New Haven County, Connecticut

Near White Hills Region, Shelton, CT

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New Haven County Connecticut (Class A) BFRO

August 1953

This took place 53 years ago, however, I have lived with the vision of this creature all my life and have told no one about it. I was visiting a relative's cottage on Housatonic Lake near Indian Wells State Park in the White Hills region of Shelton, CT. Back then (1953) this area was not inhabited very densely and still is not today. There were 3 of us, all age 5-6, and we left the cottage and headed for the railroad track, which ran along the Housatonic River and Lake, to pick wild blackberries to put on our cereal. It was about 1/3 mile from the cottage. As we were busy picking, a large (6 1/2' to 7' tall) creature came down the steep hillside and proceeded to walk northward along the railroad tracks, staring at the 3 of us once, and moving at a fast walk. I remember the length of it's stride (about 5') and it's arms which looked like they went almost to it's knees. The body was covered in a dark brown/grayish color hair and it had the face of a primate. The hair was shorter than ...

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Litchfield County Connecticut (Class B) BFRO

Fisherman hears unusual late night vocalizations at Roraback WMA

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Litchfield County Connecticut (Class B) BFRO

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Litchfield County Connecticut (Class A) BFRO

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Middlesex County Connecticut (Class B) BFRO

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November 2004

Douglas County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

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Siskiyou County California (Class A) BFRO

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December 1993

Hillsborough County Florida (Class A) BFRO

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Broome County New York (Class A) BFRO

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Teton County Wyoming (Class A) BFRO

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Pulaski County Arkansas (Class A) BFRO

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Marion County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

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Christian County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

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March 2013