Butler County, Pennsylvania

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Butler County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

1977

At approximately midnight I was traveling home from my parents, I got about 3 or 4 tenths of a mile, going slowly up a steep grade, I saw something out of the corner of my eye, assuming it was a deer about to cross the road in front of me I stopped. Well it wasn't a deer, when I first looked at it I thought maybe it was a bear walking upright, but when "it" got directly in front of my headlights I couldn't believe my eyes! It was NOT a bear! It walked ever so slowly across the road like the car wasn't even there, did not even look my direction. I was so scared, (my little girl was sleeping in the back seat) I thought I should just step on the gas and try to hit it, all kinds of ideas were racing through my head, but I decided not to try to run over it cause I thought if I just hurt it and make it mad it might hurt me and my daughter. I'm sure it was probably only a minute but it seemed like a lifetime until it crossed the road and was gone. It made no sound. It res...

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Butler County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

Campers have close encounter with large, hairy creature

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February 1993

Butler County Pennsylvania (Class B) BFRO

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May 2015

Butler County Pennsylvania (Class B) BFRO

Knocks and responses heard near Muskrat Cove campground, Moraine State Park

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August 2016

Clearfield County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

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August 1975

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Grundy County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

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June 1979

Walker County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

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January 1990

Limestone County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

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January 2001

Hamilton County Tennessee (Class A) BFRO

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September 2011

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March 2000

Magoffin County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls early morning sighting while squirrel hunting near Salyersville

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