Ritchie County, West Virginia

Near Pennsboro

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Ritchie County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

August 2002

This took place in the late summer of 2002. I was walking the property next to mine as logging interested me in how it worked and how the land looked afterward. I'd go onto the place after the workers left for the day at 3PM. It was rather hot and plain nasty so I usually headed out after 4 -5 PM. This day they were at the far end of the valley (or "holler" as the locals call it-I'm from CA originally). I was armed as there are wild dogs, bears, and a black panther running round back here. Walking to the far end there are two smaller branches off to your right, the first is shallow and only extends a few yards. Every time I walked to base of the hill before, I felt like I just didn't want to venture into the woods. I had found another way onto the ridge above on the right a few months before-but I also got pretty badly spooked and kind of stayed away. I had trails and just went wherever-until the loggers hit this patch. The past few weeks before this I had roamed all over the ...

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Ritchie County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting near rural church on Rt. 31, east of Parkersburg, near Cairo

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November 2001

Tuscarawas County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

A family's encounters with a reddish brown beast outside of Newcomerstown, Ohio

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January 2001

Cowlitz County Washington (Class A) BFRO

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June 2014

Park County Wyoming (Class A) BFRO

Sighting near Yellowstone Park entrance by two witnesses cutting wood

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November 1997

Northampton County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

Deer hunter has a dusk sighting near Wind Gap

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November 2017

Cedar County Missouri (Class A) BFRO

Two young men almost run into a large nighttime visitor north of Stockton Lake

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November 2005

Lawrence County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Bother and sister are followed by a brown, hairy creature walking on two legs

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Berrien County Georgia (Class A) BFRO

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July 2008

Dade County Georgia (Class A) BFRO

Couple's near-miss road-crossing sighting 10 miles south of Trenton

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February 2020