Vilas County, Wisconsin

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Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

October 2021

Wanted to pass this by you as I was out duck hunting today (10/17/21) in north central Wisconsin' Powell Marsh area to be exact. This is a very remote marsh area surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of state and National forests. You can access this marsh zone via paths the DNR has to maintain Water levels and people do watch migratory birds from a couple observation areas along road. I was more on a walk with the potential to jump shoot some puddle ducks as you can see not a cloud around. Nor were there ducks. Not even sure it is a sighting but seemed rather strange. Something told me to look behind me as I was going the opposite direction as the figure. After watching this object for a couple hundred yards I decided to grab my cell phone. It is a long way away but appears black, large, and fast. We have bear, very few moose, wolves, and occasional Elk around. Feel free to say it is a guy on a bike-riding in the peat moss, or a guy on a 4 wheeler in a prohibited...

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Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Family discovers possible snow tracks in their yard near Land O' Lakes

Large footprint looking tracks in snow. We followed the inline footstep looking prints through a heavily wooded unpopulated area. The track line looked like footprints in 10 inches of snow approximate...

December 2013

Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Friends enjoying a late night together are startled by a eerie howl near Eagle River

I and two other friends were sitting in their vehicle at Eagle Lake during the evening. I was sitting in the back seat and our side window was rolled down. We heard an erie yell, it sounded to me like...

June 2013

Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Possible nighttime activity at a cabin near Phelps

It was February 25th 12:50am up at our family cabin which is located between the Ottawa National and Nicolet National Forest. The Cabin is on a deadend street, a few roads off of an entrance to a lake...

February 2012

Vilas County Wisconsin (Class B) BFRO

Man hears footsteps, inexplicable noise in Vilas County

This happened in Vilas county when i was hunting during the bow season. I was near Trout lake or i call it Trout Springs. Anyways i woke up that morning at about 4 in the morning and i hopped in the t...

October 2001