An open record of things people cannot explain

Shadow people

Dark figures, seen clearly, with nothing to see


A figure darker than the dark. Often in a doorway, often at the foot of a bed, often gone the moment a light goes on. It is one of the most commonly described experiences in the world and one of the least recorded, because most people who see one tell nobody.

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accounts in the record touch this. Each one was written by somebody who decided not to let it go.

What people describe

a dark figure 202glowing eyes 146a hooded figure 130no face 7

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As a young person I vaguely remember hearing something about a creature called "Bigfoot". I suppose I thought he was something the Indians had conjured up. That is how others seemed to think. Then approximately eight years ago, my…

buzzing · heavy footsteps · a very tall figure

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 by a pair of brothe…

voices with no source · a triangle shape · vanishing suddenly

1979-10-01

My Big Foot Sightings over the years. My first introduction to Big Foot was about 1965. A series of articles appeared in the Portland Oregonian, the Salem-Statesman Journal, the San Francisco Chronical, and at least one other. I s…

growling · an unexplained boom · a very tall figure

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REPORT OF A FIELD INVESTIGATION by Richard D. McCuistion, Sr., Chilton Williamson, and Keith Foster Between 4 and 7 August 1998 we began a long term study in a drainage thought to be the summer range of the Sasquatch(s) described…

screaming or howling · glowing eyes · footprints

2012-01-15

I want to start out by saying that I have never discussed this with anyone except for one other person. I have not discussed it with my wife, my best friend, or any other person close to me in my life. I was fortunate to have a co…

a very tall figure · a hooded figure · a mark or residue left behind

1972-08-15

This is the second in a set of chronological reports that I am submitting regarding a series of encounters I had between 1970 and 1983 in Nevada, California, and Washington States. I grew up several miles Northwest of Reno, Nevada…

screaming or howling · voices with no source · a very tall figure

undated

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

1997-09-15

I think it was early September of 1997 when I received an email from Matt Moneymaker asking if I would be interested in investigating a possible recent “bigfoot hotspot” in northern California. I was living and working in southern…

screaming or howling · sudden silence · a very tall figure

1982-01-11

My encounter with ???????? The area and time: My encounter occurred during the November rifle deer hunt of 1982. I was 14 years old, hunting deer with my father, grandfather, neighbor, and his son (same age as me). The area we wer…

knocking · screaming or howling · an unexplained boom

2010-06-05

I have debated whether or not to report my encounter to the BFRO or any organization. I don't know why, but I guess I wanted to keep this experience to myself for a few years and then it just didn't seem to matter as far as report…

a dark figure · sudden dread · rocks being thrown

undated

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

undated

My name is [TH], and I have lived in an old Mining Camp, in Northern California for the past two years. During that first fall I would hear a strange whistling call that would come from a Sequoia tree that stands out in about 2 ac…

growling · an unexplained boom · a very tall figure

2013-03-01

It was in the summer of 2012 around 7 pm. It was very hot outside and we had been in a long drought. The nearest town is Makanda IL. The nearest road is Progress Lane which is off of Water V vcalley road. I believe it is near Unio…

voices with no source · a very tall figure · glowing eyes

2018-04-21

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

When people reported it

1920s1
1940s1
1950s1
1960s7
1970s47
1980s29
1990s54
2000s123
2010s99
2020s20

Counts follow reporting rather than the world. Why that matters

Where

Hood River County, Oregon (8) · Siskiyou County, California (6) · Clackamas County, Oregon (5) · Montgomery County, Texas (4) · Pierce County, Washington (4) · Snohomish County, Washington (4) · Grays Harbor County, Washington (4) · Del Norte County, California (4)

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Other kinds of experience

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Accounts where the world did not match itself.

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Waking unable to move, with the certainty of company.

2,484

The moment the forest goes quiet.

37

Hours that cannot be accounted for.