Graham County, Arizona

Near Safford, AZ

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Graham County Arizona (Class B) BFRO

September 1995

Two buddies and I were camping on the top of Mt. Graham in an undeveloped campsite just past the turnoff for Riggs Flat Lake. It was the middle of September, 1995. The first night we were sitting around our campfire at about 10:00 pm when we all heard a loud unidentified blood curdling scream. It was like nothing we had heard before - not human or any other animal like an elk or something that we had heard before. The noise came from about 200-300 feet in the distance. We heard the scream about two or three times over the course of 15 minutes. We all commented about the noise like, "what was that?" But, we just kind of laughed it off. Later that night, at about 2-3 am, we were sleeping in the tent when we heard "something big" creeping behind our tent. It was definitely bipedal, because we could hear the pine needles crunching under the footsteps of whatever it was. You could also tell it was big and had some weight to it. We were so creeped out that I grabbed my 9 mm pistol and co...

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Graham County Arizona (Class B) BFRO

Campers on Mount Graham are frightened by late-night visitor

I was camping at Mt. Graham about 1:00 am when I awoke and heard some rhythmic tapping of some type. About 30 yards away in a very wooded area. Seconds later I heard steps walking around my tent. No b...

June 2013

Graham County Arizona (Class B) BFRO

Campers on Mount Graham experience possible intimidation behavior

Memorial Day weekend 2013. Arrived with my husband and two kids to Cunningham site Mt Graham on May 25 2013. Two relatives campers were already at the site set up. We only had a 5 person tent and a ca...

May 2013

Graham County Arizona (Class B) BFRO

Former US marine and friends describe possible intimidation behavior while camping on Mt. Graham

My friends and i were camping on Mt. Graham, around the ******* [place name removed by editor] area. I was raised in that area as a child and I came back to visit with some long time friends that rema...

September 2008

Graham County Arizona (Class A) BFRO

A close range road crossing on a foggy morning near Safford

I was on my way to work on a Monday morning. I had to leave a little early because of the snow and fog. I was leaving from near the Mt. Graham foothills headed towards Safford traveling about 15 mph. ...

January 2007