The oldest category, and the most often explained
Lights that hover, hold formation, and go out one by one. This is the largest part of the record and the part most likely to have an ordinary answer, which is exactly why the ones that survive checking are interesting.
hovering 3010moving in formation 1771an orange orb 1758red lights 1410vanishing suddenly 586pulsing light 571
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 by a pair of brothe…
voices with no source · a triangle shape · vanishing suddenly
The Backpack trip Draft 9-8-2014 Background: Biologist at a major biotech company. No previous experience with Sasquatch or similar, but have seen a couple shows on television (1 episode of finding BF, and one episode of Survivorm…
knocking · buzzing · screaming or howling
November 15-19. Witness: James Scott. HUNTING. Heard: During the night (whole trip) -Heard what appeared to be loud squirrel barks and trees being knocked down during the middle of the night. -Something running around the tent. (T…
knocking · wood knocking · whooping calls
Upon request of Chris Bradley (BFRO investigator) I am submitting this report of what I believe to have been an encounter with a Bigfoot or Sasquatch. I Rodney Frank Williams (Rod) DOB 12/19/42 residing at P.O. Box 140 Joyce Washi…
growling · voices with no source · moving in formation
April-May 1978 Hope, Arkansas. Hempstead county Sighting was at a farm house (no longer there) on hwy 73 between hwy 278 and hwy 195. My family lived on a farm with all of your typical farm animals, and we all worked on the farm.…
screaming or howling · heavy footsteps · red lights
I want to start with tonight, while it is fresh in my mind. My girlfriend and I let the dogs out to the bathroom around 1am. She instantly said she thought she heard something in the valley below our home, and shined a flashlight…
screaming or howling · vanishing suddenly · a very tall figure
One night this past Spring at about 10:00 PM, when it was warm enough to be outside at night without a coat and with just shorts and a t-shirt on, and when the leaves on the trees were budding but not fully grown-in, our Border Co…
screaming or howling · growling · voices with no source
The reason I never told anyone was because I found it hard to believe myself, much less what other people would say or think about me. I recently began working at an ARMY hospital and befriended someone who had a very near experie…
screaming or howling · vanishing suddenly
I am 47 yrs old and have been hunting since a small boy. I have heard deer, elk, bear, cougar and all of the different noises they make. What I experienced recently while hunting was something I have Never in all my life seen or h…
moving in formation · a photograph or recording exists
Upon my initial encounter, I did not think at all that I would be attributing it to something like this. However, the more I read, the more certain I am that me and my friends had a close encounter with a bigfoot. It was early spr…
knocking · screaming or howling · growling
My name is Pam Lovins. I am a BFRO investigator in West Virginia. Earlier this summer I got a call from another BFRO investigator about a situation in eastern Kentucky, not too far away from my location. I was the closest person s…
moving in formation · glowing eyes
in the summer of 2008 i was on a fishing trip to the neosho river. my parents have own'd a cabin there for about 25 years and i enjoy going with them to set limb lines for catfish and rod and reel fishing the shallow rapids. being…
knocking · moving in formation
The following on-site interview was conducted by Stan Courtney. The first name of the witness has been changed. Stan - How long have you been coming to this location? John - A couple months now. Stan - What type of experiences hav…
knocking · wood knocking · screaming or howling
Location: Taney County – 3 miles north of Forsyth – under-developed area comprising multiple 10-acre lots, heavily forested, served by a dirt/gravel road. Late summer (July/August) 1998 Time: 8:30-ish pm My wife and I were living…
screaming or howling · a beam of light · vanishing suddenly
| 1930s | 1 | |
| 1940s | 7 | |
| 1950s | 50 | |
| 1960s | 145 | |
| 1970s | 244 | |
| 1980s | 194 | |
| 1990s | 1313 | |
| 2000s | 3451 | |
| 2010s | 2908 | |
| 2020s | 4 |
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Dark figures, seen clearly, with nothing to see.
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