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Roanoke County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Night sighting on the edge of Salem, within a few miles of Roanoke River

Hi, I am relaying this story for my brother since I have access to the net and he does not, but I will relate the story to you just as he told it to me with his permission. My name is [PB], I am ...

April 2002

Shenandoah County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Hikers startled by encounter at remote cabin near Woodstock

Two friends and I were backpacking on great north mountain in the winter of 2002. It was our second night and we reserved a stone cabin from the PATC, named sugar knob cabin, we had not seen anyone al...

February 2002

Chesapeake City County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Screams heard in the Great Dismal Swamp

After finally getting my twelve campers to sleep I left them with my co-counselor and took the short walk to the showers. The time was 11:00 pm and everyone was asleep or at least in their cabins. It ...

July 2000

Augusta County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Campers experience strange events in Ramsey's Draft Wilderness Area

In the Summer of 2000 my friends and I were camping in George Washington National Forest. Ramsey's Draft Wilderness area. We experienced knocks and rock throwing. The thing that made us a bit UN-nerve...

July 2000

Louisa County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Witnesses in van catch brief glimpse of bipedal figure walking along road near Louisa

I had been working a swing shift at a paper press "American Press" from 3pm to 12 midnite, in the town of Mineral, VA (I think it was Mineral, in Louisa County.) About five of us were travelling hom...

December 1998

Surry County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Howling vocalization sounds heard by campers.

My family and I were trying to get some sleep in our tent on this particular evening (invariably, we always seem to somehow end up next to a bunch of noisy and inconsiderate campers who keep us up unt...

July 1998

Montgomery County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

While driving home, witnesses observe 5-6 ft. tall hairy creature in middle of road

On May 30,1998, my husband and I were coming back towards home (Brush Creek Road) on Dobbins Hollow Road. As we rounded the narrow road, in between the creek on the right side and the tree farm on the...

May 1998

Giles County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Shocked hikers watch hairy human-like animal run by them 10 feet away

I was hiking with my girlfriend in the evening on the night of March 29, 1997 We were in a pretty isolated area so we were surprised when we heard what sounded like a muffled scream that sounded like ...

March 1997

Rockingham County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Recollection of a college outing interrupted by possible vocalizations and rocks thrown near Rawley Springs

In college, my social club would go camping twice a year for a bonding event w/ our new members. We would go in Late November after the Thanksgiving Holiday and in Early April. A group of about 40...

November 1995

Fairfax County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

A loud screaming sound was witnessed along with crashing and rocks thrown at the witnesses

There was a loud scream-like sound ocurring several times. Moments later we heard loud running(pacing) across the creek, as we heard the running we also heard loud crashing of debris and other types o...

August 1995

Prince William County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

MILITARY BASE: Marines encounter a sasquatch while night training in restricted area on Quantico Marine Base

I was on a training mission at Quantico Marine Base in VA in 1994. Me and my squad were supposed to be a diversion Recon team. To be short we were reversing our way back to our relocation drop off ope...

February 1994

Greene County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

While out hiking in the woods with his dog, witness smelled a horrible smell.

I would like to say up- front , that this is a different thing for me to do by far : I reside in Virginia & am originally from the upper New England area of Vermont. I have been a woods person in m...

July 1993

Carroll County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Late night sighting by motorists on Hwy 94 near the Wythe County border

My ex-wife and I were driving on highway 94 in Carroll county, VA about 3-4 miles from the Wythe county line. We were returning from a Christmas shopping night in West Virginia. It was around midnight...

December 1992

Bath County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

A sighting by two motorists

My brother and I were driving back home from a fishing trip when suddenly a small deer ran across the road in front of us. I stopped the car and out of the corner of my eye I saw a large dark shape on...

July 1992

Giles County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Hairy creature seen watching a college party on Butt Mountain

My girlfriend had come to town for the weekend, and we had gone up to the abandoned fire tower on Butt Mountain to go hiking and camping for the weekend. We arrived there early on a Saturday morning, ...

August 1990

Bedford County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Lifelong hunter hears strange screams in early morning twilight directly under tree stand

Deer hunting from a tree stand approx. 15 feet high. Arrived way too early, maybe an hour or more before daylight. I climbed into my tree stand and reversed the batteries in my flashlight to keep it f...

January 1988

Shenandoah County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Campers report 'Ohio howls' and stalking near Mt. Jackson in George Washington National Forest

I'm an experienced outdoorsman, for what has been most all of my life. I was always 100% confident while in the woods, even at night. It was mid August of 1985, myself and a good friend went campi...

August 1985

Augusta County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Possible trash snatching (2 witnesses) outside Sherando

In early June we were sleeping in back of truck when my wife woke up and saw something big walk past the truck. It went over to where I had our trash bags (10-20 feet from truck) tied up in a tree to...

June 1984

Wythe County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Boy sees "Bigfoot" in the woods while looking out the car window

It was spring break 1984 and I was 16 at the time. My dad myself and my brother were on this trip to visit my mother in Florida. When we got about half way through Virginia I was just looking out the ...

April 1984

Henry County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Man recalls watching a possible late night road crossing from his home outside Fieldale

I had gotten up in the middle of the night to get a drink. After leaving the kitchen, I went to the backdoor to look out the window. There is a road about 100 yards from the back of my house with a du...

December 1982

Prince George County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Memory told of observing a hairy biped close to Civil War fortifications near Fort Lee

During early fall of 1981 when I was in 9th grade, several of my friends and I were playing war in the woods of the Petersburg National Battlefield. We rode our bikes to one of the wooded fortificatio...

September 1981

Brunswick County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Memory told of a tall hairy figure seen in a corn field near Lawrenceville

I was in Junior high school for Crewe Junior High (no longer exists). I was riding on a school bus on a back road in Greensville Co. Virginia after competing in a junior high school basketball game wi...

December 1980

Amelia County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Memory told of a possible sighting of two juveniles tree climbing at sundown near Farmville

My ex's step father was born in Amelia County, Va, so my husband hunted a lot where his step father had family land there, I would sit in the car while he went hunting. It was getting dark [dusk] and ...

August 1980

Middlesex County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Daytime sighting on Route 17 near Church View

This incident has been bothering me for 25 years. And I'm glad I found your sight a few years ago. In 1978, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I were driving back from Virginia Beach back to Baltimore...

August 1978