Levy County, Florida

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Levy County Florida (Class A) BFRO

October 2000/2001

One day in the fall of 2000, while hunting, I was standing on the dirt road that surrounded the wooded hunting area. We were all spaced a few yards apart and out of each others line of sight and shooting lane. As I was listening for the dogs and looking up and down the wood line, hopefully for my shot at the deer, I caught something out of the corner of my eye on my left side. The road that I was on was just wide enough to fit two full-size trucks passing each other, and the swamp monkey, that's what we all called the supposedly made up animal that lived in this area, crossed the road in two strides. It looked like it could have been about 6 ' - 7' tall. We had one gentleman that hunted there with us that was just under 7' and I would say it was about the same height as him from a distance. It had such a thick build with gray hair or fur covering all of its body. A somewhat fluid stride for its massive size. Not knowing what I actually saw and wondering if maybe it was hunters ...

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Levy County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Friends almost strike a tall manlike animal as it crosses road outside Chiefland

On Saturday April 13 at 1:30 am a friend and I were driving south on Hwy 19 in Levy county FL we saw something at the woods line which almost instantly was in the road by center line. I thought we wer...

April 2013

Levy County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Motorist passes a crouching figure outside Chiefland

A friend and I were driving east on Hwy 27 between Chiefland and Bronson. Hwy 27 is a four lane road. The lanes are separated by a wide grass median, maybe 50 feet wide that serves as a drainage featu...

September 2012

Levy County Florida (Class B) BFRO

Hunter experiences dusk encounters in Goethe State Forest

I never got a visual. I was hog hunting/scouting an area with fresh activity. The first thing I noticed were some unusual scrapings on some tree's, higher up than any animal found here. Really paid li...

January 2012

Levy County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Daylight Sighting in the Goethe State Forest

About three years ago me and a buddy of mine went scouting in the Goathee State forest off of highway 336/337 like we do almost every other day. Seeing that his house line was aganist the forest. That...

September 2005

Clark County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Driver sees a tall (about 7-8ft), fur covered biped along roadside

Late Oct 2000, fall weather but jacket needed, about 1030-1100 pm, my wife and I were driving back home from her sister's house north of Donnelsville, driving south on Snider Rd. Just as I came over t...

October 2000

Armstrong County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

While working on a farm, teenagers spot Bigfoot nearby watching them

We were just teenagers..and working as laborers throwing hay for Old Fat Minteer, who was our boss. I guess we were probably 2/3 fo the way done with the wagon,when I looked over on the other side of ...

January 1976

Dubuque County Iowa (Class A) BFRO

Multiple sightings on family property near Cascade

Well in total I've had 5 encounters the first one being about a year ago I was bow hunting and this big hairy man like thing just came up and sat right under my tree stand I was thinking about shootin...

November 2016

Rio Arriba County New Mexico (Class A) BFRO

Water hauler has late night encounter

my name is ( withheld ) i am a water hauler i was working on some water pits early one morning in december around 3:30 am it was very cold that morning i had my work lights on around my truck i smelle...

December 2004

Greenlee County Arizona (Class A) BFRO

Bow hunter has daylight sighting near Alpine

I was archery deer hunting in September 1993, when I had a visual encounter with this creature. Around 7:00 a.m., I was slowly stalking down a hiking trail in a heavily wooded area when I began to fee...

September 1993

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

Gadsden County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by hunter near FL / GA border

In 1994 I was hunting deer and hogs in fla on a farm with a lot of under developed land on it. i was walking around a clear cut heading into the back part of the land i smelled something that did not ...

December 1994

Ottawa County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Two cars stop to let pair of BF cross the road

I was coming home from a school function around 9:00 in the evening on a thursday, down (edited) street. Shortly after passing (edited) the car in front of me began to slow down, and I thought they we...

November 2002