Surry County, Virginia

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Surry County Virginia (Class A) BFRO

December 2021

On December 20, 2021, while my grandson and I were still hunting for white tail deer in Eastern Virginia, at 4:40 pm we heard what sounded like two wood blocks being hit together. Within seconds we saw an animal of some sort, traveling upright, covered in smooth black fur, moving southwest, to northeast very quickly. We could only see from about the animal's upper thigh upward. The head was round with no visible neck, and we could see no facial features. We saw the animal only from its left side. From the moment it first appeared, until it moved out of sight, was only about 3-5 seconds. In that span of time it covered approximately 60 yards through thick brush, over uneven terrain. There was a stiff breeze from the East/Northeast, so I don't believe that the animal scented us, or knew we were there. I have been a hunter, a trapper, camper and woodsman for more than 50 of my 62 years. This animal was upright (on 2 legs). It definitely was not a bear. I have seen many bears. I...

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Surry County Virginia (Class B) BFRO

Howling vocalization sounds heard by campers.

My family and I were trying to get some sleep in our tent on this particular evening (invariably, we always seem to somehow end up next to a bunch of noisy and inconsiderate campers who keep us up unt...

July 1998

Jackson County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Upright creature seen by 3 men fishing in a boat 3 miles from Greenwood

It happened about 10 or 12 years ago. Myself, nephew and an elderly family friend Terry, were in this swampy wooded area fishing. They were in a small boat, no motor just paddles. As they were fishing...

January 1990

Medina County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

A man standing on his back porch watches a large hair covered creature run down the railroad tracks and jump down into the brush

I saw a large hunched over creature about 8 feet tall. It was walking on the elevated tracks behind my house and then preceded to sprint down the tracks and jump down into the brush on the other side ...

May 2003

Cattaraugus County New York (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by hunter outside Salamanca

i live in salamanca n.y.i was hunting down old 17 road and seen a tall dark hairy creature walking on two legs cross the railroad tracks.the area around him had smelt very bad.(skunk smell).before i h...

October 2001

Polk County Oregon (Class A) BFRO

Motorist observes bipedal creature crossing highway

I was driving home early in the morning from work when a large creacher cross the hiway infront of my car. It was walking upright and took the road in 3 large steps....

September 2000

Clark County Arkansas (Class A) BFRO

A daylight sighting in a cow pasture. The witness also mentioned that some of his cows have been killed

I saw a very tall creature in one of our pastures. It had a medium brown fur coat, but its face was not furry. It made a very loud noise which my neighbors also heard and called our house right after ...

September 1996

Harford County Maryland (Class A) BFRO

Large, dark creature seen crossing the road.

I was riding my motorcyle north on Rt 165 having just passed the John Deere dealership. This particular section of road is straight for more then a mile. I was about a quarter of the way into this mil...

July 1984

Columbia County Washington (Class A) BFRO

Unusual tracks found.

archery elk season,opening day. I was archery hunting, I found some very big tracks. I back tracked them to the canyon I had just hunted. These tracks went about 5 or 6 hundred yards along a clearcut....

September 1991

Walla Walla County Washington (Class A) BFRO

BFRO investigator finds tracks in snow 2001

While driving Blacksnake Ridge doing field work I came across large bipedal footprint going across Blacksnake ridge. i got out to investigate the tracks. From heel to heel to prints were 4 1/2 feet ap...

March 2001