McDowell County, West Virginia

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McDowell County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

July 2009

I live in a very rural area of McDowell Co. West Virginia. It is not unusual to see bear, coyote, deer, etc. on a weekly basis around my home. I am an avid hunter/outdoorsman, and I have seen and heard (up to this incident) everything the woods of West Virginia have to offer. On July 23, 2009 I was setting on my front porch area of my residence (I had built a fire) at approx. 11:30p.m when I heard a loud "scream" from 150-200 yards away. My dogs immediately began barking in the direction of the noise. I assumed it was a mountain lion. I listened intently for a few more minutes but I heard nothing else. After about fifteen/twenty minutes, I heard something walking through the wood line directly across the road from my house. The crashing brush led me to believe that it was a large animal, possibly a bear. At exactly 12:15 a.m (fifteen minutes after midnight) I heard a loud roar or moan come from across the road from my house, approximately 300 yards from my house. The animal the...

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McDowell County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Many tracks found and terrible screams heard

A unidentifiable creature meeting the description of bigfoot has been seen in Capels, West Virginia by several different sources. Many unidentifiable tracks can be found . Terrible screams have also b...

August 1998

McDowell County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Woman remembers daylight sighting while walking in the Slate Creek area

The year was 1969, it was a very dry August, my sister and I were going to the store she chose to walk by way of the dirt road I chose to walk down the path from my grandparents home up on the side of...

August 1969

McDowell County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Bow hunters observe a bigfoot in daylight near Bradshaw

My friend Corey and I decided to go bow hunting one day is the fall of October of 2009 in the mountains behind our houses. We came to a big brush pile which we couldn't be seen from the direction were...

October 2009

Ontario Canada (Class A) BFRO

Couple have a strange feeling of being watched.

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July 1996

El Dorado County California (Class A) BFRO

Man has sighting after massive landslide on Highway 50

I think the year was 83 or 84. That year there was a huge mudslide on the south (River) side of Highway 50. I remember because we had to turn around, go back up around Tahoe, and take Highway 80 back ...

January 1983

Jefferson County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Evening sighting by ice fisherman near Friendship Lake

Two large white hairy creatures. The creatures where larger than man, both in build and height. The creatures were carrying a item which appeared to be the size of a pickup truck's bed. They were carr...

January 1988

Caddo County Oklahoma (Class A) BFRO

Creature observed running across the road.

We were driving north about a mile or two from my moms house in the back roads of Stecker , driving about 40 miles an hour (we were taking my sister back home who lives about 8 miles away)when all of ...

March 1992

Snohomish County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Large footprint find, large creature witnessed by a school bus driver

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January 1958

Pickens County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

Witnesses spot a tall, brown object moving on a hill, also reported are moans and a sighting where red eyes are described

First, my friend Mike and I, along with two girls, were at the city park and heard it from bellow from the hill behind us. Three days later we went back again and this time I saw it. I thought it was ...

November 1980

Lake County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Large tracks found investigated by Federal authorities

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July 1980

Latah County Idaho (Class A) BFRO

Dark colored biped crosses highway 6 in front of vehicle

We saw a large dark image by the road and thought it was maybe part of a moose. My husband slowed the car down and then here came this large tall, dark green and black figure across the road. He was a...

April 2003