Sumter County, Florida

Near Masscotte or Ridge manor

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Sumter County Florida (Class B) BFRO

October 2011

Shaking of trees immediately upon getting out of truck. We were going hunting. Heard some knockings off in the distance. Walking down the trail, we could smell a foul smell (later we found the source which was a dead hog, couldn't tell if something had killed it and ate it or if it was shot and scavenged upon). Later while hunting we climbed up a small hill and I spotted something behind a large tree stump. I didn't say anything and the other witness pointed it out immediately too. We left the woods then.

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Sumter County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Possible nighttime activity in the retirement community The Villages

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January 2013

Sumter County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Driver sees a large animal possibly stalking wild boar outside Bushnell

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January 2012

Sumter County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Weekend camping trip in the Green Swamp is interrupted by a hairy, bipedal intruder

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September 2010

Sumter County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by hunter and son in Richloam Wildlife Management Area

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October 2009

Hamilton County Tennessee (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime road crossing seen by a couple near Sale Creek

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September 2011

Clark County Wisconsin (Class A) BFRO

Newspaper deliveryman sees large gray colored creature that was walking on two legs and carrying dead animal. (Newspaper account, follow-up by the BFRO and Sheriff's documents included.)

Initial report received as the associated media article linked below. I spoke with James Hughes tonight and he sounded very credible. Mr. Hughes told me that on the morning of March 28th at app...

March 2000

Magoffin County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls early morning sighting while squirrel hunting near Salyersville

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January 1972

Hocking County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by woman visiting an old rural cemetery, near Logan

We went out to an area off of State Route 93 looking for an old Cemetery. One of my hobbies is Cemetery head stones. We turned left onto Bear Run Road, then turned left onto a dead end dirt Road. Then...

July 1998

Humboldt County California (Class A) BFRO

Three children have daytime sighting near Eureka

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January 1958

Washington County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Man spots Bigfoot in field

Richard H., an older farmer and a singularly thoughtful, observant and articulate man, who deliberated carefully before answering questions. Richard was driving the spraying rig along the boundary...

March 1969

Bucks County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

Bow Hunter Encounters Strange Creature near Argus

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October 2007

Skagit County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Three hikers see something cross their path

I left an open can of jack mackerel 20 yards up from our campsite. A couple hours after we went to sleep something wandered into our camp, omitting quiet high pitched noises. Then the can of fish came...

August 1986