Rhode Island Dad Claims Face-to-Face Bigfoot Encounter in Connecticut
Posted Thursday, July 30, 2026
By Squatchable.com staff
A recent sighting out of Connecticut is making waves in the Sasquatch community, and it's one of those reports that hits all the right notes for researchers. A Rhode Island father claims he came face-to-face with one of these elusive beings while driving home from a holiday weekend rental in the remote woods of Voluntown, Connecticut, and the details are pretty compelling.
According to the report, which was detailed to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO), the witness described the subject as standing roughly 8 and a half feet tall, walking upright on two legs, and covered head-to-toe in matted, greasy brown hair. The arms reportedly hung down past the knees with an estimated 8 to 9 foot wingspan when fully outstretched. The legs were described as shorter than the torso, and the head was cone-shaped with minimal facial hair. The subject crossed the road in just two steps before vanishing into the wilderness.
What makes this report particularly interesting is that BFRO has classified it as a Class A sighting, meaning investigators believe the witness actually encountered a Sasquatch. Mike Young, an investigator with the organization, noted that the description closely matches a sighting from October 2019 in the same general area, where a man and his aunt reported seeing a nearly identical subject. When two independent reports from the same region line up like that, it definitely raises eyebrows in the research community.
The witness also addressed a question that has lingered since the famous 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film, which showed what appeared to be a female Sasquatch with prominent bosoms. This witness confirmed that the subject he encountered had no visible genitalia or other anatomical features indicating sex, which has sparked some interesting discussion online about why that detail matters to some people.
For those unfamiliar with BFRO, they've been investigating Sasquatch sightings across the United States since 1995 and maintain one of the most comprehensive databases of encounter reports in the country. Their classification system ranges from Class A (most credible) to Class C (least credible), and a Class A designation means the witness passed their credibility assessment and the circumstances of the encounter were consistent with a genuine sighting.
The Voluntown area sits in the northeastern corner of Connecticut, not far from the Rhode Island border, and the region is known for its dense, remote woodlands, which is exactly the kind of habitat that Sasquatch researchers consider prime territory for these elusive subjects.
There's a great breakdown of this story over on the Grayson Report YouTube channel, and the host brings up some interesting points about why certain details capture public attention more than others. Definitely worth checking out for anyone following the latest sighting reports.