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YEAR: 1971
SEASON: Fall
STATE: Oregon
COUNTY: Coos County
LOCATION DETAILS: The house was later sold by my parents (years later) and that same house burned down.....the new owners built a new home on the same site and cut back many othe the trees.
NEAREST TOWN: Myrtle Point, Oregon
NEAREST ROAD: [Omitted]
OBSERVED: [Editor's Note - Matt Pruitt: Even though the incident occurred many years ago, I have omitted the details that describe the exact location of the incident, as the area is private, and is still occupied.]
This was in 1971 and I was 19 at the time. The location was outside the town of Myrtle Point, Oregon on [omitted] where my parents lived on 10 acres. I didn't live with them at the time, but had walked to their place from town that day and met them on the road as they were driving into town.....they were going out for the evening and told me I could spend the night at the house and they'd see me later on.
It was late in the afternoon when I arrived at the house and just went in and watched TV for awhile. After about an hour or so, I heard the dogs barking.....they often barked at deer that would come near the house, so I peeked out the window behind the couch where I sat to see if I could see them. I didn't see anything, but smelled what I thought was the septic tank.....it was awful. Back to watching TV....it was getting darker now and I could hear the dogs again, but they were screaching and saw them run past our front door (the door was all glass panes) and heard them run into the garage. That smell again and it was stronger and I looked out the window again to see why the dogs ran away, but still saw nothing.
Soon I heard a noise outside the window I had been looking out of. Someone was walking on the plank just outside the window and sounded like he was headed toward the front door, so I sat back and looked to see who it was.
I saw a tall, dark figure walking past the door, but in it's stride, it's head turned and saw me watching. It stopped at the door and turned toward me. It stood there watching me and in my fear I must have passed out, because the next thing I remembered was my parents picking me up from the floor....how I ended up there, I'll never know, but my folks said I was white as a ghost and were afraid when they saw me, that I was dead.
My dad ran out the door right away with flashlight in hand, when I was able to tell them what happened, but I was sure it had been hours past and it had rained. He came back with nothing.
The creature was taller than the door, but was slightly hunched when it was walking past the door. The eyes were small compared to the size of its head and piercing. It had hair all over, but I could see its skin easily and I could see that it was a female by its breasts, which had less hair. Its face was rather flat and the head was long. It had a short neck. I'll never forget those eyes.
I can't really remember the season or month, but it was a couple of months after I graduated for highschool.
OTHER WITNESSES: There were no other witnesses....I was alone
OTHER STORIES: I had heard of former owners who reported seeing bigfoot in the same location....their name was [omitted], and their story was in some report I found at a local library after the incident I had.
TIME AND CONDITIONS: This happened just before dusk
ENVIRONMENT: This area was covered in pines and shrubs. A creek ran behind the house. The house stood between two ridges and you had to drive down the road to get to the house.
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Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Kristi Sanders:
The witness was very credible, and she vividly recalled the incident. Below is an excerpted interview I conducted with her, providing more details:
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"It was walking past the glass doors and it saw me, and it stopped and turned towards the door. It was only 10 feet away, and it was taller than the door. It was a bit hunched, and it could see into the house. Both of us made eye contact, and I fainted. My parents found me on the floor; pale white."
"I could tell it was female, because there were breasts. It seemed like a young animal, and I could see the skin on the creature. It had sparse hair on the front part. The skin was sort of a tan color."
"I estimated it to be about 7’5”, based on height of the door."
"The thing that stood out the most was the eyes. The eyes were small in proportion to rest of the face. It had a long face, like somebody with an elongated head, maybe two-thirds larger than a human face."
"The eyes were almond shaped, like a monkey's. The eyes looked to be brown."
"It had a flat nose, flatter than a human's. I didn't notice any eyebrows. I did notice small ears. They weren't stuck out; they were more pressed against the head."
"It turned its head, looked in the house, and then it stopped and it saw me. It froze, and then turned the whole body toward me. It looked like a healthy animal."
"It seemed intelligent, and it did not look afraid. It looked curious. I did not feel as if I was going to be attacked."
"I had never even heard of bigfoot when I saw the animal, and my parents told me there was something that people had seen that was similar to my description. I went to the library to read about the animal. I saw a guy on television who said he saw one across the lake that the thing that stood out to him was the eyes, and I definitely agree."
"After getting over the fear, the incident was burned in my mind, and I remember it very vividly."
~BFRO
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Daylight sighting by motorcyclist near Atwater, Ohio
YEAR: 1994-95
SEASON: Summer
STATE: Ohio
COUNTY: Portage County
LOCATION DETAILS: from the corner of 183 and 224 in atwater,you follow 224 east till you come to Porter Rd.Its only about a few miles.Turn right and go down 3 houses on the left.The big blue house is still mom and dads.from there,the mines are behind the house.Since then,they have dozed most of the area so it doesnt resemble much of what it looked like.
NEAREST TOWN: ATWATER
NEAREST ROAD: 224 AND 225
OBSERVED: This incident occured in the town of Atwater,OH.
One day in the late afternoon my sister and I climbed on my motorcycle and headed back to what was once strip mines.I frequently rode there and knew every bit of it.We had just rounded a corner and were headed north when we noticed South of us 2 "people".I immediately assumed it was my one friends with his dad..They are big guys.Well,I turned the bike around and headed toward them.At this point, they were quite a distance away.As we got closer,a strange transformation took place in my mind.What had been my friend took on a different appearance altogether.I remember feeling strange because my previous thoughts were being replaced as we got closer.At some point, we realized it was not my friend, and within seconds after that,saw them enough to get the details.They were indeed large,covered with hair,and looked human.They were not bears for 2 reasons.Their faces,and the way they left, on 2 legs.When years later I saw the Patterson film,the first thing that struck me was the way that animal looked at the camera.When these 2 beings looked at us,they also turned their upper body with their head to see us.As soon as I realized that we were looking at 2 huge, 2 legged things looking at us,I immediately got scared.Right after they looked at us,they were gone into the woods.We coasted up to the spot,and my sister reached up and turned off the bike.I protested! In the distance we heard distinctly branched breaking as if something snapped them as it ran.I also remember thinking that the snapping sound was deeper,as if whatever was breaking was larger than the typical twig.We re-started the bike and ran for home.It wasnt until later that we even thought about Bigfoot.But i must stress,we saw them in the day,and we saw them close enough to know what we saw.
ALSO NOTICED: nothing that we noticed.I remember a few days later returning to look for footprints,but it was so hard back there,i dont think anything could have left a print.Needless to say,i found none.
OTHER WITNESSES: 2 witnesses..
riding a motorcycle
TIME AND CONDITIONS: It was hot and dry,middle of summer I think.Probally around 5 in the afternoon.
ENVIRONMENT: The area was once stripped mined,but at the time was mostly grown over with woods.There are numerous lakes back there and berries and the like.
~BFRO
SEASON: Summer
STATE: Ohio
COUNTY: Portage County
LOCATION DETAILS: from the corner of 183 and 224 in atwater,you follow 224 east till you come to Porter Rd.Its only about a few miles.Turn right and go down 3 houses on the left.The big blue house is still mom and dads.from there,the mines are behind the house.Since then,they have dozed most of the area so it doesnt resemble much of what it looked like.
