Class A First-hand BFRO #1275

Bigfoot rips door off of home. Witness has to flee from home

Spring 1980 night Orlando, Orange County, Florida 1 witness

Account

Late one night the witness was sitting on the porch at home alone with a dog when something was heard breaking through brush. The witness went inside for a rifle, heard the thing move to the back of the house and try the door, then fled through an orange grove, fell into a swamp and lost the rifle. After looking back and seeing a creature, the witness reached the road and got help, and friends later found the back door torn off.

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What was reported

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Facts & provenance

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Date
Spring 1980
Stated BFRO report #1275 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Time of day
night
Stated BFRO report #1275 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place
Orlando, Orange County, Florida
Stated BFRO report #1275 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
28.69, -81.54 (± 2 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 1275 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #1275 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Stated BFRO report #1275 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #1275 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was
sitting on porch at home with dog
Stated BFRO report #1275 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
bigfoot
Stated BFRO report #1275 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #1275 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

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BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2001-01-16 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 38762491777c
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “another encounter in 1981 in Seminole Co.”
    Not in the Anomadex yet