Search Reports
Jefferson County Washington (Class B) BFRO
Man remembers an encounter while fly fishing at a remote lake in the Olympic Mountains near Hood Canal
It was the summer of 1979 or maybe 1980. My friend and I hiked up the Mt. Jupiter trail to go fly fishing at one of the Jupiter Lakes, which I think might be referred to as #2. You drop down over the ...
August 1980
Forest County Pennsylvania (Class B) BFRO
Early afternoon vocalization heard by four people
While fore of us were exploring an abandond farm house heard one loud roar that was so loud it echoed. the sound lasted about ten seconds and only happed once. it came from a tree line in a field at l...
July 1980
Ross County Ohio (Class A) BFRO
Father, son and cousin enounter a large hair covered creature while wading through a creek
I remember the year well enough. It was in the summer of 1980. The reason I remember that so clearly, is because all of the talk that summer was about the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. I'm not sure of...
July 1980
Stark County Ohio (Class A) BFRO
A series of sightings, screams, and smells near an abandoned strip mine
In the late 70s I used to walk to my friends house via a swampy area. One night around 10 PM, I started walking to his house. About halfway there I heard this very strange sound. It was like a low pit...
July 1980
Hood River County Oregon (Class B) BFRO
Boys hear moaning call from bedroom window
We were up late at night in a second-story bedroom of my grandparents' Dee, Oregon, home, at about 2:00 AM in the summer of 1980. There was a full moon. My brother was practicing taking photographs of...
July 1980
San Juan County New Mexico (Class A) BFRO
Navajo man describes sighting at a sheep herder camp in Chuska Mountains
My family would spend the summers in the mountains and help herd sheep. We had a cabin, corrals, tents, several other structures on the property and occasionally would have some weird experience with ...
July 1980
Klamath County Oregon (Class A) BFRO
Camper has night sighting near Crater Lake
I believe that I saw a Bigfoot in Oregon back in the 80's. I was with my parents and sister on a camping trip somewhere south of Crater Lake. It was around 9:00 p.m. and had been dark for at least an ...
July 1980
Marion County Oregon (Class B) BFRO
Two men find rockpiles, nest at Abiqua River
MY WIFE'S GRANDFATHER WANTED TO TAKE ME FLY FISHING AT THE LITTLE PUDDING RIVER. HE ONLY HAD ONE POLE SO I WENT TO WATCH. WE PARKED NEAR THE BRIDGE AND WALK EAST UP THE RIVER. HE POINTED TO A STACK ...
July 1980
Athens County Ohio (Class A) BFRO
Three college students witness a large creature standing just off of the railroad tracks.
It was in July of 1980 just outside the town of Nelsonville Ohio. I was in college there at Hocking Technical college (HTC). It had been hot during the day so around 9:30 PM two of my friends and I de...
July 1980
Broward County Florida (Class A) BFRO
a sighting by a group of boys along a canal, a mile or so north of South New River.
Forgive me for not knowing the exact year. It was around 1980 or 1981. My brother, I and a friend were hiking in an old cow pasture that was very overgrown. Back around 1980, Davie still had lots of w...
July 1980
Collier County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Man describes incidents in teen years in swamp area outside Naples
1979 or 1980 I went back in the swamp and woods in naples off of floridian ave where i lived and we came acrossed a metal cage trap a tall trap where if you go in and touch the meat the door will slam...
July 1980
Lake County Florida (Class A) BFRO
Large tracks found investigated by Federal authorities
Newspaper Article : Chronicle (Houston, Texas), July 2, 1980 "POLICE THINK MYSTERY FOOTPRINTS ARE FAKES" ALTOONA, Fla. (UPI) - Most investigators figure its a hoax, but there is enough doubt in ...
July 1980
Custer County Idaho (Class A) BFRO
Hiking deaf Boy Scouts have midday sighting near Cape Horn Lake
The sighting occured many years ago when I was in the boy scout, attending a big boy scout camp at Camp Bradley north of Red Fish Lake, Idaho. My group were mostly contained of deaf scouts. We represe...
July 1980
Vernon Parish Louisiana (Class A) BFRO
Pre-teens encounter 2 ape like creatures while exploring the woods
I was 12 years old and my father was stationed at Ft. Polk, Louisiana. We were living in a town called Leesville just outside of the military base. Two friends of mine and I decided one day to explore...
July 1980
Geary County Kansas (Class A) BFRO
Daylight sighting by two moto-cross riders
Letter: I know this may sound ridiculous, but I believe I saw 'something' in Kansas! This happened several years ago but I remember it very well. While I was still living at home, my parents and I w...
July 1980
Vanderburgh County Indiana (Class A) BFRO
Large, unknown man-like creature approaches man tending rabbits.
I was going to feed rabbits I raised, when I heard someone walking through the brush, when I looked I saw a dark figure of what looked like a man. when I said "hello" it swayed from side to side and s...
June 1980
Rapides Parish Louisiana (Class A) BFRO
Witnesses saw Creature next to a Broken Tree
This was in the early 80s,late spring early summer. i was still in High school ( Graduated in 1983) Myself my two brothers and my best friend and his two brothers were in a field with our dogs goofing...
June 1980
Alpena County Michigan (Class B) BFRO
Fisherman recalls being startled by late night encounter on Fletcher Pond near Hillman
It was the summer of 1980 June or July a full moon night. At "Fletchers Pond" 25 west of Alpena MI. and about 10 miles east of Hillman MI. off highway 32. Myself and a friend (Adam) decided to go fish...
June 1980
Columbiana County Ohio (Class B) BFRO
Possible approach to a dwelling between Calcutta and East Liverpool
Somehow I was fortunate enough to stumble onto this website. I can only give you sketchy details about this incident. My brother lived on a dairy farm between Calcutta and East Liverpool. He was sitti...
June 1980
Allegheny County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO
Two teenagers have a surprise encounter in mid - 80's
It was summer in the mid 80's. (Sorry I can't be more specific.) Some friends and I had taken to exploring the woods that surrounded our town. We were constantly in the woods for one reason or another...
June 1980
Snohomish County Washington (Class A) BFRO
Two backpackers see a large, dark, human-like form on a narrow trail
My partner and I summitted early in the afternoon of an overcast day. The familiar ascent had been particularly interesting in that we passed a herd of mountain goat with young that were grazing in th...
June 1980
Marshall County Tennessee (Class A) BFRO
Man recalls a close daylight encounter when a bigfoot ran out in front of their truck near Chapel Hill
I was 12 years old, working for my father at a construction sight off of a dirt road, just north of Chapel Hill, TN. My dad and uncles were building a house for Rickey Sweeney, early in the summer. ...
June 1980
Lake County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Man finds and casts large footprints after hearing of sighting
At the time, I lived in Umatilla, Florida.I used to work on CB radios and such and occasinally a deputy would stop by my little shop at my house and we would shoot the bull. One nite a deputy stopped ...
June 1980
Baxter County Arkansas (Class B) BFRO
Youth hears vocalizations and is trailed while fishing on White River
When I was about 13 years old I went trout fishing with my mother and aunt on the White river in Arkansas. We were staying at a motel in BullShoals. One morning we drove to a remote area of the river ...
June 1980
Crittenden County Arkansas (Class A) BFRO
Possible sighting by fisherman at Blue Lake
In June, 1980, a friend and I were fishing in an ox-bow type lake adjacent to the Mississippi River in Crittenden County, Arkansas, near the town of Hughes, off highway 147. This is just across the ri...
June 1980