Recent Sightings

Morgan County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Memory told of a possible sighting at night in a pasture east of Jacksonville

It was winter in 1986-87 in Central Illinois, Morgan county, just 3 miles east of Jacksonville off the old state road. Myself and another friend were riding a 3 wheeler in the snow thru a pasture a...

January 1986

Douglas County Missouri (Class A) BFRO

Memory told of being chased on a farm near Ava

I was staying all night at my friend's house located off of KK Highway in Douglas County, Missouri. This particular friend just lived a couple of miles from my home. She had told me about how she had ...

January 1986

Stoddard County Missouri (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls his brief daylight sighting outside Bloomfield

It was winter of 1986, I was skipping school to ride around the Avert in Stoddard Co.MO. area looking for wildlife which I did often. I just crossed the Caster river bridge on the county road that now...

January 1986

El Dorado County California (Class A) BFRO

Lake Tahoe sighting by a motorist

My name is (omitted), I've been keeping this secret since around 1986 and didn't know who I could tell without sounding like a nut, but it's been bothering me, and I hope you are the appropriate perso...

January 1986

Johnson County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Memory told of spying something large and hairy overturning rocks by the Brazos River

I was 12 or 13 at the time. We had been rock climbing and repelling on the cliffs there. We had been there several times before. I had a habit of wandering off exploring. I had walked the cliff top pr...

January 1986

Snohomish County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls seeing a huge, hair-covered biped standing beside the road at night near Snohomish

It was late at night but the moon was very bright. My mother had come to pick me up from the Monroe McDonald's as I could not drive yet. We were way up 171st when on the side of the road standing next...

January 1986

Piatt County Illinois (Class B) BFRO

Memory told of possible vocalizations and footprints found near Atwood

The following incidents occurred between the years 1984 and 1986 around our woods which is located just south of the intersection of E300 N Rd 300 and county road 1425 Northwest of Atwood Illinois. At...

January 1986

Ulster County New York (Class A) BFRO

Ulster County, 1985 Winter Hike Leads to Encounter with Large Bipedal Creature

It was in the afternoon on a snowy winter day.1985. My friend and I decided to go for a winter drive(which was very common for me when it snows).We ended up at the entrance to "Ice Cave Mountain". Of ...

December 1985

Umatilla County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Large truck halts in front of sasquatch on I-84

I just found your site and do not remember all the details of my sighting but here is the best I can remember of the night I saw something on Cabbage Hill in Oregon; It was December of 1985, right ar...

December 1985

Del Norte County California (Class A) BFRO

Campers hear screams, and find large footprints

A friend and I went driving to camp in Oregon on Hwy 199 in the fall of 1985. We didn't want to stay at a pay site so we pulled off on a side spur road in dense forest and set up a tent. We had our tw...

December 1985

Lake County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Night time sighting by motorist on CR 448 near Lake Jem

I no longer live in Lake Co. but I lived there from 1985-1999. I was working the night shift at a local hospital in Leesburg and lived out near Lake Jem area. I was on my way home about 11:15 one ni...

December 1985

Osceola County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Various occurences between Lake Kissimmee and Tiger Lake that may be BF-related

The incidents all took place on a private reserve of land called River Ranch over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend of 1985, friday night through early sunday afternoon. My uncle and I arrived at the f...

November 1985

Alcona County Michigan (Class B) BFRO

Hunters endure hour-long, intimidation behavior by unseen aggressor(s)

Myself and several others were at our deer hunting campsite, we had used the same spot for years. While we were sitting at our campfire, we heard this mournful wail just outside the light of the campf...

November 1985

Lake County Minnesota (Class A) BFRO

Daytime vocalizations and sighting by grouse hunters near Silver Bay along Lake Superior's north shore

While Hunting Ruffed Grouse with friend near Bean and Bear Lakes outside the small town of Silver Bay we heard and then saw a large unidentified creature. We were near an area where there were alot of...

October 1985

Montmorency County Michigan (Class A) BFE

Creature stares down young deer hunter near Lewiston, Michigan

I was 17 years old and bow hunting and had placed apples and Doe estruses [scent] near a stump and went back to sit 60-100 ft cant remember for sure anyway I do remember sitting up hill being heavil...

October 1985

Burnett County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Incidents around a cabin near Grantsburg

During the autumn bowhunting season, in the fall of 1985, my friend, K, his cousin, T, and myself, A, went to K's parent's cabin (along with his parents). We were all 15 to 16 at the time. The cabin i...

October 1985

Lewis County Tennessee (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by couple

when we toped a small hill and started down the other side, i saw a large hairy thing walking by the corn that was not taking up. I stopped the car in the road,( on this road you might see a car, one ...

October 1985

Valley County Idaho (Class A) BFRO

Young deerhunters see moving biped shape and later hear vocalizations

At age twelve my cousin and I embarked on our first official hunting trip with my other cousin and father. We set up camp early in the day a few miles north and east of McCall,Idaho. The day was Octob...

October 1985

Tulare County California (Class B) BFRO

Two young men camping in the high country, hear vocals

Sir, A good friend of mine and I were camping up on the Kern Plateau, a massive area 7,000 feet-plus in elevation on the western flank of the Sierra Nevada above the Kern River in late October 1985, (...

October 1985

Del Norte County California (Class B) BFRO

Campers hear late night scream near Gasquet

I live in Humboldt Co. CA and have heard night screams that sounded like an incredibly loud out-of-control frat party in 1985 when a friend and I were remote camping in a heavily wooded unihabited are...

October 1985

Humboldt County California (Class B) BFRO

Large footprints found by witnesses

A friend and I went driving to camp in Oregon on Hwy. 199 in the Fall of 1985. We didn't want to stay at a pay site so we pulled off on a side spur road in dense forest and set up a tent. We had our t...

October 1985

Crawford County Arkansas (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls incident while camping as a teenager near Cedarville

I'm still wondering if I should be telling this since it's still hard for me to believe what happened while hiking an old logging road in Cedarville, Arkansas located in Crawford County. My parent's ...

September 1985

Sheridan County Wyoming (Class A) BFRO

Early evening sighting of human-like animal one mile from camp

Myself and two friends went into the forest with our slingshots to find some squirrels. We had been coming to this place for years every September for our church retreat. The elk were just starting to...

September 1985

Henderson County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Daytime sighting by two arrowhead hunters near Gulfport

My friend and I were out arrowhead hunting. It was late September 1985. We were driving looking for a good spot when I spotted a ridge that was a wash out. I told her to pull over and hunt there becau...

September 1985

Fannin County Georgia (Class A) BFRO

The Georgia chopper crash story has been debunked. See msg from P. Caulkins in the investigator notes

[Prefatory Note 1: Some, but not all, of the grammar, spelling and structure from the original submission was edited for clarity. Usually we don't do this at all, to preserve the "voice" of the witnes...

September 1985