Josephine County, Oregon

Near Grants Pass

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Josephine County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

June 2005

I recently moved into this house in May of 2004 and when exploring found different animal trails. Thinking they were deer, I occasionally follow them. After seeing that deer like to feed in the lawn area, I started putting apples and other fruit out for them. Within the last couple of months I have heard some things at night and when I checked I never saw anything but I always would smell a strong musky odor. The dog would go out barking; I knew he would come back in smelling like a skunk. He always came right back without a smell. When he went out chasing deer, he would always stay out for some time. I started to put fruit out on the table by the house. In the morning it was gone. A couple of nights ago I awoke with the motion sensor light coming on. I smelled that smell but by the time I got to my feet to look out the window all I saw was something large and dark walking on two legs, heading back into the trees. Unfortunately, the creature had moved into the shadows. The ground is so...

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Josephine County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Early morning sighting by a deer hunter near Hugo

It was about 7:15am and overcast but had just stopped raining. I was hunting near Hugo, Oregon. I was about a half a mile from where I parked my vehicle walking on an ATV trail. It was still mostly da...

October 2010

Josephine County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Father and son hear strange sounds while camping near Oregon Caves

I write this email with a little apprehension of what my son and I heard in late August 2006. My 16 year old son (at the time) and I were on a three day hiking trip in the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon...

August 2006

Josephine County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Possible knocking heard by husband and wife while camping on their gold claim in Fiddler Gulch

Maybe nothing, but, my wife and I were camped in Fiddler Gulch, (Lat 42.220218 Lon -123.748328 deg.), over the weekend of June 15th, 2008. Several times we heard what sounded like a branch hitting a t...

January 2008

Josephine County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by mother and daughter at the Illinois River outside Cave Junction

I had lived in Indiana for a few years and had returned to Oregon in 2005. I was so excited to be back home; even the air smells sweeter when I got back. I would get in my car and just drive sometimes...

January 2006

Humboldt County California (Class A) BFRO

Three children have daytime sighting near Eureka

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January 1958

Washington County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Man spots Bigfoot in field

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March 1969

Bucks County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

Bow Hunter Encounters Strange Creature near Argus

I was bow hunting on October 24th, 2007. Around 5:45 pm I saw a large "sasquatch" like man about 180 yards away walking away from me. He/She was clothed in all one color. He/She was close to 8 feet ta...

October 2007

Skagit County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Three hikers see something cross their path

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August 1986

Kanawha County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Man remembers seeing a large hairy creature in a cemetary near Marmet

I was walking home one evening, I have to walk through the graveyard on a paved road. It was right at dusk when I looked out into the graveyard to a far point over looking the WV Turnpike. I saw this ...

January 1990

Sangamon County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Nighttime road crossing between Rochester and East Lake Drive

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September 2017

Madison County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Resident has recent daylight sighting while retrieving cattle near Godfrey

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April 2009

Bond County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Deer hunters have close sighting along Dry Fork Creek

Me and my son and daughter were hunting deer during the 2006 youth deer season. My son shot and wounded a deer and it ran into the woods. We all three went into the woods looking for it. Something sta...

October 2006