Chemung County New York (Class B) BFRO

A bicyclist's daylight, partial sighting of a large animal with a rancid smell

I was bike riding at roughly 10:30 AM on Saturday, September 30th. While riding on Marsh Road from Route 223 toward Chemung, I suddenly smelt a very rancid, decaying type of smell. I thought what I sm...

September 2000

Chemung County New York (Class A) BFRO

Witnesses observe creature darting across road

Driving westbound my brother and I were doing approximately 60 miles per hour on Rte. 224. Three fire trucks from the Odessa-Montour fire dept. were coming in the opposite direction with lights and si...

September 1999

Chemung County New York (Class B) BFRO

Possible scream/howl heard near residence in Van Etten

It was during 1997, late summer or early fall and my mother and I were visiting my Grandmother upstate. It was about 10pm and we were sitting outside on the back deck looking at the stars and listenin...

January 1997

Chemung County New York (Class B) BFRO

Unseen large animal stalks jogger at night along trail near Elmira

This incident occurred in late February of 1989 at approx. 10pm. The conditions that night were very clear and cold, with a fairly decent amount of moonlight. As I recall there was about 4 inches of o...

February 1989