Recent Sightings

Mcminn County Tennessee (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by young witness on family farm in Chestua community near Englewood.

I grew up in a very rural area of Tennessee. My grandparents had a farm that lies on the border of Monroe and McMinn counties. I was playing in the garage which is downhill from the house. Across the ...

January 1981

Cherokee County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Two cousins have a sighting in a thunderstorm on a family farm outside Palestine

This was on my Grandparents farm. It was 2 miles down a dirt County road and 1 mile down logging roads. My cousin and I had gone out to the farm to camp and fish over the weekend. We arrived early in ...

January 1981

Pickens County South Carolina (Class A) BFRO

Possible early morning sighting along country road near Pickens

THIS HAPPENED AROUND 1981 IN PICKENS COUNTY S.C.I WAS ABOUT 14 YEARS OLD.MY BROTHER LIVED IN PICKENS I LIVED BETWEEN PICKENS, EASLEY,AND DAUCUSVILLE.THIS HAPPENED BETWEEN PICKENS AND HOME.I WOULLD RID...

January 1981

Thurston County Washington (Class B) BFRO

Young boy awakened by a loud roaring scream (Part 2)

I will break these down into the three events, divided by the types of events. The first two are from hearing screams at night. The third is a brief sighting. My friend and I had just gone to bed (...

January 1981

Washington County New York (Class A) BFRO

Man has clear sighting of a bipedal primate on clear winter night

Whitehall is a small town with little to do for teenagers. Driving all the back roads was one of the past times of choice. Late one night a girlfriend and I drove out to East Bay and stopped to talk f...

January 1981

Adams County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Large footprint found in sandbar

My friend, his Irish Setter, Kelly and I were walking down a gravel road while his father was up in the woods cutting firewood with a chain saw. It was around 1200. As we were walking, Kelly was roami...

January 1981

Warren County New Jersey (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls his late night sighting outside the town of Washington

it was spring 1981 and I was driving around some country roads with a friend listening to music when the tape jammed. I pulled over to fix it but left the car running & headlights on. I looked up from...

January 1981

Latimer County Oklahoma (Class A) BFRO

Mother and sons have encounter with unidentified "prowler."

It was dark, about 8pm. My two sons and I were watching television while eating popcorn. The eldest, age 16 was sitting accross the room, on the loveseat. The youngest, age 8 was sitting next to me on...

January 1981

British Columbia Canada (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by snowmobilers outside Castlegar

Near Christmas of 1980, my father and friend decided to go snowmobiling about 9:00 pm and as my uncle was up visiting from Calgary I asked if we could tag along on my smaller sled. We unloaded the sle...

December 1980

Madison County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Memory told of a sasquatch standing in headlights on Christmas Eve west of St. Jacob

It was Xmas eve 12/24/1980 app. 7:00pm. It was very very cold. I had just turned onto IL. R.R. 4 4 heading north and was picking up speed when I saw something in the middle of the road. There was no o...

December 1980

Brunswick County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Memory told of a tall hairy figure seen in a corn field near Lawrenceville

I was in Junior high school for Crewe Junior High (no longer exists). I was riding on a school bus on a back road in Greensville Co. Virginia after competing in a junior high school basketball game wi...

December 1980

Rusk County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Duck hunter has encounter on Lake Cherokee.

I was duck hunting in waders at Lake Cherokee. After hunting that day, I was exiting the water onto the shore and looked to my right about 200 - 300 feet. I had that creepy feeling that I was not alon...

December 1980

Kenai-Cook Inlet County Alaska (Class B) BFRO

While hunting small game, witness gets a glimpse of "the hairy man"

This is just a report from a native that said he saw a hairy person about 6 to 7 feet tall, all hairy, casually walking across the dirt road by Skilak Lake. It looked at him and stopped on the road an...

November 1980

Pickens County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

Witnesses spot a tall, brown object moving on a hill, also reported are moans and a sighting where red eyes are described

First, my friend Mike and I, along with two girls, were at the city park and heard it from bellow from the hill behind us. Three days later we went back again and this time I saw it. I thought it was ...

November 1980

Mason County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

Early morning sighting by truck driver on I-68. Local police make report

Subject: Tall, white haired "ape-like" creature Date: November 5, 1980 @ 4:00 or 5:00 AM Witness: N. C. Location: Mason County, Kentucky - west of Maysville on U.S. 68 Investigators: Dou...

November 1980

Lenawee County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Passenger recalls a nighttime sighting near Brooklyn

As a passenger in my brother-in-law's car I was returning to my rental house in Clark Lake from Adrian on a Sunday evening. I was a nineteen year old college sophomore attending Jackson Community Coll...

November 1980

Itasca County Minnesota (Class B) BFRO

Deer hunter finds large prints near Goodland

I was hunting behind my parents place with 3 older guys and a high school friend. We where over a mile back and there weren't any roads just a trail that we used. We would split up for the morning and...

November 1980

Fleming County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

Man fires shots at an unidentified man or animal near his back porch. Later he finds frozen meat littered about his back yard

Unidentified Intruder or Unexplained Hominid Witness: J.L.Tumey Location: Fairview, Kentucky (Fleming County) Investigators: Ron Schaffner ([email protected]), John Dailey and Doug McGill Case D...

October 1980

Douglas County Missouri (Class A) BFRO

Hunter remembers his lengthy daylight sighting through binoculars near Dora

I was out early in the morning just after daylight looking for buck sign and squirrel hunting.Mainly looking for rubs and scrapes for deer hunting the upcoming season.I was on a hillside overlooking a...

October 1980

Mason County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

Family has evening sighting in Mayslick

Subject: Large White, "Ape-like" Creature Reported Date: October 7, 1980 @ 9:30 PM Witness: C.F. Location: Mayslick, Kentucky (Mason County) Investigators: Ron Schaffner and Earl Jones ---...

October 1980

Allen Parish Louisiana (Class B) BFRO

While hunting with his dog, a hunter observes a creature in the brush

It was late in the afternoon, close to sundown. The time is unknown. I was hunting with my dog for about an hour, when I got a strange feeling of being watched. I dismissed the feeling as another hunt...

October 1980

Franklin Parish Louisiana (Class A) BFRO

Lost hunter has encounter with mangy looking bi-pedal creature

The only other person to hear this story was my Grandmother,and she has been dead for many years.I was hunting with my Uncle on the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge, in Franklin Parish Louisiana.I had ...

October 1980

Rapides Parish Louisiana (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls seeing a large creature walk across his yard near Tioga

Late one night when I was around 11 or 12 years old. I was awaken by something at the window of my bedroom. As I woke up and looked around my room the light from the street light in the back yard cast...

October 1980

Carbon County Utah (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by hunters in Spring Canyon, outside the town of Helper

Editor's Note: The original submission is not from the witness, but rather a friend of the witness. The investigator subsequently interviewed the witness. Those notes are show below. Hence, this is no...

October 1980

Bonner County Idaho (Class A) BFRO

Very close daylight sighting by a woodcutter driving down a logging road east of Nordman

I was driving down a logging road, passing a J hole in the road. To my left BF caught my eye as it started to slide down the embankment, on its feet. Standing up, almost sking. I turned toward him, fo...

October 1980