Recent Sightings

Holmes County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Motorist has morning sighting on road outside Sweet Gum Head

My sister, one late night was coming from work in Geneva, Alabama. She was passing thur another rural community not far from our home, in Holmes Co. Fl. She said she saw something ahead of her about 3...

January 1980

Benzie County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Near Bendon, woman and daughter recall their daylight sighting from automobile

My mom and I were driving home to Interlochen from a friend's house. It was late afternoon / early evening. We were on Reynolds Road. This would have been in the mid 80's and I would have been in my m...

January 1980

Macon County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Homeowner recalls night time sighting in NW Decatur

I know this is a years-old report, but.. I've only told 3 people about this, EVER. If I hadn't just read that another sighting occurred near the same area previously, I still wouldn't say anything....

January 1980

Franklin Parish Louisiana (Class A) BFRO

Man recounts boyhood sighting at home near Jigger

I was about 8 years old, myself, my sister and her friend both about 12 were playing in the woods behind our house. There is a brake behind our house which is a runoff of turkey creek. We played in th...

January 1980

Cascade County Montana (Class C) BFRO

Vocalizing, smelly animal circles cabin

During the night, horrible smells were noticed. The smells were shortly accompanied by strange, very loud "warbling" noises, which circled the cabin where 4 friends were spending the night. One person...

January 1980

Jasper County Missouri (Class B) BFRO

Pre-dawn road-crossing sighting by motorists outside Oronogo

1980: on center creek ,Oronogo Mo. around 4;00 to 5;00 am in the morning,I was taking my daughter to school ,for a bus trip to an out of town speech debate ,we were just about to cross a small wooden ...

January 1980

Jefferson County Missouri (Class B) BFRO

ATV'ers have daylight sighting near Hematite

I can vividly remember the event. We lived on Stroup Road, which was about 10 miles west of Festus Mo. It was in the winter and there was several inches of snow on the gound. Me and my younger brother...

January 1980

King County Washington (Class B) BFRO

Family hears a howl while camping in the front yard

We've been reading your reports for a long time now and decided we needed to tell our story. My husband and I live in rural Snoqualmie Valley only 3 1/2 miles from the town of Duvall. One night, wh...

January 1980

Lewis County Washington (Class B) BFRO

Tracks found near a mountainside clear cut

Tracks, 13-14 inches long, 6-7 inches wide, 5 toes....

January 1980

Houston County Texas (Class A) BFRO

While looking into the woods witness saw creature watching them

This parcel of land was where all of us kids would play at. No adults ever came out so we were free to do what we wanted. One day my cousin and I went out to this pond that was in the middle of this l...

January 1980

Liberty County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls a late night encounter while parking in a remote area north of Splendora

Late one spring evening in 1979 or 1980 a young lady and I were parked on a pipeline off of a road to the east of Highway 59 a few miles north of Splendora. We had been at this spot for about 45 minut...

January 1980

Park County Wyoming (Class A) BFRO

Yellowstone backcountry ranger describes sighting, other incidents

The following account was given to Colorado curator T.E. Stein during a phone interview with Bob Jackson in 2003. Recently, Jackson gave permission to submit his account to the BFRO. Jackson, also kno...

January 1980

Fayette County Georgia (Class C) BFRO

Family sightings over 100 years in Fayette and Fulton Counties

Two stories of family member encounters but first I tell the origins and why it has this particular name. Story told by my late Great Grand Mother. Two spinster sisters lived in Fayette County by...

January 1980

Lauderdale County Alabama (Unusable) BFRO

Creature stepped out right in front of witness

This event happened around 1980 in Lauderdale county, Al. My cousin lived near a large boy scout camp, and on weekends we would spend hours in the woods hunting small game, I recall one fall when my c...

January 1980

Lancaster County Nebraska (Unusable) BFRO

Newspaper account of an encounter with unknown creature

A man on a motorcycle turned off of 27th street onto Fairfield Street. just in front of the Lincoln Electric Co. He said a bigfoot like creature ran in front of him causing him to fall, the creature p...

January 1980

Snohomish County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Motorists spots a bigfoot

My sister was on her way to work, driving north on hwy 9 between Marysville & Arlington going to work. This must have been around 5:00 am. I would need to talk to her again to confirm. It took her sev...

January 1980

Pierce County Washington (Class B) BFRO

Sounds heard like growling

I was eight years old and playing in the woods with some friends. I accidently got separated from my friends and got lost in the woods. While walking down a trail I got the feeling that I wasn't alone...

January 1980

Cabell County West Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Witness heard what sounded like "people talking backwards."

Hello, My name is Dwayne. I am 31, married, father of two and probably the most skeptical person around. I can usually find some reasonable explaination for ghosts, ufo's etc.., but I heard something ...

January 1980

Washington County Pennsylvania (Class B) BFRO

Audio recording of possible screams, growls, and fight with a dog from the Late 70's near Prosperity

I HAVE AN AUDIO TAPE OF THIS EVENT, IT HAS NEVER BEEN HEARD BY ANYONE OTHER THAN A FEW NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AROUND THE TIME THIS HAPPENED. It was a fall evening, I was doing homework at our trailer, ...

January 1980

Union County Arkansas (Class C) BFRO

Sighting by truck driver near Felsenthal Wildlife Refuge

Third hand story. Ten or so years ago, a lot of oil was being trucked from this remote area which is close to the Felsenthal Wildlife Refuge. This required night loading on the outskirts of this cyp...

January 1980

Barbour County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

Motorists pulled over on a rural highway at night describe standoff in headlights east of Clayton

I have been reluctant to share my story because of my field of work, and do not want to have people think I am 'crazy' as this could damage my career. But, as I get older, I feel this incident needs t...

January 1980

Howard County Nebraska (Class A) BFRO

Creature seen walking across pasture in daylight north of Grand Island

I was looking around on the internet last night and ran onto to your site and it brought back a memory of something that happened to me when I was around 18 years old. The best I can recall was that i...

December 1979

Richmond County Georgia (Class A) BFRO

Man approached at close range by man/ape creature at Fort Gordon, US Army Signal School

While preparing to check inside the brush that ringed the stream inlet area, a large man/ape creature,10' to 10'6" tall (estimated weight 1100 lbs.) approached me with an unhurried pace at a distance ...

December 1979

Pierce County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Family sees an upright figure covered with black hair that walks across the road in front of their car

Upright figure covered in black hair walking across road 20 to 50 ft. in front of our car as we drove home. I did not see much, as I wasn't looking forward until my mother screamed. My mother claims t...

December 1979

Pierce County Washington (Class B) BFRO

Two hunters find large track

My partner and I were hunting the late deer hunt in Nov. We were hunting a blowdown area near a large stand of old growth timber. When we came up on some very large tracks not bear and not human. My p...

November 1979