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Lake County Colorado (Class A) BFRO

1975

I lived for about 7 years in Leadville back in the 1970's and that town has a long history of Bigfoot reports. While living there I was involved in several related situations. One of my foster sons was employed for a time with the U.S. Forest Service working in the sign maintainence shop. They had quite a rash of Forest Service signs being ripped down. If you are familiar with the signs they use they are constructed of massive timbers and quite sturdy. Some of the signs were over 8 foot off the ground to the top yet they had been torn down with apparent ease. At first they suspected local teenagers or possibly bears as being responsible. To make it more difficult for the vandals the Forest Service put a thick layer of grease along the tops of some of the signs. Within days, one of the signs was again vandalized. The grease on the top of the damaged sign show a huge human like handprint. A few weeks later we decided to go on a late night cruise in the area where the damage had t...

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Lake County Colorado (Class A) BFRO

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Lake County Colorado (Class B) BFRO

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September 2005

Lake County Colorado (Class A) BFRO

Startled hiker sees tall shaggy biped on trail near Leadville

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May 2002

Lake County Colorado (Class B) BFRO

Hiker describes possible near encounter on the Colorado Trail near Mt. Massive

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September 2001

Midland County Michigan (Class A) BFRO

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

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November 1997

Dixie County Florida (Class A) BFRO

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

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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

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January 1998

York County Maine (Class A) BFRO

Creature seen by witness

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January 1985

San Bernardino County California (Class A) BFRO

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Trumbull County Ohio (Class A) BFRO

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February 2000

Beltrami County Minnesota (Class A) BFRO

Beltrami County, Minnesota; sighting and tracks found by logging crew.

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