Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Near Orangeville

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Columbia County Pennsylvania (Class B) BFRO

August 1989

Was out late one night walking my Beagle before retiring for the night. We live in a somewhat rual area, the village of Orangeville has a population of about 600 or so. Because of the town make up at that time, very few people were up at that hour. so, in walking west up the road with the mountain to the north of us, all the hoses on the hill were dark and quiet with ony a dog or two barking. I had walked my dog about 300 yards up the road, about 200 yards away from the closest house. At this point the woods coming down from the mountain are right next to the road. We had just stoped and were beginning our walk back to the house when my dog stoped and looked up at the mountain. His hair on his back stood up and he started growling. I looked up to where he was staring and didn't see any kind of movement or hear or smell anything different. After about 10 seconds I tried to coax the dog into heading back to the house, but he did not move. About 30 seconds after the dog first ...

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Columbia County Pennsylvania (Class A) BFRO

Two campers are chased from an apple orchard by a 5.5 foot tall hair covered creature.

One of my friends and I were camping on his family's land near Catawissa. It was just the two of us late at night. We were sitting by the camp fire talking when we noticed we needed more wood for the ...

April 1993

Midland County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

witness describes an "ape-like" creature along a road.

Sighting on Nov 15, 1997 I was driving north around 6:45 and saw a creature coming out of the ditch. Hair on arms and head approx 8 inches hanging down face was facing forward then head turned when I ...

November 1997

Dixie County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Five or Six foot tall ape looking creature observed picking up road kill.

At 5 am Feb 9 1998 Heading north on 349 a small redish long haired ape looking creature about 5 foot five-6 foot tall, picking up road kill in the middle of the road ran off in to the woods ...

February 1998

Monroe County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Two boys, out "hunting" with BB guns, witness a seven foot tall creature on two legs.

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October 1983

Pendleton County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Witness sees a large creature crossing the road

I was traveling early one morning in January, in snowy conditions, when I spotted a large, upright, dark-colored creature just off Rt.55. Very tall, fuzzy looking, with primate features, similar to an...

January 1998

York County Maine (Class A) BFRO

Creature seen by witness

I was gathering cut firewood on my grandmothers land in southern Maine. I heard a noise behind me and turned around expecting to see a moose as I was in moose country. At first I saw nothing and resum...

January 1985

San Bernardino County California (Class A) BFRO

Sighting along Lytle Creek

Heard whistling and wood-chomping noises and looked towards sounds and saw hairy man-like creature (very muscular). It saw me and stayed there for approx. 2 min. Then walked into the treeline by the e...

July 1950

Trumbull County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Prints found following sighting near Mosquito Lake

At about 5:45pm I was walking out back and saw a large black creature out by the road. I yelled at it and it ran down the street. I think it went into the woods. When I walked up by the road I didn't ...

February 2000

Beltrami County Minnesota (Class A) BFRO

Beltrami County, Minnesota; sighting and tracks found by logging crew.

saw a mnlike creature on an island in a bog. Tracks seen by District Forester quoted because of the deep snow conditions and temperatures no human cpuld go that way and survive. ...

November 1978