Class B First-hand BFRO #883

Camper hears screams while camping in Kennebunk, Maine

25 June 1974 around 1am York Or Kennebunk, York County, Maine 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and a companion camped overnight in a tent in scrub pine after returning from a motorcycle rally. Late at night something approached the tent, producing a strong odor, audible movement, breathing and ground vibration, and a loud scream that continued intermittently before leaving. At daylight the witness found large indistinct impressions in grass and broken ferns leading toward a cliff but no clear tracks.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Physical traces

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Described appearance

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Legs src
2-legged

Facts & provenance

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Date
25 June 1974
Stated BFRO report #883 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
around 1am
Stated BFRO report #883 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
York Or Kennebunk, York County, Maine
Stated BFRO report #883 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
43.3841, -70.5442 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #883 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Kennebunk CDP (GEOID 2336500), matched from nearest town 'York or Kennebunk'
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #883 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #883 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
camping overnight in a tent
Stated BFRO report #883 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
Whatever it was
Stated BFRO report #883 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #883 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
John Perry (BFRO)
Tracks

Indistinct impressions in grass and broken ferns with no clear imprints, described as about half again as big as the witness's own foot.

Measurements: impressions about half again as big as witness's size 11 foot; cliff about 30 feet high

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

The witness revisited the same area alone a couple of times afterward and found no further signs.

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2000-12-07 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash acd949db6942
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

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