A list of some of the reported Bigfoot sightings and evidence in the Beehive state. The Information on these reports are from the files of Ryan Layton.
1960s: A possible Bigfoot sighting near Beaver.
1970s: Some residents of Clarkston, northwest of Logan, reported that something took a midnight trip through their community, awakening and frightening residents.
~An Indian reported seeing a creature in the Dixie National Forest.
1973:Craig R Johnson of Farr West, Weber County, was elk hunting with friends in theManti-La Sal Mountains. After returning to camp, they reported something very powerfull had lifted the door off a 300-pound horse trailer nd tossed it 10 feet away. An imprint in the dust on the door didn't indicate a bear or human.
1977:The first major reported Utah sighting: Jay Barker and Larry Beeson of north Ogden were hiking one summer morning with five men in the Cuberant Basin of the Uinta Mountainsand reported watching a 8 to 10 foot creature with a mantle of white hair from 600 to 800 yards away for 20 minutes until some loose rock alerted it to their presence on a ridge. An expedition to the area a few days later found no tracks, but the ground was very hard.
1979: Larry Darley of Clearfield was Elk hunting with his wife in the fall near Monte Cristo, east of Ogden. They later reported a loud noise and an awful odor at twilight. Mrs Darley said she spotted a "hairy thing, with fangs" at a water hole about 50 yards away through her rifle scope. They watched it for several minutes before rushing to their truck after the animal seemed to look at them.
~ Hikers near Flaming Gorge reported stumbling onto a watering hole with a huge pine bed and a dead deer hanging nearby, They said they heard unearthly screams and made a quick retreat to their boat.
1980s: (by month) A man from Lapoint,Uintah County, flying a small airplane from Ogden to his home one winter, reported seeing a large, hairy creature walking through the deep snow of the High Uintas.
~Lee Fielding of Hooper, Weber County, who works for Utah Wildlife Resources, was camping in the Elizabeth Mountain area of the Uintas. He reported that something stormed through his camp one night and scared all the horses away. The next morning, his horse would not go in a particular direction, and he met a group of hunters in another nearby camp who told him they were spooked by seeing what they described as Bigfoot.
~A man on a dirt bike behind the Francis Peak Towers said he was chased by some sort of creature.
~Indians in Ouray Reservation near Roosevelt, reported Bigfoot like creatures in a particular canyon, but since they consider the area sacred, to outside investigation has yet been permitted. Ute Indians also have a legend that similar creatures sometimes congregate in the Island Lake area of the High Uintas. There are also periodic reports of large rocks being thrown in the middle of the night around Island Lake.
~A Vernal church leader and family reported seeing the outline of a large creature near their tent one summer night. They also saw a huge handprint press against their tent.
February; In February, Bigfoot made big news in Utah with numerous sightings:
~Paulene Markham said she saw something like Bigfoot walking on a ridge behind her house...
~Ron J. Smith reported a creature in the moonlight in a pasture next to his house. he also said he heard it make an inhuman scream.
~Walter G. Ray reported that a pan of burnt stew set outside to cool, was mysteriously licked clean....
Possible Bigfoot tracks were reported in the South Weber area...
~Lee Padilla of Clearfield reported seeing a 10 foot tall beast dart across Riverdale Road in front of his headlights at 3:30 a.m.
~A Uintah man reported seeing somethinghe described as non-human out a window of his home in the foothills...
~A South Weber resident, Edna Arave, said she was frightend by the unearthly screams of what may have been Bigfoot one February night. she also believed many South Weber residents saw or heard things they never did report for fear of ridicule, or the publicity they could receive from the media.
April:A 13-year-old Washington Terrace, Weber County, girl reported a hairy creature standing up with its back to her- only 10 feet away in a gully near the Weber River. She also said she smelled a terrible odor and rushed home. Her brother, cutting oak brush nearby, also saw something "large and black" about the same time.
May: An Ogden couple picking asparagus along the Weber River near 12th Street and I-15,reported an 8-foot-tall black figure with glowing red eyes about 40 yards away. they ran to their car and later returned to the area with Ryan Layton and others and found hundreds of tracks... Several footprints were also discovered in a residential area ofNorth Ogden.
