Search Reports
San Luis Obispo County California (Class A) BFRO
Motorists encounter unusual creature on Highway 46 near Paso Robles, CA
During the summer of 1974 my sister in law I am were on our way from Lompoc, California to see our respective grandmothers. My sister in law's grandmother lived in Buttonwillow which is in Kern County...
January 1974
Gage County Nebraska (Unusable) BFRO
Motorists encounters large bi-pedal creature near Blue Springs
See box above, the incident made a believer of me regardless what people say, I've seen one....
January 1974
Palm Beach County Florida (Class B) BFRO
Recollection of setting up camp and observing a tall bi-pedal animal running near Palm Beach Gardens
We were gonna go camping in the woods. It was a wooded area with a canal along one side that had a dirt pile next to it from digging out the canal. The dirt was high and very steep, almost straight up...
January 1974
Pierce County Washington (Class A) BFRO
Young bike riders see large animal cross road
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January 1974
Marshall County Illinois (Class B) BFRO
Witness recalls possible nighttime sighting near Sparland
My mother and I had a possible sighting back in about 1974. We used to watch for my step dad to come back from deer hunting. Depending on the moon light, we could see him coming down from the woods. O...
January 1974
Harrison County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO
Blacksmith recalls seeing a creature come down a mountainside and shares a sketch he drew
This is the story as was relayed to the investigator. "Just after dark the witness, which was 15 at the time, and his friend were getting nightcrawlers to go fishing with. Just behind their house, whi...
January 1974
Berrien County Michigan (Class B) BFRO
Observer hears scream changing to low "demonic" chuckle
I was around 12 years old and watching my 4 younger brothers one evening while my parents went out for a few drinks when I heard something that scared me like nothing else I have ever experienced befo...
January 1974
Crawford County Michigan (Class A) BFRO
Man recalls childhood incident near Grayling
The creature was not tall by any means probably in the low 6 foot range, I would compare to my current height of 6'1". The hair/fur was a rather rusty brown and wavy or matted. It didn't look like a r...
January 1974
Ottawa County Ohio (Class B) BFRO
Possible night time sighting by hunters in a marsh near Port Clinton
I am 45 years old, ret. Navy and currently work as a correctional officer in Ca. I grew up in Ohio. I've had one visual sighting and on two occasions heard something that I could not identify. The ...
January 1974
Gage County Nebraska (Class A) BFRO
Late Afternoon sighting by motorist near Blue Springs
While traveling southbound on highway 77, near Blue Springs, Nebraska, I encountered a very large bi-pedal creature. As I came around a gentle left curve in the road, this creature stepped up out of t...
January 1974
Coconino County Arizona (Class A) BFRO
Man tells of his scary encounter while traveling Route 66 in a snow storm
My wife and I with our three month old baby girl in the back seat were traviling N.E. on Highway 40/Route 66 through the mountains near Flagstaff, AZ. This was right in the middle of a snowstorm. I st...
December 1973
Grant County Oregon (Class A) BFRO
Hunter briefly observes a stationary upright animal before it runs away
My story is approximately 30 years old and I have never told it to other than friends and family. My wife and I were in, I believe, Union County, Oregon, where I was elk hunting. I hunted alone becaus...
November 1973
Botetourt County Virginia (Class A) BFRO
Memory told of an early morning encounter with hairy biped near Buchanan
The year was 1972. A group of us from Roanoke Virginia were on our annual after football season camping trip in the George Washington National Forest. We did this every fall as a treat after a tough s...
November 1973
Tehama County California (Class A) BFRO
Hunting Partners Have Early Morning Roadway Sighting
Well, this was many-many years ago and I've actually been very reluctant to even mention this, but after reading your web site, and seeing various reports on the t.v. / and documentaries, has made me ...
October 1973
Snohomish County Washington (Class B) BFRO
Two hunters hear nighttime vocalizations near Darrington
We were camped right on a old road. We got there late at night and did not have a tent so we were going to sleep in our sleeping bags right in front of my friends old VW. We had a small camp fire and ...
October 1973
McKean County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO
Man recalls his encounter after riding his dirt bike as a young man near Bradford
My encounter happened at the end of summer in 1973, or 1974. It was late August/early September, as it was the time the blackberries were ripening. I was 15 or 16 years old, and had a dirt bike that ...
September 1973
Washita County Oklahoma (Class A) BFRO
Motorist and children have daylight sighting near Burns Flat
My two children and I were returning from Altus, Oklahoma to Burns Flat, Oklahoma in the fall of 1973 when a very large black man-like creature crossed the highway moving from west to east. I was driv...
September 1973
Fresno County California (Class B) BFRO
Two campers find a 17 inch footprint near their camp
The late Vanwedigen and I were going fishing along the river over the Labor Day weekend. While back packing in along the forestry trail leading down to the river, we missed a trail marker and wound up...
September 1973
Hamilton County Indiana (Class A) BFRO
Child has sighting in cornfield near Sheridan
I was around 8 years old. It was about dusk when I walked into the cornfield that was directly behind our house. I played there alot. The corn was very tall. I first heard a noise, which sounded like ...
September 1973
St. Louis County Minnesota (Class B) BFRO
Powerful howling screams chase couple from deep woods parking spot
My friend and I traveled on an old logging trail about 2 miles in my pickup in a heavily forested area about 20 miles northeast of Duluth, Mn. Close to the mouth of the Big Sucker river. I had to stop...
August 1973
Thurston County Washington (Class B) BFRO
Young boy awakened by a loud roaring scream (Part 1)
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. One night, when I was around nine yea...
August 1973
Valley County Idaho (Class A) BFRO
Mountain goat hunters have encounter with 8'-9' tall biped
In the early 70,s, 1973 to be exact, I and my hunting partner had an encounter that occurred near a tributary of the South Fork of the Salmon River drainage near the Frank Church Wilderness area East ...
August 1973
Columbiana County Ohio (Class A) BFRO
Memory told of a daylight sightling while walking down railroad tracks near East Liverpool
This happened around August/September of 1973 time frame. My friend and I were walking down some railroad tracks near the Ohio river. We were walking from East Liverpool to Wellsville Ohio, just below...
August 1973
Otsego County New York (Class A) BFRO
Old sighting (1973) and recent vocalizations (2005/06) on the outskirts of Maryland (town)
1973 was the first incident. I was 9 years old. I am now 43. My family have moved here in Otsego County, New York, in 1972. We live in the town of Maryland -- a family of 6. I can remember on a ho...
August 1973
Orange County New York (Class B) BFRO
Scream exchanges heard by camper on Appalachian Trail near Greenwood Lake
I had parked my Volkswagen beetle at the junction of Rte. 17A and the Appalachian Trail, intending to camp out overnite along the trail. I then hiked south on the trail about 4 miles, along a ridge th...
July 1973