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23 encounters
10 October 2022 Gabriels NY, Franklin County, New York Class B #75097

Possible daylight sighting in Adirondacks 15 miles NW of Lake Placid

The witness was traveling back from a field lab in the late afternoon when they saw a large fur-covered bipedal figure along a powerline corridor about 100-125 yards away. The figure was walking slowly north with its back to the witness. The witness estimated its height at 8-10 feet by comparing it to the powerline poles.

Full-body sighting
1 September 2014 Meramec State Park Near Sullivan, Franklin County, Missouri Class B #46475

Lone camper in his hammock has an eventful night near Sullivan

The witness backpacked solo to a remote campsite and spent the night in a hammock. Throughout the night he heard knocks, screams, howls, voices, footsteps, rocks and twigs landing nearby, and felt his tarp, hammock lines and gear being touched. He also noted a bent-tree structure near camp the prior evening and disturbed logs and tree piles in the morning, but reported seeing no creature.

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4 October 2012 Wirtz, Franklin County, Virginia Class B #36591

Runner shadowed by possible biped keeping pace through heavy forest near Wirtz

The witness was road-running in the morning when they heard something in the adjacent woods keeping pace with them. The sound slowed, sped up, or stopped with the witness, paused near houses, then resumed in wooded stretches for about a mile. No source was ever seen due to fog and cover, and the witness felt the terrain was too rough to be easily matched by a person.

Footsteps
14 May 2012 Sesser, Franklin County, Illinois Class A #35427

Family has daylight sighting while fishing on Rend Lake

The witness was fishing from a boat with companions near an inlet when they heard a commotion on the bank behind brush. Two of them then saw a tall, muscular, reddish-brown haired biped running quickly away from the shore. They remained on the water while debating whether it could have been a deer or bear. An investigator later spoke with the couple by phone and recorded additional details about size, hair, and distance.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
6 August 2009 Orient, Franklin County, Illinois Class B #36567

Possible nighttime sighting while driving in Orient

The witness was driving home at night with a companion in the front seat and two children in the back seat. A tall creature with long chestnut hair jogged across the road in front of the car in the headlights and went into the woods. The witness and the front-seat companion watched it together, then drove on to try to find it again but could not.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
December 2007 Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama Class B #25619

Deer hunter hears possible vocalizations and watches a tall dark figure near Russellville

While hunting in the late afternoon, the witness heard a loud long whoop followed by chatter apparently responding to distant shooters, then heard it again from farther along the treeline. The witness then saw a bipedal dark figure about 200 yards away walking in pines toward a break, where it stopped and crouched by a brush pile. The witness left without approaching closely and returned the next day, finding no sign but noticing an unusual odor.

WhoopChatterPartial sightingSilhouetteOdor
28 July 2007 Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia Class B #31505

Husband and wife hear loud scream from inside their home in the town of Rocky Mount

Late at night in July 2007 the witness was watching television at home while his spouse slept in another room with a window open. Both were startled by an extremely loud scream coming from outside that corner of the house. The witness went outside to investigate but found nothing. Years later the couple heard purported recordings on television that they felt matched the sound exactly.

Scream
Summer 2006 Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts Class B #46780

Possible nighttime sighting while driving over a bridge near Charlemont

The witness claims that while driving to work late at night in light rain, he saw a tall hair-covered figure standing motionless behind a guardrail near a bridge. He turned around to look again, but it was gone. He states he drives the route regularly and was certain the figure did not belong there.

Partial sighting
25 August 2005 Occurred In Lonedell, Nearest City I Think Is Union., Franklin County, Missouri Class A #24879

Daylight sighting of a white-haired Bigfoot in a yard outside Lonedell

The witness was sitting on the front porch of a relative's trailer with a young child on a sunny mid-afternoon when a 4- to 6-foot bipedal figure covered in long white hair walked through the adjoining field into the yard. The figure walked past a short decorative fence, looked toward the witness and met her gaze, then continued around a garage out of sight during about five minutes of observation. A dog on the porch barked timidly throughout but the figure showed no reaction or aggression.

Full-body sighting
12 December 2004 Wirtz, Franklin County, Virginia Class A #10082

Hunter has daylight encounter near Gills Creek

The witness was riding an ATV down a washed-out road on a family farm when he briefly saw a tall, massive furred animal about 150-200 yards away that reflected sunlight and then retreated into thickets. After approaching the spot, he heard loud running with breaking limbs, then two loud bangs like wood knocks, followed by prolonged deer snorting and stomping before he left. He returned the next day to photograph suspected footprints and hair found on a limb.