August:Teenagers reported hearing an unearthly scream and smelling a terrible odor one night. Large footprints were also later found in the area..
1981: The police chief of Garland, Box Elder County, said he saw a creature run in front of his car. Several other residents also reported sightings and tracks are found that lead in a northwest direction.
1982: Several drivers along Beck Street in North Salt Lake reported seeing a hairy creature run across the road in the early morning darkness.
1983: A jogger in Farmington reported seeing Bigfoot near the city cemetery early one morning...
~Ryan Layton and a friend were camping on Sept.1 in the Hoyt Peak area of the Uintas. Layton who collects Bigfoot stories, had heard a tape recording of a Bigfoot scream that a Montana rancher had given to another Utahn. At 3a.m. he said just for fun he imitated- as best he could- one of the Bigfoot sounds and almost instantly got back a reply. It was the same as the Montana recording, and Layton described it as an "almost ungodly, sinister and weird scream" that lasted five to ten seconds. It had too much volume to be human or made by any known animal...
~Several men in the Wheeler Canyon area near the Snow Basin Road, reported seeing something large with glowing red eyes at about 3 a.m. one night. They left their camping gear and rushed off to Huntsville to report it and also said they saw several other creatures in the vicinity.
1988:Ranchers near Garland reported seeing two Bigfoot-like creatures near their lambing pens after dark. Soon after, many tracks were found in the Garland area in deep snow and were followed two miles.
1990:An Orangeville, Emery County, man told Ryan Layton he's spotted Bigfoot four different times in the High Uintas, including one time with his whole family. He also said his grandfather had told him he'd seen Bigfoot in the same area.
1991:(Aug) Bigfoot sightings reported by residents in North Ogden.
1992:(Aug) Screams and a foul odor were reported in the same North Ogden area.
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Ryan Layton and Ron Mower. Ryan introduces us to Ron, and gives some background. Ron seems honest, and a bit unworldly, and is frequently coached by Ryan, a Layton, UT, researcher. Mower claims nine sightings. Fishing on the Indian reservation, Ron says, he saw three at once, one brown and one reddish, and they followed him along a stream in the Uintah Mts, along Swift Creek.
He was there five times, and feels a part of the phenomenon. At hunting camp, the creature came and reached up and took a shot-and-hung deer out of a tree, and let it drop to the ground. This happened twice...they pulled me into a sort of mental limbo...and time was gone, he said. Ryan said that the creatures were meta-physical, and we will perhaps never get a body part. He had interviewed two individuals in N'rn Utah, who told of the "Star People," and their telepathic communication. The alien beings say they (Bigfeet) are punished beings, and they have been planting the "Agmar" (alien Bigfeet) in the mountains near your home.
Ross was inUtah, south of the Dugway Proving Ground, and about 20 miles north of Delta. He had been sleeping in his truck at an old sheepherders camp near a dry creek bed, one mile south of the old Pony Express Campground. He woke up in the early hours when something made a noise running, and had the feeling that something had looked in his window, made a noise, and ran away through the three foot high grass.
Cuberant Basin, Utah - Eight people observe a 10-foot-tall Bigfoot-like creature. The creature was in view for about four minutes and was seen at a distance of 800-1,000 yards. Footprints were discovered and a rabbit was found physically mutilated along the trail.
November 2002 Gray /brown Bigfoot seen in Farmington, Utah near Lagoon. residents report hearing the Bigfoot scream every night for a month. a small hunt for the creature resulted in a brief sighting.
