Pennington County, South Dakota

Near 7 mi South-Southwest from Rapid City, SD

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Pennington County South Dakota (Class B) BFRO

February 2008

Sorry if duplicate, I keep hitting some key that throws me out of this page. Auditory report. Returned home after Vol Fire Dept meeting and heard weird howling. Got my digital voice recorder from inside the house and obtained roughly 4.5 minutes of it on tape. Ululating howl with some echo off of nearby cliff face. I estimated the sound to originate (nearby). I am an avid outdoorsman and have lived in the Black Hills for over 40 years. This sound was odd, did not fit the pattern of any animal species I am aware of. We have Coyote, Mountain Lion, Big Horn Sheep, White Tail deer (occ. Mule deer) frequenting my home place. Bobcat, skunk, etc. Elk are within 1-2 miles. Wild animal park (Bear Country USA) is (nearby) and has Black Bear, Grizzly Bear, and Wolves to name a few. We often have sounds from there drift in and what I heard was not any of them, either. Would like someone there to listen and render an opinion on the origin of the sounds. On 20th sound was more distant, perhaps ...

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Pennington County South Dakota (Class A) BFRO

Early evening sighting by motorist on Hwy 244 near Horsethief Lake

I was driving home to Custer,SD from Keystone,SD on Highway 244 or known as the Mt. Rushmore Rd. At about 5:20 in the evening along the side of the road was a large bigfoot.I looked right at him as I ...

November 2006

Pennington County South Dakota (Class B) BFRO

Possible howls heard 4 miles north of Rochford in middle of Black Hills

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June 2019

Siskiyou County California (Class A) BFRO

Neighboring Dogs Bark When Loud Vocalizations Heard

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August 1998

Snohomish County Washington (Class A) BFRO

A hairy Man-like creature is spotted in a field, close to the road

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July 1988

Houston County Texas (Class A) BFRO

While looking into the woods witness saw creature watching them

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January 1980

Pierce County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Civil War Reenactor sees bigfoot cross railroad tracks

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June 1991

Washington County Minnesota (Class A) BFRO

While bowhunting, man saw creature walking

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September 1972

Hot Spring County Arkansas (Class A) BFRO

Nightime sighting by motorists on Hwy 7 North

A tall (7-8 feet) furry creature was observed walking (on two legs) across the highway, at the outer limits of the high beams on my car. As we passed the spot where the creature crossed the road, we s...

October 1996

Okaloosa County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by Five witnesses of a large, humanoid form.

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January 1996

Marion County Florida (Class A) BFRO

a daylight sighting by a family on a camping trip

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July 1997