Morgan County, Indiana

Near Martinsville

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Morgan County Indiana (Class B) BFRO

July 2011

I went fishing in Morgan Monroe State Forest with my two sons and our beagle. About mid day we heard something BIG in the woods near where we were fishing, way bigger than a deer running through the woods, in fact it was like a large crashing sound and about 30 seconds later there came the sound of a tree breaking. I suppose it's quite possible that an old rotten tree was in the process of falling down, and it didn't really scare us although it was odd. What happened for the next few hours was however beyond odd, it was downright spooky. For those who aren't familiar with Prather Lake, it's in a very remote part of Morgan Monroe and it's quite a hike to reach the lake when the access road is closed. When you get there you know that it is rarely visited, maybe due to the extremely rugged terrain or the long walk that it takes to get back there even when the road is open it's still quite a hike down a long downhill trail to reach the lake. Back to my experience, after hearing the noi...

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Morgan County Indiana (Class B) BFRO

Possible nighttime encounter by a couple camping near Martinsville

Our encounter was May 4th 2012 in the Indiana state forestry. My wife and I were camped out in a campground with the area to ourselves. All night while cooking and eating and sitting by the fire we ke...

May 2012

Morgan County Indiana (Class B) BFRO

Three teens in tree platform attract something using coyote call

I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF 1982. THERE WAS A KID IN MY ACCOUNTING CLASS THAT WAS A JUNIOR. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT ON THE SUBJECT, BUT HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT A BLACK BEAR THAT WAS ...

September 1982

Del Norte County California (Class A) BFRO

While looking out of her livingroom window when she was a child she saw a dark brown creature walk between two trees

This is my story; not very many people believe this. When I was about 5 yrs old we lived in Hiouchi, Ca (1983). One day in the fall, I was staring out my living room window (it faced the woods), an...

January 1983

Park County Colorado (Class A) BFRO

Hikers observe animal crouched next to a pond in the Lost Creek Wilderness Area.

Creature was near a pond, initially bent over he caught sight of us after about 45 seconds of us observing him from about a 45 degree angle looking down and back about 100-150 feet. At first we though...

April 1972

Humboldt County California (Class A) BFRO

Creature observed scratching.

We were about a 1/4 mile up the trail from the river. We were walking relatively quiet and slow along the path when we stopped on the path for a moment for my son to tie his shoe. As I waited, I su...

August 1999

Lauderdale County Tennessee (Class A) BFRO

Motorists view 7' bi-pedal creature cross Hwy 88W in Hailspoint Bottoms, near Halls.

My husband, my brother-in-law, and I were riding down towards the Miss. river about 8:30 p.m. that night. We were in a car, my husband was driving and I was sitting in the middle, my brother-in-law si...

May 1992

Henderson County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Motorist has twilight sighting south of Oquawka

I seen a big harry figure standing in the shallow creek. I was in my truck as I approached this creature. I shut my truck off and watched this thing. I then heard a loud deep roar from the other side ...

May 2012

Sussex County New Jersey (Class A) BFRO

Daylight Sighting, 2 witnesses

My friend and I were about 11 years old. We have found some old playboy books and were sitting on a big rock in the woods looking at them, when we heard a small dead tree fall over. We look up and ...

July 1978

La Salle County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Motorist has daylight sighting near Marseilles

I was driving down Dupont road which y's off at Seneca bridge to go under towards Marseilles and just before turning right onto Main street I seen something??? all I know is I said "what the hell is t...

August 2015

Snohomish County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Footprint found, scream heard in family corn field

At 10PM, sounds were heard from large animal in back yard in a corn garden. Next day a large 16-17" footprint was found. Several ears of corn were missing from the top of some of the 9' tall corn plan...

September 2000