Randolph County, West Virginia

Near Mabie

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Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

July 2003

Before I say anything more I would like to say that at the time I never considered that Sasquatch were real. I considered it all to be a hoax. I am a student studying wildlife biology. The following happen in West Virgina, Pocahontas County, near the Monongahela National Forest. MeadWestVaco owns and operates 3413 hectares in the Allegheny Mountain range for logging and ecological reseach. It is gated and not open to the public see website. I was participating in a study project studying the distribution and breeding success of songbirds in forest cutting sites. The study was headed by West Virgina University. My job was to search for bird nest of particular species and track their progress from egg to fledge. I was familiar with every kind of bird in the area by call, as it was one of my job requirements and hobbies. I was just coming down from the top of this ridge in a clear cut area with many downed trees, slash and new growth only about waist high. I heard the ...

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Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard from the Bear Heaven Campground east of Elkins

I heard the whooping and it was very close. Maybe 20 yards at most. It was around 3 AM. There was another off a long way that answered....

August 2013

Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Possible nighttime encounter while raccoon hunting outside Valley Head

A friend and I were out training my red-tick coon hound on Saturday Aug. 2, 2008. We drove up a familiar dirt road. We drove to the end and were on our way back when the dog had struck out of the back...

August 2008

Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard by backpackers in Otter Creek Wilderness

I'll be brief since this was only an audio. We were backpacking in the Otter Creek Wilderness near Elkins WV. It was the first week of Jan. '07. It was unseasonably warm. We were out for about 4 da...

January 2007

Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Family hears possible vocals on summer nights at their home near Dolly Sods Wilderness Area

I used to work as a bartender in Canaan Valley WV and lived at the base of Dolly Sods Wilderness Area. On a mid-summer night around probably 3am, I had driven home, which was about a half hour drive. ...

July 2000

British Columbia Canada (Class A) BFRO

Old newspaper article (Lincoln Nebraska Journal and Star) near Chehalis Indian Reservation

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July 1934

British Columbia Canada (Class A) BFRO

Old newspaper article (Lima, Ohio) about encounters near Harrison Mills

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March 1934

Hillsborough County Florida (Class A) BFE

A Florida Fisherman Took This Photograph of a Skunk Ape

Is this the elusive Skunk Ape? A retired 66-year-old retired electrician named John Rodriguez claims it is. He sent this high-def photograph to The Huffington Post: According to Rodriguez, the phot...

December 2014

Henderson County Illinois (Class A) BFE

Pregnant woman watched from across field by a Bigfoot

My friend and I were arrowhead hunting one summer day very remote field I looked up and saw big foot standing on the other side of the field watching me not moving just looking at me it was about was ...

June 1994