Hood River County, Oregon

Near Parkdale

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Hood River County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

August 1982

Four of us guys decided to hike up the mountain for an adventure sort of speak and get to the top of the mountain and set up camp for a night. We loaded our essentials on our backs and took off walking. We started out at the State dept. shed just south of the community of Mt. Hood and walked east up the mountain. It was about 12 midnight when we started out I was raised in the area and spent most of my time as I was growing up in the hills and knew them like the back of my hand and we thought it would be fun to travel at night, just to be different. About two hours later we arrived two thirds of the way up the mountain side, I would say that we were about 500 feet below the summit and stoped to rest for a bit before makeing the top. It was 2:20 am if I remember right. As we were sitting there talking all of a sudden a very loud and piercing scream came from the ridge above us, two long sustained screams followed by a very powerfull growl needless to say we were scared to death and litt...

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Hood River County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Hikers hear possible vocalizations near Cascade Locks along the Columbia River

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April 2001

Hood River County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

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September 2002

Hood River County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

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September 2001

Hood River County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

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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.)

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March 2000

Magoffin County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

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January 1972

Hocking County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by woman visiting an old rural cemetery, near Logan

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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

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Bucks County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

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October 2007

Skagit County Washington (Class A) BFRO

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Kanawha County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

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