Portage County, Ohio

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Portage County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

February 1994

winter 1994 jay lake area west branch state park a friend and i were fishing a pond. the pond was mostly frozen over except for a spot in the middle which we were casting bait into. i dont know how long we were fishing but across the pond a figure stood up from the shoreline area and walked up a steep hill when it got to the top it turned back to look at us, the figure was large covered with hair and walked on two legs, it was winter the pond was frozen and the figure wore no clothes so theres noway it was a human we were arround 15 yrs old so we took off since we were scarred by this encouter. we viewd the figure for maybe 1 or 2 minutes

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Portage County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Possible nightime encounter while fishing at Mogadore Reservoir

Going fishing last year at Mogadore Reservoir off Ranfield rd. Late night around 1am in the morning we had caught a couple of catfish. A 7lb and a 15lb. My truck was parked roughly 20ft behind us. Thr...

August 2011

Portage County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard while training hunting dogs near Atwater

December coon hunt on Fewtown Road on the dog training grounds me and 3 buddys lost our dogs. The Garmin GPS wasn't working so we couldnt track them, we waited for one of them to strike and heard our ...

December 2010

Portage County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Possible night time encounter while fishing near Atwater

It was July 17,2009 an evening i'll never forget.me and my older brother Michael were enjoying a night of fishing at a spot we frequented on many other occasions.the location was just west of the DAM ...

June 2009

Portage County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Possible ongoing activity reported by a family living close to the Ravenna Arsenal

We have lived in Freedom Township, Portage County Ohio, since 2000. In a wooded area right across from a creek. We have heard in the spring time of the year a sound like a whoop...it was always at ...

January 2012

Hardin County Kentucky (Class A) BFE

Veteran recalls sighting while in service and again several years later while visiting a moonshine still

In the service Fort Knox we were Bivwackung near the KT,OH boarder on guard duty someone was messing with the food stuffs myself shined a light thought is was a bear outline was I thought a soldier ...

January 1976

Yakima County Washington (Class A) BFE

Photographer has encounter near old cemetery at Grand Lake RV

I'm from Yakima, Washington originally, and I call these being Big Foot or Sasquatch. Ran into something which I believe was a Sasquatch about 15 to 20 feet in front of me while jogging in the drive...

August 2010

Montmorency County Michigan (Class A) BFE

Creature stares down young deer hunter near Lewiston, Michigan

I was 17 years old and bow hunting and had placed apples and Doe estruses [scent] near a stump and went back to sit 60-100 ft cant remember for sure anyway I do remember sitting up hill being heavil...

October 1985

Walker County Texas (Class A) BFE

Deer hunter observes bipedal creature crossing over pipeline near Huntsville, Texas

Me & my dad were deer hunting , myself & a few buddy's built a little camp house out of scrap materials from construction sites where we worked. Dad & I hunted for 2 days , realized we're weren't gonn...

November 1984