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

Clarke County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

Motorist sees Bigfoot like creature, hears scream

A large creature, about 6.5 feet tall and covered with hair, crossed the road in front of me in broad daylight at about 3 PM. The creature crossed the road just below the top of the hill and moved in ...

December 1996

Midland County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

witness describes an "ape-like" creature along a road.

Sighting on Nov 15, 1997 I was driving north around 6:45 and saw a creature coming out of the ditch. Hair on arms and head approx 8 inches hanging down face was facing forward then head turned when I ...

November 1997

Dixie County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Five or Six foot tall ape looking creature observed picking up road kill.

At 5 am Feb 9 1998 Heading north on 349 a small redish long haired ape looking creature about 5 foot five-6 foot tall, picking up road kill in the middle of the road ran off in to the woods ...

February 1998

Monroe County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

Two boys, out "hunting" with BB guns, witness a seven foot tall creature on two legs.

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October 1983

Pendleton County West Virginia (Class A) BFRO

Witness sees a large creature crossing the road

I was traveling early one morning in January, in snowy conditions, when I spotted a large, upright, dark-colored creature just off Rt.55. Very tall, fuzzy looking, with primate features, similar to an...

January 1998

York County Maine (Class A) BFRO

Creature seen by witness

I was gathering cut firewood on my grandmothers land in southern Maine. I heard a noise behind me and turned around expecting to see a moose as I was in moose country. At first I saw nothing and resum...

January 1985

San Bernardino County California (Class A) BFRO

Sighting along Lytle Creek

Heard whistling and wood-chomping noises and looked towards sounds and saw hairy man-like creature (very muscular). It saw me and stayed there for approx. 2 min. Then walked into the treeline by the e...

July 1950

Trumbull County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

Prints found following sighting near Mosquito Lake

At about 5:45pm I was walking out back and saw a large black creature out by the road. I yelled at it and it ran down the street. I think it went into the woods. When I walked up by the road I didn't ...

February 2000