Description of sighting: >Every night we could hear something screaming that sounded sort of like Elk but in a higher more human like scream but higher than a human and much louder. Upon hearing these screams, my friends and I decided one night to go out and look for it and to see what was screaming. We had quite a few guys and we went to the back of my field where the Farmington Power Plant is right behind it and heard the screams and saw something go through a clearing in the trees. ;After seeing this thing go through the clearing we turned and ran. The next night we heard the screams again and went in the back of my field and saw nothing. Then we went onto the lagoon trail with big flash lights and as we went through, you walk past the Elk and Buffalo that are in cages.We went past them the first time and they were scattered and the elk screamed at us. We went all the way through and on the way back to my house, we walked past the elk and every single one of them were huddled in a corner screaming and very restless. We then walked past the buffalo and every single one of them were huddled in the corner and as we came to where the trail took a bend, there was a very disgusting odor that none of us have ever smelled before and then almost directly in front of us there came the loudest most ear piercing, blood curdling scream. It was the scream that we had heard every single night for a whole month. None of us saw anything because the ones with the flashlights were in the back because we thought that we just wasted our time and nothing was back there. We all ran as fast as we could out of that trail and back to my house. After that month passed, we have never heard the screams again and have gone back to the lagoon many times trying to convince others that it really happened but to no avail.
Physical Attributes:
In the clearing it had to be very tall because right after the trees, where the clearing is it drops quite a bit and this thing was still very tall and on the slant down. It was very dark and we shined the light on it and it appeared sort of grayish brown. Didn't\' see the eyes or anything else. Very bad smell and very distinct scream.
Location: Garfield County, UtahEscalante Monument (nearest town, Boulder Utah).
This area is surrounded by National Parks ("Bryce" -west, "Zions" and "Glen Canyon"-south, "Capital Reef" and Canyonlands- north and east) not to mention the Henry Mountains to the north and Lake Powell and The Grand Canyon to the south. This is said to be "the most wild place in the contiguous United States." The terrain is riddled with canyons and benches made up of "redrock" and smooth light colored rock. Very little vegetation on the benches and yet some canyons are fed by springs or streams of water and are sometimes impassible due to the thickness of the vegetation.
This particular sighting took place between a canyon called "The Gulch" and one called "Deer Creek Canyon" on top of the Bench that separates the two, which is several miles wide.
Actions of reporter: Every spring, since 1982 I have led a small group to this wilderness area for a "vision quest". During this time, we were hiking to a remote location to spend some time "connecting with Mother Nature" and thinking about the direction of our lives. It is a very challenging trip.
Witnesses:
Another hiker (I don't have permission to release her name) was with me at the time and was frightened by the sight.
Report to any other org: Yes If yes, to who: BFRO and Oregon Bigfoot Society, others-recently
Description of sighting: We were hiking west from The Gulch with a goal of reaching Deer Creek before nightfall. We needed to hike across the bench which had a significant elevation (between 5000-6000 feet)in order to obtain water. The terrain was a very light colored; pale (in the sunlight it appeared white). As we followed the direction west we hike up and down with the flow of the land. We were hiking up out of a "wash" and spotted the creature on the crest of the bench. Initially we both thought it was human, as it exhibited scouting behavior peering to the north, then pacing to the south and back to the north to peer again, raising it arm and hand to shade it's eyes. After what seemed like several minutes we were observed by the creature, which caused it to duck behind a rock. This movement was so quick as to seem almost like a reflex action. We discussed the strange behavior and decided not to investigate further. Instead, I led the way slightly to the south and circled the area to head down the other side toward Deer Creek. The sun was overhead, the weather was clear and as we passed downward we both turned to look back toward the top to meet the eyes of the curious creature as it stared at us. It dipped it's head below the rock and remained out-of-sight.
Two days later we went back to the area and were surprised to find that the crest of the bench where the creature was pacing was surrounded by rock formations approximately 70 inches high, making a "fortress". What was surprising about this was that we clearly observed the creature pacing within the fortress from below and it had to duck to hide itself. Before it noticed us, it lifted one leg up and placed it's foot, easily, on the rock as it peered north. To be able to do this the creature had to be taller than we originally thought.
Since this experience, I have had several unique experiences involving "the Forest People" and am gratefulfor the new awareness this has given me.