NEAREST TOWN: ATWATER
NEAREST ROAD: 224 AND 225
OBSERVED: This incident occured in the town of Atwater,OH.
One day in the late afternoon my sister and I climbed on my motorcycle and headed back to what was once strip mines.I frequently rode there and knew every bit of it.We had just rounded a corner and were headed north when we noticed South of us 2 "people".I immediately assumed it was my one friends with his dad..They are big guys.Well,I turned the bike around and headed toward them.At this point, they were quite a distance away.As we got closer,a strange transformation took place in my mind.What had been my friend took on a different appearance altogether.I remember feeling strange because my previous thoughts were being replaced as we got closer.At some point, we realized it was not my friend, and within seconds after that,saw them enough to get the details.They were indeed large,covered with hair,and looked human.They were not bears for 2 reasons.Their faces,and the way they left, on 2 legs.When years later I saw the Patterson film,the first thing that struck me was the way that animal looked at the camera.When these 2 beings looked at us,they also turned their upper body with their head to see us.As soon as I realized that we were looking at 2 huge, 2 legged things looking at us,I immediately got scared.Right after they looked at us,they were gone into the woods.We coasted up to the spot,and my sister reached up and turned off the bike.I protested! In the distance we heard distinctly branched breaking as if something snapped them as it ran.I also remember thinking that the snapping sound was deeper,as if whatever was breaking was larger than the typical twig.We re-started the bike and ran for home.It wasnt until later that we even thought about Bigfoot.But i must stress,we saw them in the day,and we saw them close enough to know what we saw.
ALSO NOTICED: nothing that we noticed.I remember a few days later returning to look for footprints,but it was so hard back there,i dont think anything could have left a print.Needless to say,i found none.
OTHER WITNESSES: 2 witnesses..
riding a motorcycle
TIME AND CONDITIONS: It was hot and dry,middle of summer I think.Probally around 5 in the afternoon.
ENVIRONMENT: The area was once stripped mined,but at the time was mostly grown over with woods.There are numerous lakes back there and berries and the like.
~BFRO
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Unusual howls recorded in the Black Hills southwest of Rapid City, South Dakota
YEAR: 2008
SEASON: Winter
MONTH: February
DATE: 18 & 20
STATE: South Dakota
COUNTY: Pennington County
LOCATION DETAILS: (Edited for privacy at witness request.)
NEAREST TOWN: 7 mi South-Southwest from Rapid City, SD
NEAREST ROAD: (Edited)
OBSERVED: Sorry if duplicate, I keep hitting some key that throws me out of this page.Auditory report.Returned home after Vol Fire Dept meeting and heard weird howling. Got my digital voice recorder from inside the house and obtained roughly 4.5 minutes of it on tape. Ululating howl with some echo off of nearby cliff face. I estimated the sound to originate (nearby). I am an avid outdoorsman and have lived in the Black Hills for over 40 years. This sound was odd, did not fit the pattern of any animal species I am aware of. We have Coyote, Mountain Lion, Big Horn Sheep, White Tail deer (occ. Mule deer) frequenting my home place. Bobcat, skunk, etc. Elk are within 1-2 miles. Wild animal park (Bear Country USA) is (nearby) and has Black Bear, Grizzly Bear, and Wolves to name a few. We often have sounds from there drift in and what I heard was not any of them, either. Would like someone there to listen and render an opinion on the origin of the sounds.On 20th sound was more distant, perhaps 1.2 to 2 mi, fainter and without the echo. It appeared to be originating North-Northwest that night.
ALSO NOTICED: Dogs did not seem to like to hear this.I have a digital recording of these two incidents available on contact, as well as a written summary with maps.
OTHER WITNESSES: Myself on 18th, wife also heard on 20th.
OTHER STORIES: Yes. My wife and I heard the same thing back in late Oct or early Nov of 2007 coming from South-Southwest of our home. My son and brothers and I heard a similar sound 9-10 years ago near Hill City while fishing around 0530. We are 9-12 mi (by the crow flies) from a class A sighting near Mt. Rushmore, a few more from the Blue Bell Lodge sighting. Other anectdotal reports in Black Hills as well.
TIME AND CONDITIONS: 18th: 1915-1920 hrs, cold (16 F), clear (few high scattered clouds), still (calm winds) with approx 1 inch day-old snow on ground. 20th: 2020 hrs, cold (20F) overcast (?1500 ft ceiling) with calm winds.
ENVIRONMENT: Dense Ponderosa pine forests with scrub Oak groves scattered. Some open meadows and pastures. Steep difficult terrain with many deep ravines, deep canyon country, limestone cliff faces and limestone caves. Inumerable places for seclusion. Ridges nearby. Big Horn Sheep wilderness preserve (nearby). Essentially an island of pristine Black Hills forest with suburban encroachment. No doubt about it being rural, though. Closest water is Spring Creek (*) in Spring Canyon.
Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator David Petti:
I first interviewed the witness the day after this report was submitted. During our long discussion, his enthusiasm about recording these unusual vocalizations, similar to those that he had heard previously, was clear and he was eager to offer them for the consideration of others. He thought it possible that the audio might be sasquatch-related given the other reports in the general area, because they sounded somewhat like some other supposed possible bigfoot recordings, and because he did not have what he considered to be any other likely explanation. The recordings were forwarded immediately thereafter. After review by myself and several other associates, I also considered them sufficiently unusual to merit their public release for the review of anyone so interested. I visited the location the following August, shortly after two additional and similar recordings were obtained, as part of frequent follow-up in recent years to many various reported observations in southwestern South Dakota. Due to many direct and credible witness contacts, personal and on-location visits and interviews, a fairly-thorough familiarity with the region, and an almost-certain sighting of my own, it is my opinion that the Black Hills and Pine Ridge Reservation region apparently provides a suitable and continuing habitat area for some of these creatures and further investigative efforts are intended.
~BFRO
SEASON: Winter
MONTH: February
DATE: 18 & 20
STATE: South Dakota
COUNTY: Pennington County
LOCATION DETAILS: (Edited for privacy at witness request.)
NEAREST TOWN: 7 mi South-Southwest from Rapid City, SD
NEAREST ROAD: (Edited)
OBSERVED: Sorry if duplicate, I keep hitting some key that throws me out of this page.Auditory report.Returned home after Vol Fire Dept meeting and heard weird howling. Got my digital voice recorder from inside the house and obtained roughly 4.5 minutes of it on tape. Ululating howl with some echo off of nearby cliff face. I estimated the sound to originate (nearby). I am an avid outdoorsman and have lived in the Black Hills for over 40 years. This sound was odd, did not fit the pattern of any animal species I am aware of. We have Coyote, Mountain Lion, Big Horn Sheep, White Tail deer (occ. Mule deer) frequenting my home place. Bobcat, skunk, etc. Elk are within 1-2 miles. Wild animal park (Bear Country USA) is (nearby) and has Black Bear, Grizzly Bear, and Wolves to name a few. We often have sounds from there drift in and what I heard was not any of them, either. Would like someone there to listen and render an opinion on the origin of the sounds.On 20th sound was more distant, perhaps 1.2 to 2 mi, fainter and without the echo. It appeared to be originating North-Northwest that night.
