Class B First-hand BFRO #8000

Shriek heard in PA woods in early 70's

BFRO YEAR: 72 or 73 between 9-11 pm York; More Specifically Manchester Twp., York County, Pennsylvania 3 witnesses

Account

Three teenagers were camping by a fire near a pine grove on a farm property. They heard intermittent branch-breaking and movement approaching and receding, then a single loud inhuman scream. They fled to the house without seeing anything and reported no odor or sense of being followed.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Scream Unidentified sound

Other senses

Movement only

Facts & provenance

Each value names where it came from.

Time of day	between 9-11 pm Stated BFRO report #8000 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	York; More Specifically Manchester Twp., York County, Pennsylvania Stated BFRO report #8000 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	39.9648, -76.7318 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #8000 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of York city (GEOID 4287048), matched from nearest town 'York; more specifically Manchester twp.'
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #8000 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	3 Derived BFRO report #8000 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	camping around a campfire Stated BFRO report #8000 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #8000 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness at length and noted the landscape had changed dramatically.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #8000 Primary

Published 2004-02-14 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash b89fed3ff70a

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“existing report about the Kennard Dale students”
Not in the Anomadex yet
“back page of The York Dispatch”
Not in the Anomadex yet
“about a local high school teacher taking students out on a field trip”
Not in the Anomadex yet