Recent Sightings

Guernsey County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

While picnicking in early evening, a couple has sighting at Salt Fork State Park

My wife and I were having a picnic supper at Salt Fork State Park on August 18, 2004 at approximately 7:00 p.m. After approximately 15 minutes we decided to hike down a path into the woods with our do...

August 2004

Guernsey County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Man has an early morning sighting near Pleasant City

I get up every morning about 5:15 am to get ready for work. On this morning I got up a little early, so I decided to eat a banana. I wanted to look outside to see if there was any deer or rabbits outs...

August 2004

Montgomery County Ohio (Class B) BFRO

Motorist has a brief daylight sighting at the edge of Huber Heights

I live in london ohio and this sighting took place about 50 miles from were I live due west in a wooded area that has a pond with enormous catails at the far side away from the road at approx 50 to 75...

August 2004

Trumbull County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Man has close encounter very near the Grand River State Game Preserve

Being out in the wooded area since around 7 AM, it was around 10 am, give or take an hour....I had left my watch in the car. I've been hearing activity in the brush for a while, I decided to seek a hi...

August 2004

Otero County New Mexico (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime sighting by residents on Mescalero IR

Yesterday morning out I went outside to feed my dogs around 5:00 AM. I was wondering where my dogs were. I found them under my house. They started to bark toward the back so I went inside and looked o...

August 2004

Columbia County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

While scouting, hunter hears morning vocalization west of Scappoose

On the morning of August 6th, at approximately 6:30am, at a location off Dutch Canyon road in Scappoose, while pre-season scouting, I was observing several deer, 4 bucks and 2 does. While watching the...

August 2004

Douglas County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Hunter hears morning vocalization and has evening sighting north of Diamond Lake

On Saturday about 5:45 AM my hunting partner and I were walking down a gravel road and heard a loud scream from up hill above us. The scream started in a high pitch and went into more of a gruntal gro...

August 2004

Coos County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Several tracks found near County dump for Bandon

I entered this part of the Coos County Forest at its western edge, looking for possible hiking trails that I could follow to the top of the hills. I walked east along an old dirt logging road but it ...

August 2004

Skamania County Washington (Class B) BFRO

Campers Awaken to Unknown Vocalizations, Brush Popping and Foul Odor

At approx. 2 am, 35 campers were awakened to the most god awful screams in the woods. They sounded like a wounded animal and we thought maybe a wounded cougar. Others in the campground thought it may ...

August 2004

St. Louis County Missouri (Class B) BFRO

Motorist has daylight sighting near Eureka

I was driving home after work one day in the summer, heading west. Just past Eureka there are some very large hills that the Interstate 44 has cut through. It was on the top of one of these hills I sa...

August 2004

Chelan County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Driver has road-cross sighting on Highway 2, north of Leavenworth

August 7th between 10:00 and ll:00 AM. Saturday. as driving on Highway 2 toward Levenworth. I was about 10 minutes out of the town. The car in front of me saw it first. He had to stop his car or he wo...

August 2004

Chelan County Washington (Class B) BFRO

Two neighbors hear mournful screams from nearby Nason Ridge

I'm sorry to say I don't have a very exciting report. Last summer when I was out at our cabin with our boys, I heard this really weird "yelling" from the ridge in back of our house. Our cabin boarders...

August 2004

Klickitat County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Vocalizations and tense sighting reported by couple hiking and camping near Trout Lake

This is a compilation of experiences over a period of years in the same area (1988- 2009) - feeling of being watched, wildlife silenced, tree breaks, strong smell once, numerous late night vocalizatio...

August 2004

Wharton County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Woman and her husband have night time encounter near El Campo

I was sitting out on the porch around 10 pm on Tuesday night, August 31st. My dogs (a lab mix and a pit bull) started acting strange and growling. I heard something over to the right of our house. It ...

August 2004

Daggett County Utah (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalization heard near Hoop Lake

In August of 2004, my family and I were camped at Hoop Lake, in the Uinta Mtns of Utah. Just south of our camp was the outflow stream of Hoop Lake that cut a very deep gorge, some 100+ feet deep. Alon...

August 2004

Cass County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Route driver has early morning road encounter near Atlanta

I was headed north on Hwy 59 into Atlanta, Texas. I was the only one on the road for as far as I could see. I came to an S curve in the road. It went to a curve to the right and then back to a curve t...

August 2004

Manitoba Canada (Class B) BFRO

Possible daylight sighting by bush pilot flying low over remote forest area outside Bissett

Hi, I am from Pinawa, Mb. I flew in Adventure Air out of PINE FALLS. I sat in the front seat with headphones on . I fly at least 6 times per Summer in the same Beaver bush plane. I am always ...

August 2004

Nevada County California (Class A) BFRO

Retired Law Enforcement Officer Has Daytime Sighting

First of all I am a 55-year-old male former Marine, fireman and state police officer just recently retired. I have been all over the world in the military and an avid camper. I have often heard of big...

August 2004

British Columbia Canada (Class A) BFRO

Couple witness a bipedal subject cross road. Later investigate area on their own and find a possible bedding area

On August 15/04 while rock hounding in the Sunshine Valley ,,I saw a two legged, hairy figure lumbering across the road about 200 yards ahead of me. It definately was not a bear, as the arms seemed to...

August 2004

British Columbia Canada (Class A) BFRO

Morning sighting by logging crew near White Swan Lake

around 7:30am we arrived by helicopter at work (heli-logging) the helicopter dropped 4 men off in the block which we were logging, me and another man were in the landing. Every morning there were usua...

August 2004

Ontario Canada (Class B) BFRO

Possible whistles heard by campers north of Sault Saint Marie

Last year a bunch of us went up to Superior for a week of backcountry camping. The weather was really bad except for a couple of days near the end of the week so we ended up staying in campgrounds (...

August 2004

Conecuh County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

Property caretaker describes his very close daylight sighting near the Sepulga River

A BFRO Investigator is typing this report as the witness does not have computer access. This is per his statements. "A 6-7 ft black hairy man-like creature crossed the road in front of my truck. It lo...

August 2004

Washtenaw County Michigan (Class B) BFRO

Loud vocalization heard near gravel pit

I was with several of my friends and we were lighting off fireworks (the bright kind, not the loud kind) in an abandoned gravel pit we had walked to a few miles down the road. We were getting ready to...

August 2004

Custer County Idaho (Class B) BFRO

Possible stalking outside a campers' tent in the White Knob mountains

I was lying in my tent on the last night of our camping trip. I remember thinking about a story my brother told me about an incident several years earlier where he and my other brother encountered a b...

August 2004

Gunnison County Colorado (Class B) BFRO

Possible camp stalking at Taylor Reservoir outside Aspen

I was camping with my family around Taylor resivor, towards Aspen in a Coleman pop-up camper.Around midnight I heard something moving or licking our cast iron skillet that was washed and left by a tre...

August 2004