ALSO NOTICED: Dogs did not seem to like to hear this.I have a digital recording of these two incidents available on contact, as well as a written summary with maps.
OTHER WITNESSES: Myself on 18th, wife also heard on 20th.
OTHER STORIES: Yes. My wife and I heard the same thing back in late Oct or early Nov of 2007 coming from South-Southwest of our home. My son and brothers and I heard a similar sound 9-10 years ago near Hill City while fishing around 0530. We are 9-12 mi (by the crow flies) from a class A sighting near Mt. Rushmore, a few more from the Blue Bell Lodge sighting. Other anectdotal reports in Black Hills as well.
TIME AND CONDITIONS: 18th: 1915-1920 hrs, cold (16 F), clear (few high scattered clouds), still (calm winds) with approx 1 inch day-old snow on ground. 20th: 2020 hrs, cold (20F) overcast (?1500 ft ceiling) with calm winds.
ENVIRONMENT: Dense Ponderosa pine forests with scrub Oak groves scattered. Some open meadows and pastures. Steep difficult terrain with many deep ravines, deep canyon country, limestone cliff faces and limestone caves. Inumerable places for seclusion. Ridges nearby. Big Horn Sheep wilderness preserve (nearby). Essentially an island of pristine Black Hills forest with suburban encroachment. No doubt about it being rural, though. Closest water is Spring Creek (*) in Spring Canyon.
Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator David Petti:
I first interviewed the witness the day after this report was submitted. During our long discussion, his enthusiasm about recording these unusual vocalizations, similar to those that he had heard previously, was clear and he was eager to offer them for the consideration of others. He thought it possible that the audio might be sasquatch-related given the other reports in the general area, because they sounded somewhat like some other supposed possible bigfoot recordings, and because he did not have what he considered to be any other likely explanation. The recordings were forwarded immediately thereafter. After review by myself and several other associates, I also considered them sufficiently unusual to merit their public release for the review of anyone so interested. I visited the location the following August, shortly after two additional and similar recordings were obtained, as part of frequent follow-up in recent years to many various reported observations in southwestern South Dakota. Due to many direct and credible witness contacts, personal and on-location visits and interviews, a fairly-thorough familiarity with the region, and an almost-certain sighting of my own, it is my opinion that the Black Hills and Pine Ridge Reservation region apparently provides a suitable and continuing habitat area for some of these creatures and further investigative efforts are intended.
~BFRO
Monday, July 20, 2009
Two elk hunters & tall bipedal creature startle each other at Chalk Creek east of Coalville
YEAR: 2004
SEASON: Fall
MONTH: October
DATE: September
STATE: Utah
COUNTY: Summit County
LOCATION DETAILS: It's a CWMU known as Thousand Peaks.
NEAREST TOWN: Coalville
NEAREST ROAD: Chalk Creek Road
OBSERVED: I was hunting Elk with my Bro in Law. Up in Chalk Creek. That is in Summit County in Utah. We had been in this deep canyon for some time. It was getting dark, so we heeded out of it. I can still see this in my head,..We were climbing up out of a small draw onto a flat meadow. As we got to the top of it. We both saw something very black in color move into a small stand of pine trees. It let out a huge Whoooff sort of sound as it went in. Also it moved a pine bow that flipped from the ground to about five feet in the air. My Bro in law said " What the Heck was that"!!! As he put a shell into the chamber. This stand of pines was no bigger than a front yard. There was a clearing behind it. I have thought on this for some time. I think that we came in contact with it. And we surprised each other. The Creature was to our left, and we had a Beaver Dam to our right. The thing was about 30 feet away from us in the pines. We were on a Deer path between the pond and the pines. We backed up, and this thing let out a low gutteral growl at us. You could hear it's teeth chatter also. I have felt fear in my life, but a sense of evil came over me. On the way home we talked about what we had saw. We were so close to this thing. I know for a fact it was not a Bear or Moose. A Bear does not move that fast on it's hind legs. I used to work at Lagoon in Farmington. It's an amusement park. I used to feed the animals down there. They had a Leapord that would growl at you when you walked by it's cage. That growl was almost just like what I heard on that mountain. I have been in the hills all my life, and have never seen or heard anything like that. Please give me a call.
OTHER WITNESSES: My brother in Law
OTHER STORIES: Yes I was at an Archery shop last Fall, and I told this story to a freind. Half way through the story. He said " Your not going to tell me a Bigfoot Story ". I had not even mentioned it to him. He told me that I was the second person he had heard to see one, in the same area
TIME AND CONDITIONS: It was at dusk
ENVIRONMENT: Pine forest, and Quaken Aspen
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Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Todd Strong:
After interviewing this witness, the following can be added to his original statement. The witness has worked as a licensed hunting guide and a wildlife artist. When the incident occurred, it was still light enough to be considered shooting light. They surprised the creature by walking with the wind in their face. The animal could not see them because of the grade of the hill until the pair of hunters stepped into the clearing, whereupon the animal "whoofed" at them, moving a pine bough out of its way as it walked into the trees. They could not see the entire body of the creature, only from about 5 ft. off the ground, or from its hips on up. Estimated height was about 9 ft. The witness is adamant that this was an animal moving upright, on two legs. They never saw the creature again, but then they heard it growl. At the end of the growl it clicked its teeth together. The witness said it reminded him of the way a cornered dog would growl at you, and how some dogs finish a growl by chattering their teeth together.The animal's coat looked like jet black hair, not fur. It scared them enough that they left. I found this witness to be credible and an experienced outdoorsman.
This area is made up of several small, private ranches. Like most large tracts of private property, there is an abundance of elk and deer. The witness is willing to take me to the location next Spring.
~BFRO
SEASON: Fall
MONTH: October
DATE: September
STATE: Utah
COUNTY: Summit County
LOCATION DETAILS: It's a CWMU known as Thousand Peaks.
NEAREST TOWN: Coalville
NEAREST ROAD: Chalk Creek Road
OBSERVED: I was hunting Elk with my Bro in Law. Up in Chalk Creek. That is in Summit County in Utah. We had been in this deep canyon for some time. It was getting dark, so we heeded out of it. I can still see this in my head,..We were climbing up out of a small draw onto a flat meadow. As we got to the top of it. We both saw something very black in color move into a small stand of pine trees. It let out a huge Whoooff sort of sound as it went in. Also it moved a pine bow that flipped from the ground to about five feet in the air. My Bro in law said " What the Heck was that"!!! As he put a shell into the chamber. This stand of pines was no bigger than a front yard. There was a clearing behind it. I have thought on this for some time. I think that we came in contact with it. And we surprised each other. The Creature was to our left, and we had a Beaver Dam to our right. The thing was about 30 feet away from us in the pines. We were on a Deer path between the pond and the pines. We backed up, and this thing let out a low gutteral growl at us. You could hear it's teeth chatter also. I have felt fear in my life, but a sense of evil came over me. On the way home we talked about what we had saw. We were so close to this thing. I know for a fact it was not a Bear or Moose. A Bear does not move that fast on it's hind legs. I used to work at Lagoon in Farmington. It's an amusement park. I used to feed the animals down there. They had a Leapord that would growl at you when you walked by it's cage. That growl was almost just like what I heard on that mountain. I have been in the hills all my life, and have never seen or heard anything like that. Please give me a call.
