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1972-08-01

Lake Milton, Ohio: Summer 1972 About the time my siblings and I were entering that turbulent period known as our "teens", my family had the great good fortune of having moved into a house flanked on either side…

voices · a triangle shape · vanishing suddenly

2007-08-18

It happened close to midnight on August 18, 2007, on the last official night of a private expedition, east of Mt. Rainier in the Wenatchee National Forest, of Washington State. Out of respect for our WA-BFRO cr…

knocking · screaming or howling · growling

2015-12-01

Location, Nashport, Ohio, Near Dillon State Park. This is an account of events that transpired during mine and my friends 5 day hunting trip on a 40 acre tract in Nashport, Ohio, in Muskingum County. This land…

knocking · wood knocking · screaming or howling

1978-08-21

INVESTIGATORS: Ron Schaffner (Ron@bfro.net), Earl Jones, Jim Carnes Jim Rastetter, Iona Boyce, Barbara Mudrak,(Akron Beacon-Journal) and James Shannon (Stark County Deputy Sheriff) CASE DATA: All of our intervi…

a very tall figure · something walking upright · glowing eyes

undated

I have spent my whole life in the woods in this area. Me and my stepson were ginseng hunting in an area that I had been through multiple times. We decided to try the opposite side of the ridge that we had went…

growling · a very tall figure

2001-10-22

I submitted this report, I thing back in october(i think) and did not see anything posted or had any contact and omitted my phone number as no one in my household has been told of this story but will resubmit f…

a very tall figure · hooded · multiple witnesses

1999-08-01

This incedent took place in the mid to end of summer of 1999. We were in the woods south of town in the hopes to find the plant "gensing". The timber in the area is very old with dense undergrouth. Now before I…

screaming or howling · growling · a very tall figure

1978-07-15

I've told very few people this story for fear that they might think I'm crazy. The only reason why I'm taking the time to report this is because of a recent entry a friend of mine who knew my story told me abou…

a very tall figure

undated

1st encounter: Walking with two friends looking for one of the friends' brother. Walking down abandoned Lake Champlain and Moriah railroad trackbed. It was approx. one thirty AM, June 25, 1989. Heard a godawful…

screaming or howling · a very tall figure

1972-10-28

When I was 11 years old I was living with my mother and step-father in upstate New York. Our home was on the shores of Oneida Lake and bordered the southern boundary of Verona Beach State Park. One evening shor…

knocking · screaming or howling · a very tall figure

1983-11-28

I was deer hunting alone in November 1983 near Newcomerstown, Ohio. I was 20 years old at the time. I started my hunting trip in the early pre-dawn hours. I walked on a path from the rear of my house into the w…

a very tall figure

2009-02-06

My sighting first took place on my property in February of 2009. I had numerous contacts along with various evidence found and seen on the ten heavily wooded acres where I reside. 1st sighting. Feb 6th approxim…

knocking · a very tall figure · footprints

2010-08-06

Bigfoot Sighting Early August 2010 Time: Approx. 8-8:30 am Place: Cascade Lakes, NY (near Keene) Weather: Clear with a few clouds I spend most of the summers camping in and around the Adirondacks in my Dodge C…

a very tall figure · something walking upright · cold spot

1977-05-18

Case Report by Ron Schaffner Subject - Encounter with large "Ape-like" animal Date - May 18, 1977 Time - 8:30 PM Witnesses - Two 13 year-old boys whose parents request confidentiality Location - Preble County,…

vanishing suddenly · a very tall figure · dogs reacting

2012-11-15

Visual Report: My name is Alan Y. on about Mid-November 2012 I had a very unusual experience that at first kept me very mixed up, but always stayed in my mind until I started doing research. It was about 2 to 3…

a very tall figure

2013-04-13

The whole thing was sparked because I had found an unusual barefoot track while out fishing with a friend. While fishing at night we have heard some very strange sounds. We went out hoping to hear something or…

a very tall figure

2014-09-15

September 14 My adult son, daughter and her son and I all hiked into Twin Sisters Lakes from the Deep Creek Campground around 1 1/2 to 2 miles. My son and were planning to spend 2 nights and daughter and her so…

knocking · wood knocking · whooping

1978-06-20

Me and several friends were taking turns riding a mini bike. We would take off from an alley behind the feed mill in Fulton. We would ride back towards the old train coal loading area. There was a wide path tha…

a very tall figure

undated

My wife and I were driving on a blacktop secondary road at approx. 11:30 pm, while returning home from my stepson's home in Berlin, N.Y. This is a relatively rural area, with large expanses of forested land, ju…

