Collier County, Florida

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Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO

March 2001

In march of 2001 There was about 5-7 guys on a camping& fishing trip in the everglades national park.We were camping at a romote campsite in the park called the "Watson Place" on the chatham river. The campsite is about 3-4 miles up river from the mouth that meets the gulf. The campsite is on an old shell mound that the indians used to call" Bad Land".The site is only accessed by boat and it takes about an hour to get to the site from the nearest ramp in chokoloskee. The national park butts up to Big Cypress Preserve. The weather was dry & cool. One of the nights five of the guys decided to do some night fishing in the backbays of the everglades,They left the camp and you could hear their motors running for miles back in the bays. They had been gone since about 2- hours when the other person at the camp turned in for the night. I was fishing off the bank relaxing & waiting for the guys to get back.It had been about an hour since the other person turned in.It was around 11:30 at night w...

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Collier County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting of a man-like ape while target shooting in the Big Cypress National Preserve

I was out in the everglades target shooting when I heard something making a lot of noise behind me while I was reloading. When I turned around I say a bipedal ape-like thing looking from behind a tree...

November 2012

Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Possible incidents at Bear Island Campground in Big Cypress National Preserve

Sunday, March 11, 2012 shortly past midnight. We were camping in a primitive campsite at Bear Island, Big Cypress Preserve in Collier County Florida. This campsite is off of ORV trails, meaning only o...

March 2012

Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Frightening encounter experienced on family property outside Naples

About this time 2 years ago, two of my friends and I were staying in my dads old trailer right off James Road, Naples Fl. It was around 9:30 p.m., when we started hearing what sounded like wolf howls...

April 2010

Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Man describes possible encounters off Route 41 near Ochopee

I have a sighting and other occurences to report. Its been about 3 years now since my friend Dan and I saw it. We were walking along a dirt/road trail along the focka canal system to find a good bass ...

August 2009

Tuscarawas County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

A family's encounters with a reddish brown beast outside of Newcomerstown, Ohio

There was several incidents that occurred at my grandparents outside of Newcomerstown, Ohio in Tuscarawas County. The first one was when my aunt was outside by the field and heard a very high pitched ...

January 2001

Cowlitz County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Driver and Passenger Have Nighttime Road Sighting Near Mt. St. Helens

I was near Toutle driving home around midnight. A creature on its hands and knees, furry and brown, was in the middle of the road. This creature was about the size of a 10 year old child and resembled...

June 2014

Park County Wyoming (Class A) BFRO

Sighting near Yellowstone Park entrance by two witnesses cutting wood

I was cutting firewood in a designated timber cut area with my brother approximately half way between Cody and Yellowstone. We were south of the highway, very near the north bank of the North Fork (an...

November 1997

Northampton County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

Deer hunter has a dusk sighting near Wind Gap

I went into my woods, I was sitting at my deer spot and after sitting for about an hour a few deer ran through the woods. They acted as if something was pushing them. A few seconds later, a Sasquatch ...

November 2017

Cedar County Missouri (Class A) BFRO

Two young men almost run into a large nighttime visitor north of Stockton Lake

The incident all started at our house in Cedar Springs, MO. we were burning trash in our trash barrel and playing our harmonicas. we then decided to race around the poll barn about 100 yards away. we ...

November 2005

Lawrence County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Bother and sister are followed by a brown, hairy creature walking on two legs

I was at home when my brother called to say that he had run out gas and needed me to walk the gas can down to his location which was about 3 blocks away. Upon arriving at the location, he was looking ...

August 1980

Berrien County Georgia (Class A) BFRO

Man observes a large, hair-covered biped outside his garage south of Nashville

This past wednesday night I was watching TV in my game room above the garage. It was around twelve or twelve thirty when it sounded like something hit one of the garage doors. I waited about five seco...

July 2008

Dade County Georgia (Class A) BFRO

Couple's near-miss road-crossing sighting 10 miles south of Trenton

My wife and I live in rising fawn just off of highway 11 on cave springs rd. We were coming home from visiting family in alabama in February 2020. We were traveling north on highway 11 just after cros...

February 2020