OTHER WITNESSES: My brother in Law
OTHER STORIES: Yes I was at an Archery shop last Fall, and I told this story to a freind. Half way through the story. He said " Your not going to tell me a Bigfoot Story ". I had not even mentioned it to him. He told me that I was the second person he had heard to see one, in the same area
TIME AND CONDITIONS: It was at dusk
ENVIRONMENT: Pine forest, and Quaken Aspen
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Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Todd Strong:
After interviewing this witness, the following can be added to his original statement. The witness has worked as a licensed hunting guide and a wildlife artist. When the incident occurred, it was still light enough to be considered shooting light. They surprised the creature by walking with the wind in their face. The animal could not see them because of the grade of the hill until the pair of hunters stepped into the clearing, whereupon the animal "whoofed" at them, moving a pine bough out of its way as it walked into the trees. They could not see the entire body of the creature, only from about 5 ft. off the ground, or from its hips on up. Estimated height was about 9 ft. The witness is adamant that this was an animal moving upright, on two legs. They never saw the creature again, but then they heard it growl. At the end of the growl it clicked its teeth together. The witness said it reminded him of the way a cornered dog would growl at you, and how some dogs finish a growl by chattering their teeth together.The animal's coat looked like jet black hair, not fur. It scared them enough that they left. I found this witness to be credible and an experienced outdoorsman.
This area is made up of several small, private ranches. Like most large tracts of private property, there is an abundance of elk and deer. The witness is willing to take me to the location next Spring.
~BFRO
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Couple reports possible stalking near abandoned rural graveyard outside town of Valley, Alabama
YEAR: 2007
SEASON: Winter
MONTH: January
DATE: 01/30/2007
STATE: Alabama
COUNTY: Lee County
LOCATION DETAILS: Take Hwy 29 East from Interstate 85 The area is near Halawakee Creek in Lee County, Alabama and is between Hwy 29 and Hwy 280 East.
NEAREST TOWN: Valley
NEAREST ROAD: Intstate 85 and Hwy 29 and Hwy 280
OBSERVED: First of all I would like to say that I am a city girl and educated in medical science and not familiar with such things as Big Foot.
I will say that I moved to Alabama 6 years ago, met and married my husband and he familiarized me with "the ways of the wild"...ie sounds, smells, woods, etc. I learned as much about the outdoors as I could and visit them often to this day.
The experience I am about to share occured in January 2007. My husband belonged to a hunting club and we spent most of our free time enjoying waterfalls and creeks....looking at stars...sitting and talking, absolutely everything slips away when you go into the wild.
We decided not to go to the hunting club this night, but to an old abandoned grave yard. An elderly couple used to go there years ago and keep it clean from debris and weeds but since they died it is grown over. It seems to be such a peaceful place full of history and romance.
We had been there often and this particular night my husband was, to say the least, enebriated, and we were just sitting in the car talking...the moon was very bright and the stars were all out. I kept hearing branches breaking, to my left, I was in the driver seat of the car and my husband was in the passenger seat. I thought it was probably a rabbit or another critter of the night...but I started to get a very creepy feeling...as if I was being watched...I felt this for a time before my husband asked me why I was looking to my left constantly. I simply said I feel like I am being watched and shrugged it off. The feeling did get stronger and I continued to look to my left into the surrounding woods to find out exactly what was giving me this eerie feeling. This went on for quite a while...I also noticed a foul odor but could not pin point it's source..I thought it was my husbands usual bout of, well to put it delicately, indigestion...I eventually saw a very tall figure and told my husband that someone was in the woods and he was standing between two tall pine trees...He thought I was crazy and laughed it off...I never stopped looking and saw this figure sway from side to side...from tree to tree..never approached...never made a sound. I looked for about 5 or 10 minutes before I was just too scared to stay there anymore, so we left.
A similar experience happened to my husband 5 years ago right after I moved here. It is currently posted on this site.
I have been encouraged by Mr. M. Collins to post my experience..throughout this experience my husband never witnessed what I saw. He says he could not see anything out in the dark because of the glare of the dashboard lights (we had the radio on low).
I am not sure what exactly I did see...I just know that I have frequented these woods for years and have never felt like that before...I do not intimidate easily and I was extremely ready to leave that night. I have gone back to the graveyard, but not nearly as often as before the incident. I am always on guard there.
I know I saw something and I don't believe it was a man.
ALSO NOTICED: No..I did NOT go and investigate!
OTHER WITNESSES: No...just my husband but he could not see it.
OTHER STORIES: Yes...another by my husband 5 years earlier about 1/2 mile away and it is also posted on this site.
TIME AND CONDITIONS: Between 8pm to 1000pm
ENVIRONMENT: Pine Forest...graveyard..very grown over but the woods did not have lots of growth...only trees and distance between each tree is easily distinguished.
~BFRO
SEASON: Winter
MONTH: January
DATE: 01/30/2007
STATE: Alabama
COUNTY: Lee County
LOCATION DETAILS: Take Hwy 29 East from Interstate 85 The area is near Halawakee Creek in Lee County, Alabama and is between Hwy 29 and Hwy 280 East.
NEAREST TOWN: Valley
NEAREST ROAD: Intstate 85 and Hwy 29 and Hwy 280
OBSERVED: First of all I would like to say that I am a city girl and educated in medical science and not familiar with such things as Big Foot.
I will say that I moved to Alabama 6 years ago, met and married my husband and he familiarized me with "the ways of the wild"...ie sounds, smells, woods, etc. I learned as much about the outdoors as I could and visit them often to this day.
The experience I am about to share occured in January 2007. My husband belonged to a hunting club and we spent most of our free time enjoying waterfalls and creeks....looking at stars...sitting and talking, absolutely everything slips away when you go into the wild.
We decided not to go to the hunting club this night, but to an old abandoned grave yard. An elderly couple used to go there years ago and keep it clean from debris and weeds but since they died it is grown over. It seems to be such a peaceful place full of history and romance.
We had been there often and this particular night my husband was, to say the least, enebriated, and we were just sitting in the car talking...the moon was very bright and the stars were all out. I kept hearing branches breaking, to my left, I was in the driver seat of the car and my husband was in the passenger seat. I thought it was probably a rabbit or another critter of the night...but I started to get a very creepy feeling...as if I was being watched...I felt this for a time before my husband asked me why I was looking to my left constantly. I simply said I feel like I am being watched and shrugged it off. The feeling did get stronger and I continued to look to my left into the surrounding woods to find out exactly what was giving me this eerie feeling. This went on for quite a while...I also noticed a foul odor but could not pin point it's source..I thought it was my husbands usual bout of, well to put it delicately, indigestion...I eventually saw a very tall figure and told my husband that someone was in the woods and he was standing between two tall pine trees...He thought I was crazy and laughed it off...I never stopped looking and saw this figure sway from side to side...from tree to tree..never approached...never made a sound. I looked for about 5 or 10 minutes before I was just too scared to stay there anymore, so we left.
A similar experience happened to my husband 5 years ago right after I moved here. It is currently posted on this site.