Physical Attributes:
The creature was white in color, very tall (at least 7 to 9 feet tall) and seemed to be in excellent physical shape with well proportioned arms,legs and torso. (Not stocky or thick like the Patterson film creature). The creature was pacing back and forth with a smooth agile and very human-like gait. Because of the muscular chest and lack of noticeable breast, I assumed this was a male. It\'s head was peculiar in shape (it forehead and parietal area seemed higher than a human). Its eyes were human-like , (perhaps more round) and intelligent as it stared toward us with (what seemed to us) curiosity.
A avid bowhunter says he picked up and held Bigfoot bones and even the skull on top of Lone Peak mountain. Leaving the bones without knowing what they were. Later seeing a documentary with a similar skull, he realized what he had seen. The bones have not yet been relocated to confirm his story.
Two witnesses scouting for deer near the Strawberry Reservoir Area when they smelled a strong odor resembling raw sewage. After awhile the smell sort of dissipated and they kept walking on the trail. As they rounded a bend there was a tremendous crash, like thunder, in the forest off to their right.
Twigs and branches breaking and something huge running at a high speed preceded it. Later they heard more sounds and a sound resembling a "grunt." One of the witnesses thought he saw a shadow or an outline of a "person" walking from tree to tree. He estimated it to be from 5 to 6 ft tall and bipedal.
The witness suddenly woke up from a sound sleep and felt someone holding her hand very gently. She opened her eyes and saw a huge hairy humanoid sitting besides her on her bed holding her hand. The witness screamed then the tall hairy creature ran down a hallway and into the family room and vanished.
The witness again woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and as she came back to bed and lay down she felt something moving across the bed, she then saw two large hairy hands moving beneath her. She was then lifted from bed by a huge hairy Bigfoot type creature that then stepped back a few feet and rose straight up with her, apparently carrying her through floors and ceiling.She closed her eyes and felt moving up. She does not recall what happened and next thing she knew she was being deposited back in her bed. The being again held hard and apparently became angry when she removed his hand and jumped on top of her but without any apparent harm to her.
HC addition # 1651Source: James L Thompson, Aliens and UFOs Type: G?
I am a Brigham Young University graduate, and was active in the church from 1977 to 1995, and hung around in the offshoot groups until 1998. I am still on the books as a member.
An interesting story from Latter Day Saints history describes how one of the original "twelve" had an encounter with "Cain" about 1840. I think it was David Patten. He said he was on horseback somewhere in New York it seems, and a creature covered with hair from head to foot, stinking very bad, walked up to him, and looked him eye to eye. That would make him about 8 1/2 feet tall. This now obvious as a bigfoot creature said his name was Cain. As a Cherokee, I know that anytime he shows up, you can expect 7 years of BAD luck. He showed up at Pine Ridge just before the shootings of two FBI agents in the 1970s, culminating in the 60 day siege at Wounded Knee. Navajos, (I am not an expert) call a very similar creature "Skinwalkers" I know someone who has seen two of them. One of the well known [fairly recent] (going back about 10 years) general authorities, who has since been put out to pasture, said that encounter with "Cain" was in the basement of the Salt Lake Temple. There have been lots of rumors of Satanic stuff going around for a long time... many people giving testimony of abuse. Most are, of course, treated as nut cases
lBigfoot Lives with Ute Indians? UFO - Bigfoot Connection?
The National Enquirer (11-07- 78) carried a story about the Yakima UFO sightings, as well as the high number of UFO reports from the Ute Indian Reservation in northeastern Utah. The article quoted one Virginia B. Martin, described as a former lecturer on Indian languages at Central Washington State College in Ellensburg, as saying that there was an Indian legend of a man with red eyes and incredible healing powers who had come from afar to live with the tribe. When he grew old and was dying, he asked that upon his death his body be taken to a certain place. When this happened, a large flying object descended and took his body off with it.
l Mark Woody - Bigfoot Researcher for over 31 years & UUFOH Investigator since 2000.
