Thurston County, Washington

Near Yelm

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Thurston County Washington (Class A) BFRO

July 1977

I will break these down into the three events, divided by the types of events. The first two are from hearing screams at night. The third is a brief sighting. I was at the edge of a field, about a mile down the road from my grandparents' house. I had ridden my motorcycle down to a small pond by the edge of the road, where I was looking to see if I could find any frogs or salamanders. I was walking slowly around the pond again and again. I heard a loud cracking sound coming from the treeline on the other side of the field, about 100 yards away. I turned to see, very quickly, a very large dark brown shaggy form tearing-down a branch as it turned and almost instantly disappeared into the treeline. The creature I saw was on the other side of a mound, so I could not see it's legs, but it looked to be around seven feet tall. I had a strange feeling of being watched. However, I did not have the sense of being threatened, though I did get the feeling that it wanted me to know it was there, ...

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Thurston County Washington (Class A) BFRO

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Thurston County Washington (Class B) BFRO

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February 2011

Thurston County Washington (Class B) BFRO

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April 2005

Thurston County Washington (Class A) BFRO

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April 1979

Ontario Canada (Class A) BFRO

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July 1997

New Brunswick Canada (Class A) BFRO

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January 1983

Marion County Missouri (Class A) BFRO

Witness saw man-like creature in a corn field.

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June 1997

Greene County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

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June 2002

Hot Spring County Arkansas (Class A) BFRO

From top of hill, hunter observes bipedal creature following a fence row

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October 1998

Siskiyou County California (Class A) BFRO

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August 1998

Snohomish County Washington (Class A) BFRO

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Houston County Texas (Class A) BFRO

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