Essex County, New York

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Essex County New York (Class B) BFRO

June 2006

On June 10, 2006 I was driving with my brother on a back road (unpaved) in the Adirondack Park. We were heading for a trail head that led into the Hudson River Gorge. This area is almost dead center in the park and surounded by many mile of unihabited and very rugged terrain. It was late morning on a clear day. I was driving as fast as i could on this road because we had to get back to town by a certain time. As we turned a bend I saw a very large, brown, furry, object lunge into the dense woods up the road at the next curve about 50 yards ahead. It was obvious that the creature was in the road and was startled by my speeding SUV. I told by brother, "Hey, there goes a moose." We reached that spot in about 3 seconds, and i slamed on the breaks - expecting to see the moose right there in the bushes. At that spot, through the bushes, was a decent sized clearing and then more dark woods that went down a hill. There was nothing there at all. Everything was still. We starte...

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Essex County New York (Class B) BFRO

Unusual events at remote family cabin near Keene Valley, NY

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October 2003

Essex County New York (Class B) BFRO

Vocalizations Heard Near Sighting During Same Time Period

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October 2002

Essex County New York (Class B) BFRO

Possible sighting by motorist at night, outside Westport

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October 2002

Essex County New York (Class B) BFRO

Hiker finds footprints and hears communicating sounds

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September 1998

Clark County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

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October 2000

Armstrong County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

While working on a farm, teenagers spot Bigfoot nearby watching them

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January 1976

Dubuque County Iowa (Class A) BFRO

Multiple sightings on family property near Cascade

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Rio Arriba County New Mexico (Class A) BFRO

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December 2004

Greenlee County Arizona (Class A) BFRO

Bow hunter has daylight sighting near Alpine

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September 1993

Giles County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

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March 1997

Gadsden County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by hunter near FL / GA border

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December 1994

Ottawa County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Two cars stop to let pair of BF cross the road

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November 2002