This
was at 10 pm, same place and date as previous sighting / Jackson, MS,
News 23 Dec. 1977, repr. BSIS vo1.2 no.2 p.3.

Early Winter 1977 / Williams, IN / William Tharp Jr. & sister Jackie /
Bigfoot grabbed Jackie by the arm, but let go when she screamed; 13-in
footprints found / Report from JG, noted Bigfoot Co-op Feb. 1981 p.2.

Winter 1977 / N-W of Little Eagle, SD / Gary Alexander & others / Saw
two Bigfeet while snowmobiling; they looked but did not run / Bismarck,
ND, Tribune 7 Jan. 1978, noted Hall(l) p.71.