I have been encouraged by Mr. M. Collins to post my experience..throughout this experience my husband never witnessed what I saw. He says he could not see anything out in the dark because of the glare of the dashboard lights (we had the radio on low).
I am not sure what exactly I did see...I just know that I have frequented these woods for years and have never felt like that before...I do not intimidate easily and I was extremely ready to leave that night. I have gone back to the graveyard, but not nearly as often as before the incident. I am always on guard there.
I know I saw something and I don't believe it was a man.
ALSO NOTICED: No..I did NOT go and investigate!
OTHER WITNESSES: No...just my husband but he could not see it.
OTHER STORIES: Yes...another by my husband 5 years earlier about 1/2 mile away and it is also posted on this site.
TIME AND CONDITIONS: Between 8pm to 1000pm
ENVIRONMENT: Pine Forest...graveyard..very grown over but the woods did not have lots of growth...only trees and distance between each tree is easily distinguished.
~BFRO
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Campers report harassment on the Mogollon Rim near Knoll Lake, Arizona
YEAR: 2008
SEASON: Summer
MONTH: July
DATE: Sat the 12th & 19th
STATE: Arizona
COUNTY: Coconino County
NEAREST TOWN: Christopher Creek
NEAREST ROAD: 300 - Rim Road
OBSERVED: These events took place over two consecutive weekends. My husband and I like to escape the summer heat of the valley (Phoenix) as much as possible, and our usual means of escape is up to the Mogollon Rim in Coconino County. We have been going there for years, and we know most of it like the backs of our hands, including all the sounds and wildlife in the area. We generally stay away from the populated lake areas and travel further into the deep woods where there are fewer people. In fact, some weekends we may not see anyone at all, but most of the time maybe at most a couple of other campers riding ATVs or something.
Two weekends ago we were at a fairly remote campsite. We were pretty closed in by the trees. It wasn't a large open space like many campsites there. It had been raining on and off most of the day, and we spent the day reading and napping.
I was sitting in the front seat of our conversion van reading while hubby was back on the bed napping. I started hearing what sounded like an animal ripping bark from a tree and moving around in the dense growth. This went on for about 15 to 20 minutes. I was so sure there was an elk or other large animal nearby that I sat my book aside, grabbed my camera and waited. It was absolutely silent (besides a few snores from the back of the van) that I was hoping whatever it was out there would break the clearing and I'd get a great photo. After about ten minutes of silence and no other movement I went back to my book, figuring whatever it was had smelled us and moved on.
Not five minutes after I had put my camera down and resumed reading a branch about 4 feet long and 3 to 4 inches round came shooting out of the trees directly at the van like a javelin. It hit the side mirror dead on center, pushing it in towards the van. (It is hard to even move this mirror by hand. The force it took to force it in towards the van had to be tremendous). The force was such that it shattered the side mirror into many pieces. There's still a dent on the back metal portion of the mirror from the impact.
I had glanced up just a second or two before impact, whether it was from noticing movement in front of me or just glancing up by chance, I don't know. I saw the trajectory, and it was NOT a limb FALLING from a tree. It came straight at us, like I said before like a javelin being hurled at us.
I jumped over the front seat into the back and [my husband] woke up immediately. He saw what happened while I was babbling away like an idiot. His first words were, "Somebody threw that at us? Who was it?" We listened and watched for a while but didn't hear anything else. A while later I did think I heard movement in the forest, but by that time my senses were so alert I wasn't sure of what I was hearing. This happened in the mid-afternoon on Saturday, July 12, 2008.
The incident rattled me and that night I had a restless night sleeping. We usually sleep in the back of the conversion van with all the slider windows open and other windows popped out but the front two windows rolled up. I have no idea what time it was, but I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of something sniffing at the small slider window by my feet. Whatever it was, it was very LARGE. It was taking deep, deep breaths like it was smelling inside of the van and then -- for lack of a better description -- sort of huffing/grunting out the breath. Each breath in sounded was deep and long. . .much longer than a human can do it. The only way I can think of to describe the breath out is like when a horse sometimes exhales and blows its lips together to make that sound. It wasn't exactly that, but similar enough to use it as a vague description.
I laid there frozen, barely breathing, my heart absolutely pounding out of my chest. I kept poking at my husband trying to get him to wake up, but he didn't. I didn't want to say anything, I don't know why, I guess because I didn't want whatever it was to know I was awake. It was pitch black but I could sense it was large and aware of what it was doing. This smelling went on for a few minutes, of course it seemed like forever but was probably less than five. I was laying on back back and vaguely glanced a moving shape in the driver's side mirror but that's it. Weird thing is, I never heard it move away at all and it seemed like I laid there for a long time after the smelling stopped. Maybe I'm attributing things to something that I shouldn't, but I sensed a bit of curiosity in the creature by the way it was smelling at the window. Although I didn't feel entirely safe, I didn't feel extremely threatened either, or not enough to force my husband awake.
When we woke up in the morning the first thing we noticed is that the kitchen had been raided ... but very politely, neatly raided. It wasn't destroyed at all like it would be if it was a bear or a coyote or an elk or even a bird. We had a packet of biscuits in aluminum foil that had been what seemed like very carefully opened and all the biscuits removed and missing. Not a crumb left like it would be if an animal would have gotten into them and eaten them on the spot. Out of all the stuff on the table, that was all that was taken. Also something had gotten in the trash and removed only one thing. . .a Jimmy Dean sausage container. It was laying a few feet away near the edge of the clearing. Only something with a lot of dexterity could have opened that aluminum foil without ripping or tearing it at all.
We talked about this incident all week and went over what it could have possibly been, then decided to go back this weekend. We discussed the possibility of a "Big Foot", not knowing what in the world else could have done all this, been so precise, so aware. I've lived in Arizona my whole life and never even knew there had been Big Foot sightings here until we linked to your website through Google Earth.
To link this all together, we decided to go back this weekend to the same spot. While we personally had nothing occur at our campsite on this weekend (July 19, 2008), both our husband and I heard sounds in the late afternoon very similar to the recordings on your website.
It was Saturday afternoon and some people down the road a ways started shooting. Target practice, I assume, since it's not hunting season. All of a sudden we heard these horrible screams echoing through the woods. Like I said, they were very similar to the first three recordings on your website, only much angrier. We heard the sounds approximately three or four times, each incident in conjunction with the shooting. Each time it started, the howling/screaming/raging sound started. We have both spent a lot of time outdoors in Arizona and neither of us has ever heard anything like it. What ever it was, was very, very loud and long. The lung capacity was amazing. The sounds were spread out over approximately a 30 minute period.
ALSO NOTICED: The second weekend, the sound coincided with the shooting taking place down the road, but was much further away.
OTHER WITNESSES: Two witnesses.
OTHER STORIES: Just after the first incident on this website.
TIME AND CONDITIONS: Mid afternoon and middle of the night on the 12th/13th. Late afternoon on the 19th.
ENVIRONMENT: Dense coniferous/aspen forest. Lots of logging taking place in the area.
