Marion County, Oregon

Near Silverton

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Marion County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

October 1995

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 off and run about 50 feet beyond the elk. It was about 300 feet from me and I pulled my rifle up on it to see it with the scope and was able to follow it just long enough to see that it looked to be dark brownish with what looked to be possible moss on it. I headed over to where it was and saw what spooked both it and the elk ... a group of 3 hunters were walking about. I asked them if they saw anything and they said no. I told them I think I just saw a bigfoot - they laughed. I chatted with them a couple minutes, then walked over the area that the bigfoot ran. Other than just some bent grass there was nothing until I came to the base of an old growth tree. There looked to be a single part of a foot print ... It was just the front half of the foot and it looked to have just the ball un...

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Marion County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Couple south of Aurora hears repeated screams, encounter with dog

Nov 13th, 2006: 9:00 pm, dark, rainy and cold. My husband and I had just put our oldest son to bed, and were settling down to watch TV in our living room. My husband heard "someone" screaming "bizarre...

November 2006

Marion County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Bicyclist hears vocalization, wood knocks and sees tree shaking

On June 21, 2005, I started a solo bicycle tour from Salem, Oregon that would take me east up into the Mount Hood National Forest, Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Old Mckenzie Pass Hwy just west of S...

June 2005

Marion County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Fisherman has close sighting on Breitenbush River

I believe it was in June of 2003 when I was fishing on the Breitenbush River approximately 4 miles upstream from Detroit, OR. The river flows through a fairly steep gorge at this point. Because of a h...

June 2003

Marion County Oregon (Class B) BFRO

Vocalizations heard by campers in Taylor Park

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July 2002

Clark County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

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

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October 2000

Armstrong County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

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

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January 1976

Dubuque County Iowa (Class A) BFRO

Multiple sightings on family property near Cascade

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November 2016

Rio Arriba County New Mexico (Class A) BFRO

Water hauler has late night encounter

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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

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December 1994

Ottawa County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Two cars stop to let pair of BF cross the road

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November 2002