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Brown County Indiana (Class A) BFRO

March 1998

While backpacking near the horse trails and access point in the county below Brown County I experienced a confrontation with a bipedal primate. It was early March of 1998 and I was alone. Around seven oclock in the evening after hiking several miles I set up camp in a wooded area about 100 yds. from the horse trail. Darkness was descending quickly so I was in a rush to set up camp and prepare my supper. After gathering firewood and getting my fire started for light and cooking I suddenly began hearing leaves and brush rustling below me and to the east along a ravine that I camped above. At that moment I thought to myself that it was a bit early for mushroom hunters and probably to dark for them to see any. Perhaps its a deer? Anyway, I grabbed my knife for protection and grabbed the flashlight cautiously approached the ravine where the noises were coming from. I yelled out in the direction of the sounds and aimed my flashlight and to my astonishment viewed a very tall upright human...

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Brown County Indiana (Class B) BFRO

Two campers hear strange sounds and see the outline of an upright creature.

My cousin and I were camping way out in the woods. We had just got there and built a fire when we heard a scream up on the ridge. After we heard the scream we shot our 12 gauge shotgun into the air an...

May 1995

Brown County Indiana (Class B) BFRO

Campers hear possible vocalizations on Yellowwood Lake

My wife and I were camping At Yellowood State Park this past Saturday night. About 1:00am we both were asleep and were woken by a loud hollering noise. It was a very deep howling noise but it wasn't a...

August 2015

Brown County Indiana (Class A) BFRO

Father & daughter sighting in Yellowwood State Forest

Me and my 11yr old daughter was spring turkey hunting 2020 in yellowood state forest behind our house. She seen it first, then I saw it. I watched in disbelief as it moved away from us. It was approxi...

May 2020

Brown County Indiana (Class A) BFRO

Eight years ago like it was only eight days

My husband and I rented a cabin in Nashville. We just came down for a year to Indiana. About 11 PM we went to bed. Within minutes our dogs went nuts. My husband got up to check and opened the front do...

May 2012

Douglas County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Hunter hears morning vocalization and has evening sighting north of Diamond Lake

On Saturday about 5:45 AM my hunting partner and I were walking down a gravel road and heard a loud scream from up hill above us. The scream started in a high pitch and went into more of a gruntal gro...

August 2004

Siskiyou County California (Class A) BFRO

Trail bike rider describes being briefly chased at night near Happy Camp

I was travelling down a couty road from a friends camp, and I was riding a small Honda motorbike. I got past a turn and heard something akin to a flat tire flopping. My bike is small enough that if it...

December 1993

Hillsborough County Florida (Class A) BFRO

June 1984 Manatee County FL Late evening sighting by 9 yr/old camper off Little Manatee River in Ruskin

At the time I was only about 9 years old, and my friend was going on a camping trip over in ruskin, fl. it was a weekend excersion just off the Little Manatee River. the first night we just herd funny...

June 1984

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

Teton County Wyoming (Class A) BFRO

Party of five campers observe 7 foot creature outside their RV

Dear BFRO Persons, My family and I were staying in beautiful Grand Teton National Park for a few nights and one night a mysterious yet real thing happened. One night when we were all asleep the famil...

June 2000

Pulaski County Arkansas (Class A) BFRO

Youth has sighting from his backyard on Air Force Base

I've had two possible bigfoot encounters. The first occured in 1975 when I seven. My family lived at Little Rock AFB. At the time there were woods behind our house and a small lake as well. After scho...

January 1975

Marion County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Brief daylight sighting by hunter near Silver Creek Falls State Park

Hunting in the woods, I saw what I at first thought was a deer but it turned out to be an elk (rare to spot in the area). Out of nowhere, it took off running ... that's when I saw a large animal take ...

October 1995

Christian County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Motorist spots a tall hairy biped chasing deer near Edinburg

I am writing this for my daughter. She was driving and came to a stop sign. This is a T road so she has to turn left or right. Straight in front of her is an open field with trees on the edge of it an...

March 2013