Bennington County, Vermont

Near Manchester

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Bennington County Vermont (Class B) BFRO

August 2005

I am a Civil War re-enactor and I was participating in an event on the grounds of Hildene Mansion, which is Robert Todd Lincoln's home near Manchester, Vermont. We were camped on the front lawn of the mansion, which is bordered on two sides by woods. The whole area is somewhat off the beaten path, the house is probably a half mile from the main road. In the middle of Friday night, I would guess around 1-2 a.m., I woke up and was walking to the building beside the main house to use the rest room, and as I left my tent and was walking toward the restroom I heard footsteps walking near me in the woods. They seemed to follow me as I went to the rest room and as I walked back from the rest room they walked back with me to my tent. The whole time walking back I had an uneasy feeling like I was being watched. The next night, Saturday, I was sitting around the campfire around 11:00 pm talking and we heard footsteps coming from the woods which we were right next to, but the noises were co...

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Chittenden County Vermont (Class A) BFRO

Stranded motorists observe white creature near Colchester

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Lamoille County Vermont (Class B) BFRO

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January 1996

Lamoille County Vermont (Class B) BFRO

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Rutland County Vermont (Class B) BFRO

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Hamilton County Tennessee (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime road crossing seen by a couple near Sale Creek

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Clark County Wisconsin (Class A) BFRO

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March 2000

Magoffin County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

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January 1972

Hocking County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by woman visiting an old rural cemetery, near Logan

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July 1998

Humboldt County California (Class A) BFRO

Three children have daytime sighting near Eureka

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January 1958

Washington County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Man spots Bigfoot in field

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March 1969

Bucks County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

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October 2007

Skagit County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Three hikers see something cross their path

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