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Strange accounts from Maryland

471 people here wrote down something they could not explain, between 1940s to 2020s.


What people here tend to describe

a triangle shape 38hovering 34moving in formation 30an orange orb 13a very tall figure 10red lights 9a bright white light 6screaming or howling 6

The accounts

1994-08-15

My friend and I had been searching for a place called Dickerson quarry in Dickerson Md, and had just located it on a map. We had to park on some railroad tracks by the aquaduct and walk through some v…

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here in maryland theres not a lot to do. mostly me and my friends just hang out. the local cops dont like this and neither do the business owners. so alot of times we end up in parks or "parking" spot…

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I believe it was May or early June of 1985. I rented a cabin in the Catoctin State Park with a friend and we just spent one night. The cabin was just a simple one room building with a window on either…

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It was in at the end of August 2003. My self and a friend were fishing the Potomac River. We Were fishing between mile marker 57 and 58 off the C&O Canel. We parked in the town of Knoxville Maryland a…

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I was on my way to work on a Saturday morning about 7 a.m. It was a misty, foggy morning and I headed west on Rt 198 entering a elongated (approx. 1 mile) entrance ramp to Southbound I-95. I had my li…

1993-09-15

First of all this is the first time I have ever come forward in writing about this incident(s) that took place approximately 18-19 years ago. Myself, my Uncle and a few hunting buddies frequented a 68…

2011-05-14

In mid spring of this year, I was hiking through the woods with a friend in the middle of the night. Making our way up onto a trail, we stumbled upon a picnic table and decided to sit down and rest. W…

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In 1981, I was on the South Branch of the Patapsco River, approx. 1 mile downstream from Rt.32. This section of river flattens out into riffles then empties into a larger pool. I have fished this part…

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Hello, this might take a moment didn't know how to contact the BFRO. I'm a Native American from Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in MN. I currently reside in Pennsylvania in a town name Birdsboro. I recently…

1972-08-15

I came across your website, and decided to look for reports in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. After reading the posted reports, I thought I'd share the following: I resided in the Annapolis area for a…

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