Portage County, Ohio

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Portage County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

1986 until a few years ago.

I have just read "A.D.'s" April 1997 report about a loud animal-like noise in the wooded area behind an apartment complex on the East side of Kent. I have lived in this same apartment complex for nearly twenty years and have often heard this incredibly loud howling sound. I agree with A.D. that the sound is difficult to describe. It is a very loud, somewhat high-pitched sound that originally suggested an animal in pain. I have recently taken up an interest in Bigfoot, and after some books on the subject began to wonder whether the sound I heard was perhaps one of the creatures. Then this morning I ran across A.D.'s report and thought, "Ah-ha! So I am not the only person who has wondered about these cries." After giving thought to the possibility that the cry is that of Bigfoot, it crossed my mind that rather than a cry of physical pain it might be instead a cry of emotional pain, the cry of a lonely being hoping to hear an answering cry. I have only heard the cry at night, and not as I...

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Portage County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Possible nightime encounter while fishing at Mogadore Reservoir

Going fishing last year at Mogadore Reservoir off Ranfield rd. Late night around 1am in the morning we had caught a couple of catfish. A 7lb and a 15lb. My truck was parked roughly 20ft behind us. Thr...

August 2011

Portage County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard while training hunting dogs near Atwater

December coon hunt on Fewtown Road on the dog training grounds me and 3 buddys lost our dogs. The Garmin GPS wasn't working so we couldnt track them, we waited for one of them to strike and heard our ...

December 2010

Portage County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Possible night time encounter while fishing near Atwater

It was July 17,2009 an evening i'll never forget.me and my older brother Michael were enjoying a night of fishing at a spot we frequented on many other occasions.the location was just west of the DAM ...

June 2009

Portage County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Possible ongoing activity reported by a family living close to the Ravenna Arsenal

We have lived in Freedom Township, Portage County Ohio, since 2000. In a wooded area right across from a creek. We have heard in the spring time of the year a sound like a whoop...it was always at ...

January 2012

Cattaraugus County New York (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by turkey hunter near Napoli

I saw one in Napoli, NY, by Sawmill Run Rd. It was October 2000. My dad and I were hunting turkey on state land we were walking slow and quietly stopping and looking around. We were about 20 yards apa...

October 2000

Madison County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

Hiker has detailed sighting on Bear Mountain.

It was in July'93. I was hiking up on Bear Mt. near my families home in Eastern Ky. I had my pair of binoculars I had just bought and wanted to try them out on a high view. As I rounded the cliff, I w...

July 1993

Powell County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

Pedestrian has nighttime sighting along the Red River

Hello my name is **** and I have a story. I was walking home and I think I saw bigfoot. It was about 2:30 when I was walking down the road in Powell co.I had stop to rest,I heard a big splash in the r...

April 2004

Clearfield County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

Bicyclist observes upright, hairy creature use branches to help itself climb embankment

I lived on the very top of the mountain. I rode my bike down the dirt road from our house up the next hill, turned my bike around and would pedal down the main road and then coast up the next. As ...

August 1975

San Luis Obispo County California (Class A) BFRO

Motorists encounter unusual creature on Highway 46 near Paso Robles, CA

During the summer of 1974 my sister in law I am were on our way from Lompoc, California to see our respective grandmothers. My sister in law's grandmother lived in Buttonwillow which is in Kern County...

January 1974

Grundy County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Two teenagers have sighting east of Seneca

I have told my story to very few people for the fact that all they do is laugh. I saw a bigfoot in the summer of 1979 just east of Seneca. I lived there for about 15 years just north of the river brid...

June 1979

Walker County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

Hunters observe creature walking in the woods

Back in 1990 i was having predation problems on some property i was leasing. something was killing and eating my chickens i was raising. so me and my friend bj decided to doa little varmit hunting. we...

January 1990

Limestone County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

Man on his way to work sees sasquatch crossing road in his headlights

The subject that my brother saw was between 8-9 ft tall. It had brown hair covering its body, appeared to have no neck, very long arms, took long strides. It was started to cross a road when he came u...

January 2001