Gogebic County, Michigan

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Gogebic County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

August 2016

My boyfriend is a hunter and a trapper. He traps trouble beaver for the county. This was about mid-Aug. He was out checking his traps out on the Chaney Lake Rd., south of Wakefield MI. He was heading south, came around the corner, saw something all black in the middle of the road. Being a bear hunter also, he hurried to see if it was a bear. It stood up on 2 legs looked at my boyfriend, took 2 steps to the west and was into the swamp. It passed in front of a curve sign, going into a swamp, that was 9-10 ft tall and only 6 inches of the sign showed above its head!! It was very black with long arms. So he got down there and it was gone. No path, no broken branches, no noise, nothing. Now he won't go in woods without a gun. And this is a man that used to bait bear with only a 10 inch knife!!!! And releases wolves, that get caught in his coyote traps!!! He's seen hundreds of bears and has tracked them in the dark. He said this was NO bear. And he's still rattled about it. We think it was a...

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Gogebic County Michigan (Class B) BFRO

Possible daytime road crossing within the Sylvania Wilderness Area

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Polk County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Twilight sighting on the west side of Lakeland

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September 1974

Nicholas County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

3 Friends watch 7' tall 2 legged hairy brown animal on the other side of the river

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July 1987

Van Zandt County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Two boys have afternoon sighting out behind family land in Sabine River Basin.

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November 1975

Cedar County Missouri (Class A) BFRO

Dusk sighting by motorist on Hwy 32 near Fair Play

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April 2006

Larue County Kentucky (Class A) BFRO

Sightings and constant activity at a home near Campbellsville

Would like to talk to someone about noises I've been hearing since about 6 months ago. These noises haven't stopped and I have heard them every week since I've lived here for almost a year now and abo...

October 2016

Umatilla County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Elk hunter spots reddish-brown sasquatch

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September 1994

Gunnison County Colorado (Class A) BFRO

Hunters observe dark creature pounding rocks together

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November 1990

Somerset County New Jersey (Class A) BFRO

Teens observe a Bigfoot in daylight on a gas line route between Hillsborough and East Amwell townships

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July 2008