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Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator TF Zamiski:
After speaking to the witness on the phone I had the opportunity to visit this location. I found it using GPS coordinates the witness provided. Some pieces of glass from the broken mirror were still laying on the ground as she said. The trees were quite thick around the campsite at eye level which verified that she could not see what caused the bark tearing sound or what threw the branch. I wandered just a few yards into the trees in the direction the branch was thrown from and was unable to clearly see the campsite. In general the trees and underbrush are very thick around the whole area.
The witness said the biscuits were taken from a two piece foil wrapper with the biscuits sitting on the bottom piece and the top foil was crimped around the edges to the bottom piece.
The next morning they found the top foil was laid next to the bottom without being torn, biscuits gone and no crumbs left. A bag of chips and their coolers were undisturbed.
During a phone conversation after visiting the site I asked the witness about the thrown branch and what they did with it. Unfortunately they burned it, at the time not thinking anyone would need to see it.
The witnesses intend to return to camp there again.
SEASON: Summer
MONTH: July
DATE: Sat the 12th & 19th
STATE: Arizona
COUNTY: Coconino County
NEAREST TOWN: Christopher Creek
NEAREST ROAD: 300 - Rim Road
OBSERVED: These events took place over two consecutive weekends. My husband and I like to escape the summer heat of the valley (Phoenix) as much as possible, and our usual means of escape is up to the Mogollon Rim in Coconino County. We have been going there for years, and we know most of it like the backs of our hands, including all the sounds and wildlife in the area. We generally stay away from the populated lake areas and travel further into the deep woods where there are fewer people. In fact, some weekends we may not see anyone at all, but most of the time maybe at most a couple of other campers riding ATVs or something.
Two weekends ago we were at a fairly remote campsite. We were pretty closed in by the trees. It wasn't a large open space like many campsites there. It had been raining on and off most of the day, and we spent the day reading and napping.
I was sitting in the front seat of our conversion van reading while hubby was back on the bed napping. I started hearing what sounded like an animal ripping bark from a tree and moving around in the dense growth. This went on for about 15 to 20 minutes. I was so sure there was an elk or other large animal nearby that I sat my book aside, grabbed my camera and waited. It was absolutely silent (besides a few snores from the back of the van) that I was hoping whatever it was out there would break the clearing and I'd get a great photo. After about ten minutes of silence and no other movement I went back to my book, figuring whatever it was had smelled us and moved on.
Not five minutes after I had put my camera down and resumed reading a branch about 4 feet long and 3 to 4 inches round came shooting out of the trees directly at the van like a javelin. It hit the side mirror dead on center, pushing it in towards the van. (It is hard to even move this mirror by hand. The force it took to force it in towards the van had to be tremendous). The force was such that it shattered the side mirror into many pieces. There's still a dent on the back metal portion of the mirror from the impact.
I had glanced up just a second or two before impact, whether it was from noticing movement in front of me or just glancing up by chance, I don't know. I saw the trajectory, and it was NOT a limb FALLING from a tree. It came straight at us, like I said before like a javelin being hurled at us.
I jumped over the front seat into the back and [my husband] woke up immediately. He saw what happened while I was babbling away like an idiot. His first words were, "Somebody threw that at us? Who was it?" We listened and watched for a while but didn't hear anything else. A while later I did think I heard movement in the forest, but by that time my senses were so alert I wasn't sure of what I was hearing. This happened in the mid-afternoon on Saturday, July 12, 2008.
The incident rattled me and that night I had a restless night sleeping. We usually sleep in the back of the conversion van with all the slider windows open and other windows popped out but the front two windows rolled up. I have no idea what time it was, but I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of something sniffing at the small slider window by my feet. Whatever it was, it was very LARGE. It was taking deep, deep breaths like it was smelling inside of the van and then -- for lack of a better description -- sort of huffing/grunting out the breath. Each breath in sounded was deep and long. . .much longer than a human can do it. The only way I can think of to describe the breath out is like when a horse sometimes exhales and blows its lips together to make that sound. It wasn't exactly that, but similar enough to use it as a vague description.
I laid there frozen, barely breathing, my heart absolutely pounding out of my chest. I kept poking at my husband trying to get him to wake up, but he didn't. I didn't want to say anything, I don't know why, I guess because I didn't want whatever it was to know I was awake. It was pitch black but I could sense it was large and aware of what it was doing. This smelling went on for a few minutes, of course it seemed like forever but was probably less than five. I was laying on back back and vaguely glanced a moving shape in the driver's side mirror but that's it. Weird thing is, I never heard it move away at all and it seemed like I laid there for a long time after the smelling stopped. Maybe I'm attributing things to something that I shouldn't, but I sensed a bit of curiosity in the creature by the way it was smelling at the window. Although I didn't feel entirely safe, I didn't feel extremely threatened either, or not enough to force my husband awake.
When we woke up in the morning the first thing we noticed is that the kitchen had been raided ... but very politely, neatly raided. It wasn't destroyed at all like it would be if it was a bear or a coyote or an elk or even a bird. We had a packet of biscuits in aluminum foil that had been what seemed like very carefully opened and all the biscuits removed and missing. Not a crumb left like it would be if an animal would have gotten into them and eaten them on the spot. Out of all the stuff on the table, that was all that was taken. Also something had gotten in the trash and removed only one thing. . .a Jimmy Dean sausage container. It was laying a few feet away near the edge of the clearing. Only something with a lot of dexterity could have opened that aluminum foil without ripping or tearing it at all.
We talked about this incident all week and went over what it could have possibly been, then decided to go back this weekend. We discussed the possibility of a "Big Foot", not knowing what in the world else could have done all this, been so precise, so aware. I've lived in Arizona my whole life and never even knew there had been Big Foot sightings here until we linked to your website through Google Earth.
To link this all together, we decided to go back this weekend to the same spot. While we personally had nothing occur at our campsite on this weekend (July 19, 2008), both our husband and I heard sounds in the late afternoon very similar to the recordings on your website.
It was Saturday afternoon and some people down the road a ways started shooting. Target practice, I assume, since it's not hunting season. All of a sudden we heard these horrible screams echoing through the woods. Like I said, they were very similar to the first three recordings on your website, only much angrier. We heard the sounds approximately three or four times, each incident in conjunction with the shooting. Each time it started, the howling/screaming/raging sound started. We have both spent a lot of time outdoors in Arizona and neither of us has ever heard anything like it. What ever it was, was very, very loud and long. The lung capacity was amazing. The sounds were spread out over approximately a 30 minute period.
ALSO NOTICED: The second weekend, the sound coincided with the shooting taking place down the road, but was much further away.
OTHER WITNESSES: Two witnesses.
OTHER STORIES: Just after the first incident on this website.
TIME AND CONDITIONS: Mid afternoon and middle of the night on the 12th/13th. Late afternoon on the 19th.
ENVIRONMENT: Dense coniferous/aspen forest. Lots of logging taking place in the area.
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Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator TF Zamiski:
After speaking to the witness on the phone I had the opportunity to visit this location. I found it using GPS coordinates the witness provided. Some pieces of glass from the broken mirror were still laying on the ground as she said. The trees were quite thick around the campsite at eye level which verified that she could not see what caused the bark tearing sound or what threw the branch. I wandered just a few yards into the trees in the direction the branch was thrown from and was unable to clearly see the campsite. In general the trees and underbrush are very thick around the whole area.
