Washington County, Rhode Island

Near Charlestown

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Washington County Rhode Island (Class A) BFRO

1978

I've told very few people this story for fear that they might think I'm crazy. The only reason why I'm taking the time to report this is because of a recent entry a friend of mine who knew my story told me about. My story takes place in Charlestown, Rhode Island in the late 1970's. My mother and father and I lived in a wooded area abutting the "Indian Cedar Swamp" and property owned by United Nuclear which probably comprises several thousand acres. The property surrounding our home was mixed white Atlantic juniper swamp,scarlet, red and white oaks with old growth white pine stands mixed in, with a dense understory of briars, mountain laurel and blue berry brush. We lived off a road with 3 houses on it. The houses were all built close to the entrance of this development. The road was part of a series of roads that were put in as the start of a development. The roads were oiled gravel and had been left to grow in after years of little or no use. It looked like the developer had sta...

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Washington County Rhode Island (Class B) BFRO

Possible stick formation found by hiker in the Great Swamp

I have recently become very interested in bigfoot research, and based on reports that I found on this website of previous incidents in the area, decided to go to Great Swamp in Rhode Island to look fo...

October 2006

Washington County Rhode Island (Class A) BFRO

Bicycling student has night encounter

While attending U.R.I in the Fall of 1974,I would stay at my girlfriends mother's house on weekends because I only had a five day mealbook plan. It was Sunday evening about 10:00pm when I decided to ...

September 1974

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

Ontario Canada (Class A) BFRO

Two fishermen spot a 7 foot tall brown creature from their boat.

My brother and I were riding in a small boat when I noticed something on the shore. It was about 40 metres away, but we saw a 7 foot tall humanoid that looked completely brown scooping up water into i...

January 1994

Josephine County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Huge creature almost hit by a truck

My aunt and uncle, who lived on the edge of town, heard a burgler going thru stuff on the back porch late at night. Looked out an seen a huge bigfoot lookin thru stuff. My aunt screamed and bigfoot ru...

January 1968

Ontario Canada (Class A) BFRO

Creature observed crossing the road.

Driving on Hwy11 at night when the creature crossed the road and went into the bush. It was a dark brown or black in colour and I think about 7ft tall. I didn't stop to look for it, since it was dark....

September 1997

Jackson County Kansas (Class A) BFRO

Motorist's sighting results in a collision

In 1960 on the Pottawatomie Indian Reserve NW. of Topeka, KS, a man saw a very hairy man that scared him so bad he drove through a yard and hit a clothesline. ...

January 1960

New Brunswick Canada (Class A) BFRO

Ape-Like figure seen running through the woods

A large ape like figure running though the woods. Seemed very scared. I, nor did other witnesses ever see anything like it. When we checked for footprints, nothing was found....

April 1997