Class B First-hand BFRO #1558

Strange bellowing noises heard

Spring 1998 around 1 am to after 4 Sussex County, New Jersey 4 witnesses

Account

Over several weeks the witness was repeatedly awakened at night by loud, drawn-out bellowing sounds that seemed to move and change in volume. A friend, the friend's spouse, and a relative also heard the sounds, and overturned garbage cans were found in the mornings. The sounds were first thought to be cows, deer, or a bear, but the witness later felt they resembled alleged Bigfoot recordings from Pennsylvania.

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Facts & provenance

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Date
Spring 1998
Stated BFRO report #1558 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Time of day
around 1 am to after 4
Stated BFRO report #1558 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Sussex County, New Jersey
Stated BFRO report #1558 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Location Details
Map point
41.2270, -74.5792 (± 18 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #1558 · gnis:881029 · read with 40% confidence
Towns named in the place text ('Sussex' and 'Wantage'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Sussex', Sussex)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #1558 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
4
Derived BFRO report #1558 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section · read with 75% confidence
Witness was
sleeping at home when awakened
Stated BFRO report #1558 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #1558 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

The witness and others tried to record the noises but lacked proper equipment.

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 1998-08-18 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 89d5971551c5
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “the bigfoot sounds recorde in Penn.”
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