a very tall figure

1979-05-01

In 1979, my family and I lived on a farm in Haydenville, Ohio just outside of Logan, Ohio. My dad had just painted our front porch so we had to go out the back door to feed our dog named Wolf (he was tied up in…

knocking · screaming or howling · a very tall figure

undated

A friend and I had decided to do some cross country skiing on the property owned by some neighbors. We started out behind my house and worked our way into the woods. There is an old logging road about a mile in…

a very tall figure · footprints · multiple witnesses

1958-11-01

I was fifteen or sixteen at the time, 1958, and running a trapline on a creek west and south of Adario, Ohio. It was my third or fourth year of trapping. My dog, Smokey, always went with me and usually chased r…

growling · a very tall figure · a foul smell

2004-06-25

I was 15 years old at the time, I remember because I didn't have my drivers license yet. My brother and father and I were hunting squirrel. The funny thing was, this was our first hunting experience except for…

a very tall figure · multiple witnesses

undated

In mid July, I was sitting at my computer at night, playing a computer game, with the television on behind me. I was watching my sister's dog while they were on vacation, and she was laying down in the other ro…

screaming or howling · growling · a very tall figure

2004-06-20

On June 20, 2004, at 2 AM, I was lounging in my recliner watching TV. I noticed something like a large dark shadow looking in my window. We have four full length windows with no curtains because our family room…

knocking · screaming or howling · a very tall figure

2006-10-07

This was years ago. I'm 38 now, but when this happened I was 14. My father worked with a guy who had some prime property in Naples, NewYork. Being that I was 14, I was not old enough to have a hunters license.…

a very tall figure · a dark figure

2010-07-16

Yesterday,I ,my dad,my son,and his Friend, went up to our farm in Wilson County to do some bush hogging and prepare our deer stands for the up coming season..The kids asked if they could walk the logging road t…

a very tall figure · dogs reacting · a foul smell

1980-07-01

I remember the year well enough. It was in the summer of 1980. The reason I remember that so clearly, is because all of the talk that summer was about the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. I'm not sure of the month…

voices · a very tall figure

2005-01-13

My friend lives outside of Cardington. It was about 6:00 P.M. when I got to his house and we decided to build a small camp fire just for the sake of fun. He lives right next to a small wooded cliff that follows…

a very tall figure · glowing eyes · footprints

1995-03-11

This is something that happened 19 years ago while a buddy and me were fishing in the backwaters of Dillion Lake State Park in Muskingum County near Zanesville..Some of this was witnessed by 3 people as there a…

a very tall figure · a dark figure

undated

Around 3am I walked outside my parents' home with my Great Dane puppy and through the front gate to my car. As I was walking I heard the neighbors' two German Shepherds barking furiously at something in front o…

a very tall figure · a dark figure · humanoid

1978-07-01

In the late 70s I used to walk to my friends house via a swampy area. One night around 10 PM, I started walking to his house. About halfway there I heard this very strange sound. It was like a low pitched growl…

knocking · screaming or howling · growling

1998-10-01

Well, I've really been into this Bigfoot stuff ever since I saw a show about it on the Discovery Channel a few years ago. Not long ago, I asked some friends if they've ever seen ghosts, Bigfoot, or anything els…

a very tall figure

1996-08-15

In August of 1996 myself and six friends were camping at Pine Pond in the lower Saranac Lake region. It was around dusk and my friend and I were fishing in our canoe. The other members of our party were at camp…

voices · a very tall figure

1976-08-01

In the summer of 1976, I (Laurie) was playing along the shores of Aurora Lake when I came upon a very large set of human like footprints. There was two very clear footprints in clay and a lot more less recogniz…

a very tall figure · something walking upright · footprints

2003-09-20

My family had moved from the city of Rochester to Wolcott, a small town about 50 miles east of Rochester in July 2003. We were living in an old farmhouse on approx. 77 acres of woods & creeks near Lake Ontario.…

a very tall figure

2003-07-21

when i was a kid we lived out side of yakima out in the country by parker a little town out side of yakima . Near the yakima river matter of fact we were so close to the river that in the spring when the river…

a very tall figure

2006-07-10

On June 10, 2006 I was driving with my brother on a back road (unpaved) in the Adirondack Park. We were heading for a trail head that led into the Hudson River Gorge. This area is almost dead center in the park…

vanishing suddenly · a very tall figure

undated

Hi, It was october about 1030pm I was comeing home with a friend from work. you see we run a camp ground in the summer in bear mountian state park in NY. But we stay thier all year round,i love it. in the summe…

a very tall figure

2005-10-08

My family and I went to Ludlow, Vermont for Columbus Day weekend since we enjoy the northeastern woods. We all enjoy observing the local flora and fauna in their natural settings and we often drive and/or walk…

a very tall figure · something walking upright

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