Counties in South Dakota with reports

Brown Custer Dewey Gregory Jackson Lawrence Meade Pennington Shannon

Pennington County South Dakota (Class B) BFRO

Possible howls heard 4 miles north of Rochford in middle of Black Hills

I was visiting my family's former home and treated myself with a night's stay at the cottages. They lie along the road running through from Deadwood to Rochford. The campground was empty save for me, ...

June 2019

Lawrence County South Dakota (Class B) BFRO

Camper describes stalking Bigfoots near "Devil's Bathtub" in Spearfish Canyon

I would like to start by saying i'm an avid hunter, hiker, and all around outdoorsman. I was going to the SD School of Mines at this time for engineering. It was late October 2012. I went solo camping...

October 2012

Lawrence County South Dakota (Class B) BFRO

Possible nighttime visit while camping in the Black Hills of South Dakota

I travel, every year on vacation, to South Dakota to do some camping in the Black Hills and have for the past three years camped in the same location. I belong to a club of outdoor enthusiasts, we tra...

June 2008

Pennington County South Dakota (Class B) BFRO

Unusual howls recorded in the Black Hills southwest of Rapid City

Sorry if duplicate, I keep hitting some key that throws me out of this page. Auditory report. Returned home after Vol Fire Dept meeting and heard weird howling. Got my digital voice recorder from in...

February 2008

Gregory County South Dakota (Class A) BFRO

Truck driver has early morning sighting on Highway 44 near Missouri River

Hello I am from rural South Dakota and i have a strange sighting that I saw about 6 years ago. I was Driving truck and this was about at 5 in the morning still dark in the fall of the year around the ...

November 2006

Pennington County South Dakota (Class A) BFRO

Early evening sighting by motorist on Hwy 244 near Horsethief Lake

I was driving home to Custer,SD from Keystone,SD on Highway 244 or known as the Mt. Rushmore Rd. At about 5:20 in the evening along the side of the road was a large bigfoot.I looked right at him as I ...

November 2006

Jackson County South Dakota (Class A) BFRO

Police officer describes late night road crossing sighting south of Wanblee

i just started working as a police officer, and i was assigned the midnight shift. i was doing my basic patrols, when i was runing low on gas. the officer who was working the evening had the gas card ...

November 2003

Custer County South Dakota (Class A) BFRO

While driving his pickup, cowboy has night time sighting near Custer

I went out to custer state park after the buffalo roundup to just rest and ride my horse....I rode all day friday. I came back to camp ,fed and watered my horse, I was the only one in camp. I went to ...

October 2003

Custer County South Dakota (Class B) BFRO

Camp counselor describes unusual incidents near Custer

While reading sightings on your website, I noticed that there was one for Custer, SD. I and my boyfriend had experienced some strange things happen while were working at a Native American Youth camp o...

August 2003

Dewey County South Dakota (Class A) BFRO

Multiple witness reports of sightings of creature.

Incident #1: A party of five people fishing on the Cheyenne River, on the reservation--south of Faith, observed a tall, hairy creature which looked like a bear, watching them from across the river. As...

August 1999

Shannon County South Dakota (Class A) BFRO

Large bipedal animal frequently observed by a South Dakota family

For the past four years my family has seen a creature unidentifiable to us; these sightings have been at our home seven miles north of Porcupine, South Dakota. The creature appears to be seven to nine...

September 1998

Meade County South Dakota (Class A) BFRO

Creature observed coming up over a ridge.

My sister says I must tell this to this WWW sight. So here goes. In June of 1996 I was a helper at a vision quest on the Cheyenne side of Bear Butte. This is a state park as many or all of the sac...

June 1996

Brown County South Dakota (Class B) BFRO

Teenagers hear strange sounds near Aberdeen

When I was a senior in high school (1986), I was staying overnight at a friend's who lived about 8 miles north of the town where I lived, Aberdeen. It's very flat in this area, although it does start ...

April 1986