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Class B First-hand BFRO #23849

Backcountry campers in the Nopiming Provincial Park are approached and hear vocalizations

June 1983 just before, during, and just after sunset Probably Bissett, Manitoba 2 witnesses

Account

While camping on an island during a multi-day canoe trip, the witness and a companion heard a distant crying-like sound that grew louder and became high-pitched growling as something paced on the opposite shore after dark. They tracked the sounds with flashlights but never saw the source, though they thought trees were swaying. After a rifle shot was fired over the sounds, the vocalizations stopped and the source was heard running away through the forest.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Vocalization Growl Footsteps

Physical traces

Tree break

Other senses

Movement only

Facts & provenance

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Date
June 1983
Stated BFRO report #23849 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
just before, during, and just after sunset
Stated BFRO report #23849 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Probably Bissett, Manitoba
Stated BFRO report #23849 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Province, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
50.86, -95.42 (± 6 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 23849 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #23849 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #23849 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
camping on a canoe trip and preparing dinner
Stated BFRO report #23849 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #23849 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Blaine McMillan (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator contacted the witness and spoke with him at length about the report.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #23849 Primary
    Published 2008-05-23 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash ef2c09709e1b
    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

  • “other bigfoot sightings and foot prints in this area”
    Not in the Anomadex yet