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Fall 2004 Hagansport, Franklin County, Texas Class A #19073

Large creature leaps in front of car on TX-37 near the Sulphur River

Late at night the witness was driving with two companions when a large dark long-haired animal came into the headlights and leapt or ran across the road at an angle. The animal moved very fast on two legs using its long arms, with one arm described as rotating fully over its head, then disappeared down the grade on the far side. All three occupants reported seeing the same ape-like animal during the brief several-second encounter and were left shocked.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
13 November 2003 Ferrum, Franklin County, Virginia Class B #13212

Possible pre-dawn vocalization heard by hunter near Ferrum

The witness arrived in darkness to hunt deer from a tree stand on private land. While sorting gear in the stand, a very loud prolonged scream-howl ending in a growl occurred at close range, followed by movement in a nearby pine thicket and a brief foul odor. The witness stayed in the stand until first light, then left, and later visits had no further incident.

ScreamHowlGrowlMovement onlyFootsteps +1
4 August 2002 Hagansport, Franklin County, Texas Class B #7669

Arrowhead hunter has distant encounter in Sulphur River bottoms.

The witness was hunting arrowheads along a lake/river shoreline on a very hot late afternoon. From across the water the witness noticed a dark shape first taken for a stump, then saw it move while soaking in the water. After the witness climbed onto a dam, the figure apparently noticed the witness, stood up and walked to shore, and was gone by the time the witness finished crossing.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
September 2001 Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa Class A #3093

Observation of possibly two animals in or near back yard of apartment complex

Over two nights a group of five gathered outside on the property for hide-and-seek and heard strange noises. The husband and a companion went to investigate and saw an entity 50 yards away hiding between two silos, noted for goldish reflective eyes, with a second smaller similar entity present on the last night. Tracks with reported measurements were found where they investigated.

Partial sightingEyeshineUnidentified soundTracks
October 2000 Robertsvillem MO., Franklin County, Missouri Class B #20677

Resident describes possible vocalizations near Robertsville

The witness returned after being away for a week, parked near the barn late at night, and walked toward the house. From the immediate right the witness heard a hair-raising guttural growl twice and hurried inside to tell family. The next morning the witness called the conservation office, where the person consulted said the described sound was definitely not a bear.

Growl
April 1996 St. Thomas, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Class B #3564

Witness hears sounds on remote farm similiar to those attributed to Bigfoot on television

In the summer of 1996 the witness was with two companions around a large bonfire on a neglected wooded farm property. An extremely loud scream-like vocalization was heard from the lower wooded ground and seemed to circle around the group. The witness felt the source was upset by the fire and was disturbed because it moved closer rather than away. Hearing alleged Bigfoot vocalizations on television later reminded the witness of the sound.

Scream
November 1982 Lawrenceburg KY, Franklin County, Kentucky Class A #27955

Man recalls his sighting of a bigfoot near Lawrenceburg

The witness and three companions entered unfamiliar woods to look for mistletoe and walked east along a logging road. Agitated cattle and a bull staring toward a large tree drew their attention, and they saw a very large bipedal creature covered in light brown hair leaning from behind the tree. The group shouted and ran about 300 yards south out of the woods and did not return there.

Partial sighting
17 August 1979 West Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois Class A #11273

Youth has sighting along abandoned railroad line on edge of West Frankfort

On a summer evening in the late 1970s, the witness rode a bicycle onto an abandoned railroad-bed trail near woods. Behind dumped washers and dryers the witness saw a hair-covered figure that stood upright, grunted, and shook a sapling. The witness fled east, looked back to see the figure on the trail, then watched it walk back into the treeline.

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September 1977 Plumfield, Franklin County, Illinois Class A #42945

Memory told of a daylight sighting along railroad tracks east of Plumfield

Two friends rode dirt bikes along railroad tracks to a creek under a trestle. They heard a noise and saw a large dark-haired creature on a nearby hill squatting and rubbing its back against a tree. Frightened, they left quickly on their bikes.

Full-body sighting
BFRO YEAR: 1986-87 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Class A #14646

Fisherman Observes White Creature Swimming in Antrim Lake

The witness reports fishing at dawn on the shore of a quarry lake when bubbles rose and churned in the middle of the water. A large white entity surfaced, swam across the lake, exited on the far side, and walked up the bank into woods bordering a river. The witness estimated its size by comparing it to a cyclist at the exit point.

Full-body sighting