Barbour County, West Virginia

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Barbour County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

September 2005

I am a carpenter, self-employed; at times my job will be many miles away from my home. When I take one of these it fits my life style perfectly because I enjoy camping, so there is a perfectly good reason to be in my favorite place the great outdoors. This summer while at my tent home there was many times this strange sound could be heard. It was not like any I had heard before. The sound would awaken me, always after midnight. My camp sight was in a low part of a meadow. When I was awakened by the moans, I noticed the sound was one following the next ( moannnnnnn -- 1234-- moannnnnnn --- 1234 --- moannnnnnnn. The long hours I worked kept me from looking for any tracks, the weather had been very dry this summer. The camp was hidden under four trees in which had low hanging branches. Near by perhaps three hundred yards was a large forest. One day I went down a near by road which took me to the Tygart Valley River, nearly two miles away from camp. This was new to me. The fore...

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Barbour County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime sighting by motorist along US-250 outside Belington

I was alone, driving after dark from Belington, WV on US 250 North (two lane highway) toward Philippi, WV. About a mile out of town, I had just passed a small group of houses on the right. The highway...

March 2006

Portage County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Ongoing Encounters with "Fang" on old family land

I myself have had many different occasions with the creature I have dubbed "Fang". I have come to understand through self experiences that there is more than one creature in our area. I go hiking quit...

October 2003

Cherokee County Georgia (Class A) BFRO

Couple witness creature crossing road north of Atlanta

My girlfriend and I was returning home in the early morning hours, around 3am, on the date of June 28th 2009. I play lead guitar in a well known band in the Atlanta area. For this, it's late when I do...

June 2009

McLean County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

Motorcyclist has up-close sighting near Beech Grove

This occurred in July 2006. I was on my way to work, it was approx, 4:30 AM in the morning. I was riding my motorcycle. I have a extra bright headlight on my motorcycle and I approached an area with a...

July 2006

Shasta County California (Class A) BFRO

Motorist daylight sighting between Redding and Lassen National Forest

This happened on my way to work last summer a few days after the Delta Fire broke out and the Carr Fire was about to connect with Delta Fire. I was driving up to work from Redding. I worked at a sc...

September 2018

Natchitoches Parish Louisiana (Class A) BFRO

Late afternoon sighting by motorists, off I-49 20 miles south of Natchitoches

well i was driving on I49 between alexandria and shreveport near natchitoches this was in the early 1990's and was comming back from my grandmothers house it was late in the evening about 2 hours befo...

March 1993

Archuleta County Colorado (Class A) BFRO

Large creature crosses road in 1 1/2 strides

It was Friday, January 25, 2001. At first I was not even going to go down to the area were I and a friend saw a bigfoot. I was going to finish watching the Pagosa Basketball team play and go home. But...

January 2001

Brown County Indiana (Class A) BFRO

Evening encounter by backpacker in Hoosier National Forest

While backpacking near the horse trails and access point in the county below Brown County I experienced a confrontation with a bipedal primate. It was early March of 1998 and I was alone. Around seven...

March 1998

Defiance County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Man in boat spotting deer witnesses a three to four foot tall biped walking on a log followed by a scream

I live in Defiance, Ohio along the Auglaize River. I was going upriver in my rowboat (with a motor) while the river was flooded. I like to go out to see if I can spot deer. I got a mile or so upriver ...

May 1998