Randolph County, West Virginia

Near Mabie

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Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

July 2003

Before I say anything more I would like to say that at the time I never considered that Sasquatch were real. I considered it all to be a hoax. I am a student studying wildlife biology. The following happen in West Virgina, Pocahontas County, near the Monongahela National Forest. MeadWestVaco owns and operates 3413 hectares in the Allegheny Mountain range for logging and ecological reseach. It is gated and not open to the public see website. I was participating in a study project studying the distribution and breeding success of songbirds in forest cutting sites. The study was headed by West Virgina University. My job was to search for bird nest of particular species and track their progress from egg to fledge. I was familiar with every kind of bird in the area by call, as it was one of my job requirements and hobbies. I was just coming down from the top of this ridge in a clear cut area with many downed trees, slash and new growth only about waist high. I heard the ...

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Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard from the Bear Heaven Campground east of Elkins

I heard the whooping and it was very close. Maybe 20 yards at most. It was around 3 AM. There was another off a long way that answered....

August 2013

Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Possible nighttime encounter while raccoon hunting outside Valley Head

A friend and I were out training my red-tick coon hound on Saturday Aug. 2, 2008. We drove up a familiar dirt road. We drove to the end and were on our way back when the dog had struck out of the back...

August 2008

Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard by backpackers in Otter Creek Wilderness

I'll be brief since this was only an audio. We were backpacking in the Otter Creek Wilderness near Elkins WV. It was the first week of Jan. '07. It was unseasonably warm. We were out for about 4 da...

January 2007

Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Family hears possible vocals on summer nights at their home near Dolly Sods Wilderness Area

I used to work as a bartender in Canaan Valley WV and lived at the base of Dolly Sods Wilderness Area. On a mid-summer night around probably 3am, I had driven home, which was about a half hour drive. ...

July 2000

Portage County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Sighting in the Audubon wildlife preserve, outside Aurora

Rode my bike to the Audobon Wildlife Area. I was 10, 11 years old, i guess. As i entered, i saw a strange man walking south toward the road, Pioneer trail. Maybe 50 (?) yards from me; do not rem...

January 1962

Rutherford County Tennessee (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by friends walking in woods near Percy Priest Lake

Two witnesses were walking through the woods when they came upon a clearing. When they saw, walking across the other side of the clearing, a sasquatch between 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 feet Tall, it never turned...

January 1987

Pecos County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Two rabbit hunters witness large, upright, hairy creature near the Pecos River late at night

A large hairy creature unlike any thing I have ever seen before, stood up right like a person, but was NOT a person. Found footprints next day, but did not have a camera to take photos.Guessing that i...

February 2000

Harrison County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Deer hunter has encounter with bigfoot carrying deer hind quarter

A 7-foot upright stooped ape like figure, dark brown in color. It had a deer hindquarter in its left hand....

December 2001

Randolph County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Dolly Sods; Tracks seen, loud screams and strange odor detected.

Large tracks spotted, too large to be human, estimated size: 20 in. foot size- occurred september 23 , 1997 at 10:30 am- that night we heard loud, piercing screams in the forest and a strange odor- li...

September 1997

Riley County Kansas (Class A) BFRO

Couple reported being stalked while walking along a dark country road.

A women and her boy friend were on a walk on the Junction City side of Fort Riley. They were in a rural area about 10:00 p.m. on a brightly moonlit night. She describes how something followed them for...

January 1978

Union Parish Louisiana (Class A) BFRO

Two witnesses see a large, black creature while loading firewood on a truck

Upon loading firewood into the truck, my grandfather and I saw a large, black, hairy creature about 50-60 yards from our truck. It appeared out of the woods and just seemed to observe us for about 30 ...

November 1977