The witness said the biscuits were taken from a two piece foil wrapper with the biscuits sitting on the bottom piece and the top foil was crimped around the edges to the bottom piece.
The next morning they found the top foil was laid next to the bottom without being torn, biscuits gone and no crumbs left. A bag of chips and their coolers were undisturbed.
During a phone conversation after visiting the site I asked the witness about the thrown branch and what they did with it. Unfortunately they burned it, at the time not thinking anyone would need to see it.
The witnesses intend to return to camp there again.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Wasn't this all shown to be fake? (Patterson/Gimlin film)
The Patterson footage has never been debunked as a hoax. No one has ever demonstrated how it was done. Neither the original "costume," nor a matching costume, has ever been presented by honest skeptics, nor by various imposters who claim to have worn the costume.
Visit BFRO for more info.
FAQ's used by permission.
Large amounts of money have been spent trying to make a matching costume. The best Hollywood costume design talents have been brought to the task, but have never succeeded. The British Broadcasting Corporation spent the most money so far. They failed miserably. The side-by-side results are shown below.
Every attempt and failure to make a similar costume strengthens the case for authenticity of the Patterson footage. Comparing a man in a costume side by side with the Patterson creature in motion helps highlight the striking anatomical peculiarities.
If you hear debunking claims in the future, be ready to ask the obvious questions:
- Where is the costume?
- If the original costume is gone, why can't they make an identical costume and do it again? Why is that so hard?
- Why does the news media always trumpet every half-baked "man in the costume" story that comes along without asking for the obvious proof, which should be so simple to provide?
FAQ's used by permission.
Father and son witness early morning road crossing of two animals, Delaware
YEAR: 2003
SEASON: Summer
MONTH: June
DATE: 7
STATE: Delaware
COUNTY: Sussex County
LOCATION DETAILS: My son and I plan on returning to better pinpoint the location this weekend, June 14-15. The distance between Coolspring and Gravel Hill is approximately 4 miles. We will return to the intersection of Rt. 1 and Rt. 404 and get an odometer reading from that location to the sighting area.
NEAREST TOWN: Between Coolspring and Gravel Hill
NEAREST ROAD: On Rt. 404
OBSERVED: BACKGROUND
My 18-year old son and I departed Cape Henlopen State Park on the Atlantic Coast near Lewes, Deleware at about 1:30AM, June 7, 2003, after a day of fishing from the park's 1/4 mile long pier. We had intended to catch a couple of hours sleep in my extended cab pickup before starting the two-hour return trip to our home outside of Annapolis, Maryland. However, we both managed to catnap in our fishing chairs throughout the day, did not feel the least bit tired, so decided to depart immediately for home. Route 404 is the most direct route from Lewes to the Chespeake Bay Bridge and Annapolis, meandering though the Deleware and Maryland countryside, with only two small-to-middle sized towns (Denton and Georgetown) along the route. The remainder of Rt. 404 is bordered by farmland (chicken and dairy production) and woodlands.
DETAILS
I was driving and my son was in the passenger seat. We departed the park via Rt. 9, headed north a short distance on Rt. 1, and picked up Rt. 404 West . There was very little traffic on this secondary road at this time of morning, so I drove with my highbeams on and set the cruise control. Within a few minutes I saw a movement along the right side of the road about 100 yards ahead and began braking. A doe stepped onto the berm of the road and crossed from right to left. I continued braking, almost to a complete stop, in case more deer followed the doe, but she apparently was alone. Another few minutes passed before we saw a car approaching from the opposite direction. We could see its headlight glow before we could see the car itself because we were approaching a gentle curve in the road to the right. I flicked my headlights to lowbeam and in a matter of a few seconds saw the silhouette of a large biped cross the road, from the center part of the road, across our lane of travel, and enter the woods to our right some 100-150 feet ahead. My son immediately exclaimed, "What the heck was that?!?! I asked him if he saw it too and he said, "Yes, there were two of them!" "Two??, I asked and he said, "Yes, a tall one in front and a shorter one 4-5 feet behind." My truck has almost slowed to a complete stop by this time because my foot was on the brake as soon as I first spotted the creature. My son and I slowly drove by the spot where they appeared to enter the woods, but we could see nothing. The car that was approaching passed us at this point, without slowing down or stopping. I asked my son to describe what he saw. He said a large thing walking on two legs with another, shorter thing following behind. He added that the shorter one was about chest high on the larger one. My son is near 6' tall and he said the larger one was taller than him. I saw the taller one, side profile, as a silhouette -- almost a shadow. It moved across the road quickly, in a purposeful manner. I could see no arms or arm swing. It did not turn its hear to look toward us. I could discern no color or body features beyond a head, torso, and legs. There was no accompanying odor. When we passed what we believed to be the creatures' entry point in the woods, my son's passenger side window was completely down and mine was partially down. A normal moist, woodsy night time odor was all we noticed.
Additional observation by my son, in his own words: My father saw one thing cross the road, while I saw two. I use the word "thing" because I truly have no idea what I saw cross the road that night. They were NOT quadrupeds. The larger one walked upright and at a smooth pace...no bouncing around. It didn't seem to speed up as our truck approached. When the oncoming car drew closer to the curve in the road, I then saw the second, shorter one in the glow of the other car's headlights. This second, shorter thing followed closely behind the larger thing. I could see that it wasn't standing straight up, like the larger one, but was slightly leaning forward. The siloette of both things appeared fuzzy, like a picture out of focus. My Dad said he didn't see arms or arms moving, but I could see long arms moving back and forth on both things. The arms didn't move very much, but I could see them. I don't mean to make a joke out of what we saw, but the big thing could have looked Yao Ming, the Texas basketball player from China, eye-to-eye.
COMMENTS
When I first put this encounter down on paper, I described what I saw as a shadow, not as a silhouette. While silhouette might be a more appropriate word, I cannot put the illusion of a shadow out of my mind. After talking this over with my son, we believe that the creatures that we saw did, in fact, have hair on the body and that a combination of (back)lighting from the car approaching in the opposite direction and my own lowbeam headlights caused the outline of the creature that I saw appear shadowy or diffused --perhaps a result of light shining on or though its hair. This, perhaps, can be supported by my son's description of the silhouette of both creatures appearing fuzzy or out-of-focus.
ALSO NOTICED: None
OTHER WITNESSES: Two, my son and I. We were quite alert, watching for deer on and adjacent to the road. There are two types of deer on the DELMARVA (Deleware, Maryland, Virgina) peninsula. White tail and smaller sitka deer. Both can do significant damage to a vehicle if struck.
OTHER STORIES: No
TIME AND CONDITIONS: 1:30AM
Dark, wooded country road with very light ground haze in some locations.
ENVIRONMENT: The area is predominately farm land interspersed with woodlands. This area of Deleware is primarly flat, coastal.
~BFRO
SEASON: Summer
MONTH: June
DATE: 7
STATE: Delaware
COUNTY: Sussex County
LOCATION DETAILS: My son and I plan on returning to better pinpoint the location this weekend, June 14-15. The distance between Coolspring and Gravel Hill is approximately 4 miles. We will return to the intersection of Rt. 1 and Rt. 404 and get an odometer reading from that location to the sighting area.
