Ontario, Canada

Near Ely, MN

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Ontario Canada (Class B) BFRO

July 2009

I have been a BSA scoutmaster for 10 years and one of my favorite things to do on our campouts around the campfire at night is read Bigfoot sighting reports to the boys from the BFRO website. Nothing makes them more quiet and compliant once going to bed than thinking that the big guy could be lurking around in the dark just beyond the campfire in the woods. The fact that I can make a very convincing bear-growl adds to the fun as well. I have done this around the campfire for years and it has always been great fun. Plus, many of the well-documented sightings make for great entertainment and it beats the heck out of telling ghost stories around the fire. I always secretly hoped I would have my own encounter someday and just a couple of weeks ago, I finally did. From July 10 to July 18, 2009, I took my boys on a camping/canoeing trip to the Quetico Provincial Park wilderness area in Ontario Canada, just north of Ely, Minnesota. Quetico Park is a limited access wilderness area that requ...

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Ontario Canada (Class B) BFRO

Possible wood knock responses heard near Westport

This took place Friday, July 2nd, 2010 near Westport, Ontario. I was checking out sightings on here and came across a class A sighting near Westport. Two friends and myself decided to head there from ...

July 2010

Ontario Canada (Class B) BFRO

Unusual thud and possible whoop heard along with feeling of being watched in Algonquin Provincial Park

First backpacking campsite on Western Uplands backpacking trail, Rain Lake, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, near Kearney: I was lying in my tent about to fall asleep when the forest went ...

July 2009

Ontario Canada (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard 10 miles SE of Arden

In the not too distant past I had submitted a series of photos including footprints in the snow, twisted together trees and shredded tree bark. I just wanted to say thank you to all that have taken th...

December 2008

Ontario Canada (Class A) BFRO

Daytime sighting behind a cabin near Westport

I had just woken up and it was a lovely sunny August morning - so I pulled up the blind and looked out of window on the 2nd floor at the back of our cabin.I said to my husband "there is a man walking ...

August 2008

Baltimore County Maryland (Class A) BFRO

Large dark animal spotted wading in shallows of lake

On or about May 17th 2001, My Boyfriend and I were fishing at Liberty Watershed in Baltimore county. It was early in the morning, we arrived at 8 am. We parked at ********* road and walked down to the...

May 2001

Butler County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Couple hears vocalization late at night - son finds prints near Okeana

MY WIFE AND I WERE OUT ON OUR DECK ABOUT 12:30 A.M. ON JULY 14,2002. WE OFTEN SIT OUT ON THE DECK TILL LATE AT NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. WE ENJOY WATCHING THE WILDLIFE AND LISTENING TO ALL THE SOUNDS O...

July 2002

El Dorado County California (Class A) BFRO

Lake Tahoe sighting by a motorist

My name is (omitted), I've been keeping this secret since around 1986 and didn't know who I could tell without sounding like a nut, but it's been bothering me, and I hope you are the appropriate perso...

January 1986

Grays Harbor County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Sighting near Ocean City, Washington 2016

We were on our way back from Ocean Park or Ocean city. It was a beautiful morning. As I looked out into this field I watched a creature the size of a bear with a flat face the color of a dead trees st...

October 2016

Cherokee County Oklahoma (Class A) BFRO

August 1 1990 Oklahoma, Cherokee County, near Eldon

Various newspaper articles reporting possible bigfoot near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. First report was on August 1, 1990 at a mobile home near Eldon, Oklahoma which is east of Tahlequah at the junction of h...

August 1990

Cleveland County Arkansas (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting outside rural home in small community of Herbine, south of Rison

It was about 1:30 am on Sunday, July 29, 2001. I was up watching television. My dogs started to bark, so I went to my door to see what was going on. I turned on my porch light, and called my dogs. Whe...

July 2001

Ocean County New Jersey (Class A) BFRO

Young cyclist observes tall, dark creature in Manahawkin

Riding my bike through the woods with some friends. I had to stop to wait for them. When I heard a branch snap, No more than 40 ft away it looked right at me with large black eyes. It was about 8'-9' ...

January 1979

Fulton County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Truck driver has a daylight sighting west of Ellisville

Ok, I seen this thing, and I loved it. The hair stood up on my head. I told the girl at the scale house because it was about a mile from there. She said she would not be surprised at seeing any thing ...

January 2005