Has recon' d numerous locations where Bigfoot is known to frequent. Has Studied the creature for years. He has been interested, and studying large hominids or Sasquatch since 1976. Has personally investigated 7 eyewitness sightings and done 5 in the field investigations
l Brian Whitesides, An investigator of Bigfoot for 20 years. Investigated Bigfoot sightings in South Weber, North Ogden, Placerville and Georgetown, California. Now with UUFOH
lRyan Layton - Investigating Sasquatch for over 25 years & UUFOH Investigator since 2001.
Has collected numerous reports and met with witnesses from around the state. Also has performed recon on known locations where Bigfoot has been seen. Has done several television and news media stories on Bigfoot in Utah. Bigfoot Daze in 2003. Met with probably all persons involved in Bigfoot research in Utah. has witnessed several Track locations. has had one Vocal experience with Bigfoot.
lDerrell Smith - Bigfoot Researcher. Derrel has been hunting Bigfoot for 15 years (all in Utah). He has documented over 160 reports of Bigfoot in Utah. Though he has never had an encounter with the creature face-to-face, he has had come in contact with second-hand evidence, such as footprints and hair samples. he and Ryan have been hunting Bigfoot together for a long time in Utah. Derrel also has work closely with Rudy for 15 years. We hope to get some of Derrel's impressive bigfoot track photos he has taken to post here at aliendave.com UUFOH-SLC MUFON Speaker 5/17/03
lRudy Drobnick, A retired Division of Wildlife employee, Investigates Bigfoot in Utah
Rudy has an impressive amount of knowledge about Bigfoot as a species and Bigfoot in Utah.
a "Manimal" as he calls it. 'Something different than a normal animal' Rudy also says the creature 'probably migrates" and quite possibly is more than one type of Bigfoot.
When hunters would bring their antlers in to the office to be measured he's ask if they'd seen a bigfoot? Sometimes they had and Rudy would have another story. UUFOH-SLC MUFON Speaker 5/17/03
North Logan, Utah on January 2, 2003, at 11:30 p.m. MST, a very tall, hairy Bigfoot creature was seen walking along a canal behind houses. Tracks Photographed
Spring of 2002. Got this photo (see image at link) while taking pictures in a canyon in Utah. Didn't notice what was in photo till I enlarged it at a later date. --Barry B. CREDIT: coasttocoastam.com
Fact:
l There are as many Bigfoot or Sasquatch sightings in Utah as there are in Oregon and Washington.
over 160 known reports of Bigfoot in Utah
l Most sightings of Bigfoot in Utah have been in Mountainous areas, rarely have they been reported
in the desert areas. Until recently...... (updated)
l The Bigfoot seen in Utah have a color range from white to black.
l Bigfoot tracks in Utah have been found with three and five toes.
l Sightings in Utah have been reported as close as 8 ft.
l Bigfoot in Utah are known to be meat eaters, taking rabbits, pigs, and pets, away never to be seen
again. One report notes a 'Scared' Bigfoot holding a 35 pound pig in one hand as it fled the scene.
l Utah's Bigfoot Hotspot is Coldwater Canyon
l Other known Hotspots are: Big Cottonwood Canyon, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Timpanogas,
Logan, Ogden, High Uintah's, West Desert
l Bigfoot has been seen so frequently in the Uintah mountains near Ogden that in September, 1977,
a search party was organized to search for the creature. The hunt was put together, according to a
newspaper account, after "two North Ogden men and six youths reported seeing the gorilla-like
creature that ambled off into the timber after seeing them. The party was about one-half mile away
on a ridge and watched the creature move off for about a one-half mile before it disappeared."
Unfortunately, the expedition turned up no conclusive evidence.
l Horses and dogs are scared of Bigfoot, and won't even return to an area after encountering one.
l Hair samples have been found in Logan ,Utah and have been analyzed.
l Bigfoot / Sasquatch / Yeti / Mountain People
These hairy apemen are probably the most consistently witnessed unknown creatures in the world. Whether they are called Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti, Skunk Ape or Yowie, they have been seen in isolated woodlands and mountain areas in virtually every corner of the globe. Every state except Rhode Island & Hawaii, And the descriptions - from the North American northwest to Florida to Australia - are remarkably consistent: Its the one creature known to leave physical evidence behind - footprints.
