Class B First-hand BFRO #410

A bicyclist's daylight, partial sighting of a large animal with a rancid smell

September 2000 roughly 10:30 AM Breesport, Chemung County, New York 1 witness

Account

The witness was riding a bike on a country road in the morning when a very strong rancid smell was noticed. A patch of brown fur was glimpsed ahead about six feet off the ground moving back into the woods, with no road crossing seen. A chained dog across the road was barking toward the woods and appeared agitated. On riding past the spot again shortly after, the smell was gone and nothing further was seen or heard.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Other senses

Odor

Described appearance

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Hair colour src: brown
Other features src: large patch 15-20 yards away roughly six feet off the ground moving back into woods

Facts & provenance

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Date	September 2000 Stated BFRO report #410 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	roughly 10:30 AM Stated BFRO report #410 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Breesport, Chemung County, New York Stated BFRO report #410 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	42.1840, -76.7359 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #410 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Breesport CDP (GEOID 3608004), matched from nearest town 'Breesport'
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #410 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #410 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was	bike riding Stated BFRO report #410 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	large patch of what appeared to be brown fur Stated BFRO report #410 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #410 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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BFRO report #410 Primary

Published 2000-10-07 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash dbea461e0409

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“the other sighting in Chemung County, which is also posted on this web site”
Not in the Anomadex yet