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People who described a foul smell

121 accounts in the record mention this, spread across 1940s to 2010s. It is one of the rarer things people report, which makes it worth more when two accounts share it.


0.28%
of every account in the record mentions a foul smell. When two strangers both do, the engine weighs that heavily.

What else those witnesses noticed

screaming or howling 39a very tall figure 34footprints 21something walking upright 19growling 17the feeling of being watched 12

Where it comes up most

Snohomish County, Washington (4) · Fannin County, Texas (3) · Stark County, Ohio (2) · Delta County, Texas (2) · Pierce County, Washington (2) · Skamania County, Washington (2)

When people reported it

1940s1
1950s1
1960s3
1970s15
1980s8
1990s14
2000s41
2010s18

Counts follow reporting, not necessarily the world. More accounts in a decade can simply mean more people writing them down.

The accounts

2004-10-11

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 residi…

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…

undated

This report describes a sighting of a large biped primate at Fort Hunter Liggett on the evening of Saturday, February 16, 2002. I left my home in Manhattan Beach, California about 8:00 AM on the morni…

1963-07-15

I have been reading your site for the last couple of years, and thought I'd share some experiences I've had over the years. Nothing particularly groundbreaking, but it may add to your database. I have…

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 o…

2004-01-30

In October 2000, I began hunting on my wife's family land.The land had sat idle for at least ten years. When I began hunting the land, the deer and hog population was quite high. I took quite a few an…

undated

It was October,1970. I was 14 yrs. old. My parents had bought a home on 224th. At that time, our home sat on 5 acres of heavily treed acres. There was a lot of dense brush, trees, and virgin wooded ar…

1974-07-30

In late July of 1974, my father, mother, and I decided to take our German Shepherd on an early evening nature walk in the woods by our house. This area is southeast of the intersection of Packard and…

2000-10-01

My name is Rooster, obviously my nickname. I am currently on Active Duty Army for 20+ years now. I have been contemplating for the last several years on whether I should write to you all or not. I sta…

2006-01-01

These incidents have occurred over a period of approximately 7 years. The occurrences have not been limited to a particular time of year. I have never, nor has any in our group, sighted a creature. Mo…

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