Surry County, Virginia

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Surry County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

December 2021

On December 20, 2021, while my grandson and I were still hunting for white tail deer in Eastern Virginia, at 4:40 pm we heard what sounded like two wood blocks being hit together. Within seconds we saw an animal of some sort, traveling upright, covered in smooth black fur, moving southwest, to northeast very quickly. We could only see from about the animal's upper thigh upward. The head was round with no visible neck, and we could see no facial features. We saw the animal only from its left side. From the moment it first appeared, until it moved out of sight, was only about 3-5 seconds. In that span of time it covered approximately 60 yards through thick brush, over uneven terrain. There was a stiff breeze from the East/Northeast, so I don't believe that the animal scented us, or knew we were there. I have been a hunter, a trapper, camper and woodsman for more than 50 of my 62 years. This animal was upright (on 2 legs). It definitely was not a bear. I have seen many bears. I...

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Surry County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Howling vocalization sounds heard by campers.

My family and I were trying to get some sleep in our tent on this particular evening (invariably, we always seem to somehow end up next to a bunch of noisy and inconsiderate campers who keep us up unt...

July 1998

Franklin County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Saturday morning sighting by a motorist on William's Road

One morning in the middle of June 1997. It was early on Saturday morning my mom was on her way to work. She was driving down William's Road at around 7am. There wasn't much traffic on the road, but wh...

June 1997

Marinette County Wisconsin (Class A) BFRO

Memory told of a sighting by a father and two sons grouse hunting at dawn near Pembine

On October 20th 1979 we saw a dark form cross the road as we headed out grouse hunting in Marionette county. It crossed where there were no roads or house. It was one solid color not carrying any gun ...

October 1979

Matagorda County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Teen has visual encounter through window.

I saw the figure thru my window, it just stood there just looking in at me. It didn't move or make any sound. I'm not sure how long it was there, it was already standing there when I happened to walk ...

January 1982

Siskiyou County California (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by a Family on the Banks of the Klamath River near Hornbrook

3 pm, weather was sunny & mild, my husband and two kids were fishing on the Klamath River in Siskiyou Co. It was very quiet: no birds were singing, even the range cattle were nowhere around. We had...

August 1998

Hernando County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Man has brief encounter near lake

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January 1980

Richland County Montana (Class A) BFRO

Motorist sees long-haired upright animal walking across snow-covered road

It was the winter of 79-80. I lived 7 miles west of sidney mont. I was traveling home one night after work at aproximatly 11:30 pm. The weather was cold below zero, light snow was drifting across the ...

January 1979

Le Flore County Oklahoma (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime sighting by trucker near Honobia

In July of 1983 I worked for the timber company driving a one ton truck pulling a 12 hundred gallon tanker in the Honobia-Pickens area. On a trip back to our facility a very large hairy creature r...

January 2000

Yakima County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Woman sees bigfoot on two occasions along the same road

Laurie Durrell Duyck by way of Linda Durrell My two daughters and I were driving in to Yakima from our home in Naches. The road runs along the Naches River. Looking down at the river, as I always d...

August 1996