Ulster County New York (Class B) BFRO

Video footage shot at dusk shows a primate in a tree in the background

Original submission from Doug Pridgen. I have a tape you may want to see. It's that of a few friends drinking around a camp fire up state New York. The tape was shot in 1997 and not looked at u...

May 1997

Orleans County New York (Class A) BFRO

Morning sighting by motorist at railroad crossing near Median

I WAS CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS HEADING SOUTH, AND WHEN I LOOKED TO THE WEST OF THE TRACKS WHILE CROSSING, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE A BIGFOOT CROSSING THE TRACKS HEADING NORTH. IT WA...

April 1997

Chemung County New York (Class B) BFRO

Possible scream/howl heard near residence in Van Etten

It was during 1997, late summer or early fall and my mother and I were visiting my Grandmother upstate. It was about 10pm and we were sitting outside on the back deck looking at the stars and listenin...

January 1997

Oswego County New York (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime sighting by motorist near Sandy Creek

I was driving from my grandparents house to my girlfriends house one night in early fall at about 10 pm. The area I was heading to is up in Tughill plateau which is a very dense wooded area. I was abo...

September 1996

Essex County New York (Class A) BFRO

Two people in canoe see creature on shoreline

In August of 1996 myself and six friends were camping at Pine Pond in the lower Saranac Lake region. It was around dusk and my friend and I were fishing in our canoe. The other members of our party we...

August 1996

Orleans County New York (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard by coon hunters near Clarendon

while coon hunting a few years back me an my hunting partner heard a strange scream like we have never heard before we have heard bobcats,lynx almost anything that makes noise we have heard but on thi...

January 1996

Orange County New York (Class A) BFRO

Motorist sighting in Harriman State Park not far from Appalachian Trail

My 2 best friends and I would take night rides into Harriman State Park late at night to see what we can spot at night, i.e. bear, deer, fox, etc. Its a beautiful park and the solitude at night in the...

September 1994

Essex County New York (Class A) BFRO

Two separate encounters with "thing" leave three friends scared, shaken and curious.

1st encounter: Walking with two friends looking for one of the friends' brother. Walking down abandoned Lake Champlain and Moriah railroad trackbed. It was approx. one thirty AM, June 25, 1989. Heard ...

January 1993

Warren County New York (Class B) BFRO

At Sabbathday Point, Family Reports strange sounds near their cabin

Each occurrence happened over a two week period. Between the hours of 10:30 P.M. TO 3:00 A.M. Lasting from one to four minutes. The First sounds were that of a whirling shrill whistling then a deep th...

January 1993

Warren County New York (Class A) BFRO

Stand-off with motorist at 6AM in fall, near town of Brant Lake

It was about 6 am on my way to work at [R**** Ranch] when something came from the right side of the road, out of the woods, and forced me to stop or run into it. It is dark that time of morning so i...

October 1992

Orleans County New York (Class B) BFRO

Two young boys experience powerful, high-pitched vocalization

I cannot say for sure what this may have been, but I've never heard anything make a "noise" quite like this since, until listening to your audio samples. The area I grew up in is very rural in nature...

May 1992

Rensselaer County New York (Class B) BFRO

Possible track find in snow, near the town of Sand Lake

A friend and I had decided to do some cross country skiing on the property owned by some neighbors. We started out behind my house and worked our way into the woods. There is an old logging road about...

January 1990

Rockland County New York (Class B) BFRO

Tracks found in snow & other stories from vicinity of Bear Mountain State Park

My incident was no visual in the sense of seeing bigfoot itself. another family member of mine has seen him before. So it has been common in the area. My incident however was simply footprints in the ...

January 1990

Warren County New York (Class A) BFRO

Dusk sighting on shoreline of Lake George at Deer Leap

My brother and I were canoeing on Lake George, in N.Y state at about sunset. We headed south for 10 minutes to an area known as Deer Leap. At lake side it is a boulder strewn area with cliffs rising 6...

January 1990

Chemung County New York (Class B) BFRO

Unseen large animal stalks jogger at night along trail near Elmira

This incident occurred in late February of 1989 at approx. 10pm. The conditions that night were very clear and cold, with a fairly decent amount of moonlight. As I recall there was about 4 inches of o...

February 1989

Washington County New York (Class A) BFRO

Hikers find footprints and see 10 foot tall creature outside home

We saw footprints while walking in the woods that must have been 20 inches long and found some tree branches broken down. They were originally about 15 feet high. We decided to head back to his house ...

January 1989

Rensselaer County New York (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime road crossing sighting by couple outside Poestenkill

My wife and I were driving on a blacktop secondary road at approx. 11:30 pm, while returning home from my stepson's home in Berlin, N.Y. This is a relatively rural area, with large expanses of foreste...

July 1988

Oswego County New York (Class B) BFRO

Large figure prowls around cabin outside Williamstown

The incident occured in 1985-86 not sure which. A friend and I went into the woods to stay the night in a cabin by a small creek that my friends brother had built. The cabins floor was about two feet ...

December 1986

Steuben County New York (Class A) BFRO

While taking a break during a deer drive, hunter sees 6 foot tall creature run away down hillside

Not quite sure what to write. I was hunting with some friends of mine outside of Addison, NY in Nov. of 1986. I was the top man on a drive. I crested a hill and decided to take a break. Things were...

November 1986

Broome County New York (Class A) BFRO

Witness spots legs of a large bipedal creature from a distance of 100 feet

This occurred while I was just standing enjoying the view of the woods not far from my house, I had my dog with me and I was not actually in the woods myself but across the creek from the woods. Whate...

January 1986

Ulster County New York (Class A) BFRO

Ulster County, 1985 Winter Hike Leads to Encounter with Large Bipedal Creature

It was in the afternoon on a snowy winter day.1985. My friend and I decided to go for a winter drive(which was very common for me when it snows).We ended up at the entrance to "Ice Cave Mountain". Of ...

December 1985

Dutchess County New York (Class B) BFRO

Dusk and evening sightings around Stissing Mountain

In 1985, my friend and I were driving along Lake Rd in Pine Plains,NY. It was late afternoon in spring or early summer. It was a wooded area with a few houses. While driving we both saw what looke...

May 1985

Columbia County New York (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by mother and daughter near Kinderhook

May 1983, Kinderhook, NY (Columbia County) 5:30 - 6:00 pm. At the corner of Rt. 203 and State Farm Rd. My daughter and I were making a right hand turn at the cow pasture of Rt 203 and State Fa...

May 1983

Warren County New York (Class B) BFRO

Possible stalking of hikers on Prospect Mt. near Lake George

This happened in summer sometime between 1980-82 approximate. My then husband and I liked to hike. We lived in Lake George,N.Y. and were aware of the rangers road up the back of Prospect Mtn. We fooli...

January 1982

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