Henderson County, North Carolina

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Henderson County North Carolina (Class A) BFRO

April 1983

We were driving back to Wisconsin after Spring Break in Daytona Beach, mid-April 1983. We had dropped off a friend, who was in the Navy, in Charleston. We were driving through North Carolina on a route past Asheville. I think we were on the 26 near Hendersonville. I had been driving for about 5 hrs, and was in the hills definitely. It was about 2-3am, and it happened very fast. A small (4-5') brown shaggy creature with a very pointed head crossed in front of the car. It's arms were swinging. I was moving fast and it was close. I hit the brakes hard, locking them up and putting the car into a skid. I just missed the thing. This jarred my two friends awake who were, of course, sleeping! I told them that I had "just seen a Jawa walk in front of the car." I guess my brain just couldn't reconcile what it was seeing, so "Jawa" popped in. I thought it was wearing a brown robe with a hood. I chalked it up to "seeing things" and kept driving. But the more I go over my reaction, the more I feel ...

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Henderson County North Carolina (Class A) BFRO

Late night sighting by boy walking near Mills River

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July 2009

Henderson County North Carolina (Class B) BFRO

Tracks found before Christmas, near Hendersonville

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December 2000

Union County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

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November 2015

Pike County Missouri (Class A) BFRO

A man gathering firewood for his campsite with his ATV encounters a large ape-like animal in a creek bed

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January 1991

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

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Park County Colorado (Class A) BFRO

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April 1972

Humboldt County California (Class A) BFRO

Creature observed scratching.

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August 1999

Lauderdale County Tennessee (Class A) BFRO

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

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May 1992

Henderson County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Motorist has twilight sighting south of Oquawka

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May 2012

Sussex County New Jersey (Class A) BFRO

Daylight Sighting, 2 witnesses

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