Fairbanks County, Alaska

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Fairbanks County Alaska (Class B) BFRO

August 1997

This happened in late August of 1997 in a side valley of Goldstream Valley, a relatively populated area just north of Fairbanks. Although it's quite close to the Fairbanks area and there are many houses and roads in the main part of Goldstream, the side valleys are still as wild as they were a thousand years ago. I was hunting ruffed grouse in one if these side valleys (I prefer not to say which one). I was on a south-facing aspen covered hillside, and had hunted all afternoon and evening, intending to spend the night out on the hill and hunt my way back in the morning. As I was making camp, a black bear almost walked right into me. I heard him coming from a ways off, and scared him away before he got closer. later on, it will become apparent why I mention this. So I was sleeping out in the open, no tent, under a spruce tree. Sometime in the middle of the night, I was awakened by something prowling around my camp, maybe thirty feet or so away from me, walking in a circle. I men...

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Fairbanks County Alaska (Class A) BFRO

Daytime sighting of reddish-colored bigfoot near Fairbanks

It was the month of July, 2009 in Fairbanks Alaska. I was heading south on Auburn Dr toward Farmers Loop which was about 1 mile away. It is a wooded area frequented by homes and in general would be co...

July 2009

Fairbanks County Alaska (Class A) BFRO

Family on their way home see a large, hairy creature cross the road

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May 1998

Fairbanks County Alaska (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by Army personnel on manuevers

I was part of a group of about a dozen Army personnel training in the area. It was summer on a warm clear day. We were above treeline and had been camped there for several days. I was looking across t...

January 1970

Fairbanks County Alaska (Class A) BFRO

Witness observers 6 foot, shaggy, dark brown creature off Richardson Hwy

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September 1964

Lane County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Late night sighting by family along Hwy 126, near McKenzie Bridge

I was traveling home from Bend after picking up my children and we were about about 10 miles east of McKenzie Bridge when I saw a large creature standing beside the road on the left side. I only saw i...

March 1977

Ferry County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Motorist has afternoon sighting on Sherman Creek Pass

As I was driving over Sherman pass in September 2013, I noticed a big man-like creature walk across both lanes with just three steps. I stopped and looked for tracks but I found nothing....

September 2013

Pike County Illinois (Class A) BFRO

Hunter has sighting from his deer stand near Detroit

I was deer hunting in Pike County, Illinois in 2007. I got in my tree stand at 6 in the morning. At 6.20 in the morning I heard loud footsteps walking through the pasture off to my right shoulder. I t...

November 2007

Franklin County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Saturday morning sighting by a motorist on William's Road

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June 1997

Marinette County Wisconsin (Class A) BFRO

Memory told of a sighting by a father and two sons grouse hunting at dawn near Pembine

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October 1979

Matagorda County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Teen has visual encounter through window.

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January 1982

Siskiyou County California (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by a Family on the Banks of the Klamath River near Hornbrook

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August 1998

Hernando County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Man has brief encounter near lake

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January 1980