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Hocking County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

October 1980

First encounter: Ron,his Father, son and family friend were hunting. Ron bowhunting for deer. Father and friend squirrel hunting with shotguns.Ron's brother was to go but could not make it so Ron took Son Scott with him. Ron set off down gasline towards SR 56 ( we had parked on a gravel rd that intersected the gasline). We were to meet at lunch. Scott went with Grandfather and family friend (family friend is Bob). About 1/2 mile in they passed an old deserted cabin. After passing it Scott smelled something putrid, like rotting meat and asked Bob what that smell was. Bob shrugged and said "rotting vegetation". Bob and Scott walked many ridges and hollows then re-entered the same gasline. At this point Scott saw a bare footprint approx 11-12 inches long. He pointed it out to Bob saying "someone has been running around barefoot" Bob just looked at it and said "yep". Nothing Scott was seeing or smelling was registering until later. Scott had smelled the same smell several times during the ...

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Hocking County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

A bigfoot caught staring at a lady with her puppies in Hocking Hills

On august 29th I was outside close to dusk with my litter of puppies going potty. I heard the whistle I do to call the adult dogs a bob white whistle. Thinking it was my parrot in the house I did a fe...

August 2011

Hocking County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by woman visiting an old rural cemetery, near Logan

We went out to an area off of State Route 93 looking for an old Cemetery. One of my hobbies is Cemetery head stones. We turned left onto Bear Run Road, then turned left onto a dead end dirt Road. Then...

July 1998

Hocking County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Family has encounters with a large, hair covered creature just on the edge of Wayne National Forest

In 1979, my family and I lived on a farm in Haydenville, Ohio just outside of Logan, Ohio. My dad had just painted our front porch so we had to go out the back door to feed our dog named Wolf (he was ...

May 1979

Hocking County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Possible track found and cast off a trail near Hocking River

My husband and I were walking a trail at Rockbridge State Nature Preserve. We stepped aside to let some fellow hikers walk through and I happened to notice on the other side of the trail (off the trai...

August 2017

Lincoln County Wisconsin (Class A) BFRO

While crossing a railroad track, witness sees creature covered in dark brown hair

I was 12 years old. I lived in a small town in Wisconsin named Merrill. It was about dusk and I was coming home from the neighbors. I had to cross the Railroad tracks to get to my house. When I got to...

January 1979

Lycoming County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

Hikers catch glimpse of Bigfoot from 30 yards away

A companion and I were out hiking through an old area of creek commonly referred to as the "beaver dam". We were just coming around a bend in the creek when we saw something move behind a fallen pine ...

August 1997

Whatcom County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Three brownish figures seen moving on nearby foothill

My first husband and I were visiting a friends of his who lived on the west side of Mt. Baker, near Bellingham, Washington. At about 3:00 pm all three of us were talking on the front porch when Vic (t...

August 1977

Panola County Mississippi (Class A) BFRO

creature leaned on the hood of a car.

Panola,Co. near the town of Batesville,Miss.A big foot was spotted on a country road on Oct. 16th about 12:30 A.M.1997. Approximately a week later foot prints were found near Tupelo, Miss. and reporte...

October 1997

Johnson County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

Young man sees BF run across a clearing, friend sees part of it

I was at Flat Gap with my friend Clay in September 1999. We were throwing rocks to his dog Bonnie when she stopped chasing them and her ears rose. Mine and Clay's hearts started pounding. I looked dow...

September 1999

Howard County Maryland (Class A) BFRO

Large human-like footprints found on a path.

We lived in a ranch-style house on an acre of land which backed up to several hundred acres of farm land and forest. My father and grandfather had built a picnic table out of an old electric cable spo...

January 1977

Adams County Idaho (Class A) BFRO

nighttime road crossing sighting

My friend was driving my Lincoln continental while I was sleeping. It was very late. About 1:30 AM. He screamed and slamed on the brakes and said is a very loud and surprised voice. Did you see t...

June 1982

Del Norte County California (Class A) BFRO

While sitting around a campfire witnesses saw a set of red glowing eyes

About three hours after eating dinner I was sitting around a campfire with 3 friends and my husband.We were just sitting around the campfire and talking when we heard a loud crashing and rustling in t...

May 1979