NEAREST TOWN: Between Coolspring and Gravel Hill
NEAREST ROAD: On Rt. 404
OBSERVED: BACKGROUND
My 18-year old son and I departed Cape Henlopen State Park on the Atlantic Coast near Lewes, Deleware at about 1:30AM, June 7, 2003, after a day of fishing from the park's 1/4 mile long pier. We had intended to catch a couple of hours sleep in my extended cab pickup before starting the two-hour return trip to our home outside of Annapolis, Maryland. However, we both managed to catnap in our fishing chairs throughout the day, did not feel the least bit tired, so decided to depart immediately for home. Route 404 is the most direct route from Lewes to the Chespeake Bay Bridge and Annapolis, meandering though the Deleware and Maryland countryside, with only two small-to-middle sized towns (Denton and Georgetown) along the route. The remainder of Rt. 404 is bordered by farmland (chicken and dairy production) and woodlands.
DETAILS
I was driving and my son was in the passenger seat. We departed the park via Rt. 9, headed north a short distance on Rt. 1, and picked up Rt. 404 West . There was very little traffic on this secondary road at this time of morning, so I drove with my highbeams on and set the cruise control. Within a few minutes I saw a movement along the right side of the road about 100 yards ahead and began braking. A doe stepped onto the berm of the road and crossed from right to left. I continued braking, almost to a complete stop, in case more deer followed the doe, but she apparently was alone. Another few minutes passed before we saw a car approaching from the opposite direction. We could see its headlight glow before we could see the car itself because we were approaching a gentle curve in the road to the right. I flicked my headlights to lowbeam and in a matter of a few seconds saw the silhouette of a large biped cross the road, from the center part of the road, across our lane of travel, and enter the woods to our right some 100-150 feet ahead. My son immediately exclaimed, "What the heck was that?!?! I asked him if he saw it too and he said, "Yes, there were two of them!" "Two??, I asked and he said, "Yes, a tall one in front and a shorter one 4-5 feet behind." My truck has almost slowed to a complete stop by this time because my foot was on the brake as soon as I first spotted the creature. My son and I slowly drove by the spot where they appeared to enter the woods, but we could see nothing. The car that was approaching passed us at this point, without slowing down or stopping. I asked my son to describe what he saw. He said a large thing walking on two legs with another, shorter thing following behind. He added that the shorter one was about chest high on the larger one. My son is near 6' tall and he said the larger one was taller than him. I saw the taller one, side profile, as a silhouette -- almost a shadow. It moved across the road quickly, in a purposeful manner. I could see no arms or arm swing. It did not turn its hear to look toward us. I could discern no color or body features beyond a head, torso, and legs. There was no accompanying odor. When we passed what we believed to be the creatures' entry point in the woods, my son's passenger side window was completely down and mine was partially down. A normal moist, woodsy night time odor was all we noticed.
Additional observation by my son, in his own words: My father saw one thing cross the road, while I saw two. I use the word "thing" because I truly have no idea what I saw cross the road that night. They were NOT quadrupeds. The larger one walked upright and at a smooth pace...no bouncing around. It didn't seem to speed up as our truck approached. When the oncoming car drew closer to the curve in the road, I then saw the second, shorter one in the glow of the other car's headlights. This second, shorter thing followed closely behind the larger thing. I could see that it wasn't standing straight up, like the larger one, but was slightly leaning forward. The siloette of both things appeared fuzzy, like a picture out of focus. My Dad said he didn't see arms or arms moving, but I could see long arms moving back and forth on both things. The arms didn't move very much, but I could see them. I don't mean to make a joke out of what we saw, but the big thing could have looked Yao Ming, the Texas basketball player from China, eye-to-eye.
COMMENTS
When I first put this encounter down on paper, I described what I saw as a shadow, not as a silhouette. While silhouette might be a more appropriate word, I cannot put the illusion of a shadow out of my mind. After talking this over with my son, we believe that the creatures that we saw did, in fact, have hair on the body and that a combination of (back)lighting from the car approaching in the opposite direction and my own lowbeam headlights caused the outline of the creature that I saw appear shadowy or diffused --perhaps a result of light shining on or though its hair. This, perhaps, can be supported by my son's description of the silhouette of both creatures appearing fuzzy or out-of-focus.
ALSO NOTICED: None
OTHER WITNESSES: Two, my son and I. We were quite alert, watching for deer on and adjacent to the road. There are two types of deer on the DELMARVA (Deleware, Maryland, Virgina) peninsula. White tail and smaller sitka deer. Both can do significant damage to a vehicle if struck.
OTHER STORIES: No
TIME AND CONDITIONS: 1:30AM
Dark, wooded country road with very light ground haze in some locations.
ENVIRONMENT: The area is predominately farm land interspersed with woodlands. This area of Deleware is primarly flat, coastal.
~BFRO
Friday, February 13, 2009
Hairy Gorilla-like Creature Seen
A man (Bread delivery driver) reported to police at St. Mary's that at 5 AM. Monday by railroad tracks at the [southeast] edge of Delia, that he saw something around 5 foot tall, extremely hairy, on the tracks. He stopped his truck, and it ran off into the weeds. It walked in the position of a gorilla. Later Sheriff and game protector could find no sign of it. Later a farmer said that something had killed 16 of his 18, 50 pound hogs, by biting them in the neck.
Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, Kansas)
Tuesday, July 21, 1964
Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, Kansas)
Tuesday, July 21, 1964
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WILD MAN, 1897
The Salem Daily News
Salem, Ohio, Tuesday evening, February 2, 1897
WILD MAN
People of Danville Terrorized – Schools Closed – Small Children Seized
Coshocton, February 2 – Word has reached here of the queer doings of a wild man who has been terrorizing the village of Danville and vicinity. He is described as being more than ordinary height, with a long flowing mane springing from between his shoulders. He is clad only from his hips down with the pelts of sheep.
George Walker, a farmer, first saw him and gave pursuit, but was distanced. The man was tracker to a hut and when the posse went to it he was absent. When he returned those who had been keeping watch reported it and the wild man was pursued by men on horseback, but he escaped. The cabin was fitted up with sheep pelts. Once when chased he eluded his pursuers, although carrying a sheep under his arm. The schools in the terrorized territory were closed, as the people were afraid to send their children after the man seized a child going to school and ran with it a half a mile before releasing it.
Salem, Ohio, Tuesday evening, February 2, 1897
WILD MAN
People of Danville Terrorized – Schools Closed – Small Children Seized
Coshocton, February 2 – Word has reached here of the queer doings of a wild man who has been terrorizing the village of Danville and vicinity. He is described as being more than ordinary height, with a long flowing mane springing from between his shoulders. He is clad only from his hips down with the pelts of sheep.
George Walker, a farmer, first saw him and gave pursuit, but was distanced. The man was tracker to a hut and when the posse went to it he was absent. When he returned those who had been keeping watch reported it and the wild man was pursued by men on horseback, but he escaped. The cabin was fitted up with sheep pelts. Once when chased he eluded his pursuers, although carrying a sheep under his arm. The schools in the terrorized territory were closed, as the people were afraid to send their children after the man seized a child going to school and ran with it a half a mile before releasing it.
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