Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Near Winnsboro

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Franklin Parish Louisiana (Class A) BFRO

October 1980

The only other person to hear this story was my Grandmother,and she has been dead for many years.I was hunting with my Uncle on the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge, in Franklin Parish Louisiana.I had been lost for most of the day and i was trying to find my way out of the woods when i finaly found an old road bed near a place called Hog Lake.I had walked about 200 feet down the road when i heard a noise up in front of me coming through the woods. Thinking it was my uncle looking for me,i moved forward and what i saw was beyond belief.I first saw it as it came onto the road about 50 feet in front of me.It stood about 6 or 7 feet tall and looked like it had the mange.The hair on it's body was short and there was several bare spot's on it's torso and leg's.It probably weighed about 250 pounds,more or less.It's head was round,very small ears,and almost no neck.It stood and looked at me for what seemed like an hour, although the encounter only lasted a few seconds at which time it slowly tu...

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Franklin Parish Louisiana (Class A) BFRO

Man recounts boyhood sighting at home near Jigger

I was about 8 years old, myself, my sister and her friend both about 12 were playing in the woods behind our house. There is a brake behind our house which is a runoff of turkey creek. We played in th...

January 1980

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

my grandfather told me about seeing a thing he said looked like a ape when he was was hunting at harvest in Magoffin county when he was younger. said he didnt shoot it because he didnt know what it w...

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

I was about 10 or 11 years old. My brother 15 month's older and a friend my age. I am now 53 years old. We lived in the country outside of Eureka California. We went fishing at the end of our rural Rd...

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

I was bow hunting on October 24th, 2007. Around 5:45 pm I saw a large "sasquatch" like man about 180 yards away walking away from me. He/She was clothed in all one color. He/She was close to 8 feet ta...

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

Kanawha County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Man remembers seeing a large hairy creature in a cemetary near Marmet

I was walking home one evening, I have to walk through the graveyard on a paved road. It was right at dusk when I looked out into the graveyard to a far point over looking the WV Turnpike. I saw this ...

January 1990