Randolph County, West Virginia

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Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

July 2017

Last summer either end of June or early July I was trout fishing the shavers fork of the cheat river in Randolph county, West Virginia. I was wading on one side of a fork in the river with an island type feature in the middle of the two streams and heard the snap of twigs. I looked to the island and briefly saw a figure that was roughly 60 yds away, very tall and dark brown or black in color. At first I thought it was a person but there was no facial features I could make out at that distance it was all dark I assumed covered in hair. My next thought is that it was a bear, but it walked away out of view moments after I had eyes on it, on two feet, and carried a staff with it. The staff was large, probably st least 5-6' in diameter, larger than I believe a human could or would wish to use as a walking stick. The figure moved to my right, downstream and quickly out of view. I was frozen with fear and unarmed at the time so there was no way I was going to pursue it. I've only told a handf...

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Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard from the Bear Heaven Campground east of Elkins

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Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

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Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

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Randolph County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

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