Cook County, Illinois

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Cook County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

August 2014

Chimpanzee noises at work. Went outside, seen in hedge apple tree. Tan reddish hue, wedge shaped head from behind. Went away after I yelled, still heard noises.

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Cook County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Motorist has possible nighttime sighting in the Forest Preserves outside Chicago

I was driving home from my shift at UPS at about 4 a.m. last night. Traveling east on 95th street, most likely before Lagrange road, but I am not certain of which main cross street I was near, because...

July 2014

Cook County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Man recalls possibly seeing a bigfoot playing peek-a-boo in headlights while parked west of Midlothian

The following on-site interview was conducted by Stan Courtney. The first name of the witness has been changed. Stan - Jim, can you explain what happened? Jim - When I was about 16 years old, m...

July 1974

Cook County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Possible footprint and handprint found in Plum Creek Play Meadow - Forest Preserve

I have pictures of a foot print and a hand print that I took in the forest preserve that is on the east side of my town. The foot print in my opinion based on the size of my husband's shoe size would ...

July 2008

Cook County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Motorists have nighttime sighting north of Matteson

My wife, daughter and I saw a very large dark figure cross the road no more than 50 feet in front of us. This thing cleared the road in not even two steps. The arm on this thing was long and extremely...

December 2012

Siskiyou County California (Class A) BFRO

Neighboring Dogs Bark When Loud Vocalizations Heard

It was a loud piercing sound, that lasted approximately 22 minutes. These sounds were at 5 to 6 second intervals which lasted about 4 to 5 seconds each. At first there was one distinct sound, (screami...

August 1998

Snohomish County Washington (Class A) BFRO

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

From about fifty yards away I spotted a hairy man-like creature standing in a field next to the road. It was very large and standing upright, it was about 6 ft. to 7 ft. tall, it had broad shoulders a...

July 1988

Houston County Texas (Class A) BFRO

While looking into the woods witness saw creature watching them

This parcel of land was where all of us kids would play at. No adults ever came out so we were free to do what we wanted. One day my cousin and I went out to this pond that was in the middle of this l...

January 1980

Pierce County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Civil War Reenactor sees bigfoot cross railroad tracks

A Bigfoot-like creature was seen at a distance of 20 feet at midnight. Creature stepped out in front of person who was walking along some railroad tracks then the creature crossed the tracks and disap...

June 1991

Washington County Minnesota (Class A) BFRO

While bowhunting, man saw creature walking

I was bowhunting and just sitting in my stand looking around and it walked about 75 yards away. It was a long time ago and I did not know about Bigfoot at that time and told my partner I had seen a sw...

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.

At Dusk, 4 people and myself witness a comotion in woods nearby. Sounds as if something large is approaching. As it gets closer we see a large humanoid form and flee. This thing is big, upright, and d...

January 1996

Marion County Florida (Class A) BFRO

a daylight sighting by a family on a camping trip

My family and I were hiking on a nature walk in the forest. When we walked across a small bridge over a stream. We stopped to rest and i allowed my two sons to go explore. A few minutes later they ret...

July 1997