Smith County, Texas

Near Tyler

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Smith County Texas (Class B) BFRO

January 2004

There are three incidents in roughly the same location to report. These incidents happened on our friends 400 acre ranch. During the first incident, my son, 14, was invited to his friends ranch earlier this summer or fall, 2003. The closest city to this ranch is Tyler, TX. The ranch is very large and out in the middle of nowhere. This area is a very wooded area with some hills and trails. On the first occasion my son and a friend were riding on a 4-wheeler on a trail where there was a fence running parallel with the trail. My son said they were going approx 20 miles an hour and he could hear loud footsteps keeping pace with the 4-wheeler. His friend who was on the back said that he also heard the footsteps and could see the trees "moving". On the second occasion, my son was invited to go camping on the ranch with his friends from his youth group. They were driving the 4-wheelers up to the camp spot after dark. The camping spot was roughly the same area where the first inciden...

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Smith County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Two afternoon sightings by father & son while driving near Tyler

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April 2011

Smith County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Possible vocalizations heard outside Chapel Hill

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March 2011

Smith County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Teenagers have night time sighting on Blackhawk Creek near Whitehouse.

Okay me and my friends were fishing down at the creek by our house and we were tired and decided to leave. So we all started walking back up the road from the wood area and [our friend] said that he h...

June 2001

Smith County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Coon hunters observe large, hairy "monkey" in pin oak

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October 1963

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

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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

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October 2006

Madison County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Nightime sighting and possible footprints found by homeowner near Edwardsville

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June 2006

Jack County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Youth has daylight sighting along Texas highway near Jacksboro

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July 2016

St. Clair County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

Roadside Sighting near Moody

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July 2007