Onslow County, North Carolina

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Onslow County North Carolina (Class B) BFRO

July 1987

I have never told this to anyone because I didn't want to hear the jokes, but it was mid July 1987. I was heading toward the beach in my sports car, top down music blasting. It was around 8:45 pm so it was still light, sort of dusk dark. I had my headlights on cruising about 60 mph when I rounded a corner and there in the road stood this large hairy thing. I slammed on brakes and swerved around it, but I must have glanced it because it bounced over the passenger side of my car. I slid the car around and stopped where my headlights were about halfway on the thing. It got up and came at me. I was about 25 feet away from the thing and the smell was horrible. It hung in the air like a wet blanket. It was about 7 to 7.5 feet high, reddishbrown matted looking hair, its face was hairless and he looked ticked. I put the car in reverse, backed up and threw the car in drive and took off. As I was spinning around I looked in the rearview mirror and it was right on my cars rear end. I heard a loud...

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Onslow County North Carolina (Class B) BFRO

US Marine has a possible encounter with his deer kill outside Jacksonville

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October 2010

Onslow County North Carolina (Class A) BFRO

While training a U.S. Marine witnesses a large creature near Camp LeJuene

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February 2005

Onslow County North Carolina (Class A) BFRO

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July 1999

Onslow County North Carolina (Class A) BFRO

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October 1983

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October 1997

Jennings County Indiana (Class A) BFRO

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August 2001

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August 1980

Morgan County Alabama (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting by husband and wife near home near Valhermosa Springs

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October 2000

Collier County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Daylight sighting of a man-like ape while target shooting in the Big Cypress National Preserve

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December 2001

Gilchrist County Florida (Class A) BFRO

Night time sighting by motorist near Fanning Springs

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January 2005