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BFRO YEAR: ~1970 Baxter, Piscataquis County, Maine Class B #8259

Hunters find scat and have large rock thrown at them

While hunting near a lake in the fall of 1970, the witness reported a strong musky odor, unusual large and small scat, rhythmic thumping with ground vibration, and a large dead tree falling nearby while alone. The next day the witness returned with a companion, encountered the thumping and shaking again, and a large rock flew over their heads, after which they left the area.

OdorScatUnidentified soundFootstepsTree break +1
in the fall and winter of 2008 Place not stated Related account #25631

Footsteps

While hunting a family member heard two very heavy somethings walking and breaking through ice that then veered away unseen.

Footsteps
BFRO YEAR: 1980-82 Lake George, Warren County, New York Class B #16540

Possible stalking of hikers on Prospect Mt. near Lake George

A couple hiking down a mountain road at dusk heard a large unseen presence moving through the woods beside the road. The sounds matched their movements, stopping when they stopped, and continued alongside them for an hour or more as they descended. They spoke loudly to try to scare it away and judged from the loud crunching steps that it was very large and not a deer.

Footsteps
BFRO YEAR: 1989,1993 Essex County, New York Class A #1522

Two separate encounters with "thing" leave three friends scared, shaken and curious.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m., the witness and two companions heard screaming and metal being torn near junked cars below an old railbed. A very large presence came up the steep bank and stood close enough for its breath to be felt, accompanied by a foul odor. When the group fled toward the road it chased them with audible footsteps before stopping at the brush, and a heavy station wagon nearby was later found overturned and torn apart.

ScreamOdorFootstepsSilhouetteProperty disturbance +1
A few months later Place not stated Related account #64192

Footsteps

The witness heard footsteps near his vehicle and something pounding on a steel garbage container after midnight.

FootstepsProperty disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 07 Beekman, Dutchess County, New York Class B #23856

Campers hear and see possible bigfoot pass by tents on Nuclear Lake

The witness was camping overnight with family members and dogs near a lake and trail. Around 1 a.m. while awake in his tent, he heard footsteps approaching from the woods and passing behind a relative's tent, with no flashlight visible, while a dog whined and reacted. No creature was seen. He interpreted the sounds as a bipedal creature.

Footsteps
in the spring of 1997 Place not stated Related account #1453

Footsteps

The witness heard heavy footsteps sounding very close while turkey hunting in spring 1997 without seeing the source.

Footsteps
around July 17, 2003 Wellsville, Allegany County, New York Related account #11726

Footsteps near Wellsville, New York

The same witness returned to the same trail years later with a different companion, heard movement in the swamp, smelled a powerful odor, experienced sudden silence, and felt followed while leaving.

FootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
Approx. summer of 2000 Place not stated Related account #46780

Footsteps

The witness and a companion heard something bipedal approaching through leaves and left without seeing it.

Footsteps
The next day Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut Related account #74596

Footsteps near Kent, Connecticut

The following day the witness and a companion returned to the same spot, again experienced silence followed by louder faster footsteps from a different direction, and fled.

Footsteps
Once in a while Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut Related account #58379

Movement only near Torrington, Connecticut

The witness and a friend on the porch sensed something very large and heavy running in a straight line across the field behind the house without seeing it.

Movement onlyFootsteps
One night Place not stated Related account #1089

Scream

The witness and relatives sitting outside at night heard a horrible scream by the barn, then relatives with flashlights heard something large running through a field behind the barn.

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over a period of approximately 7 years Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Related account #49903

Wood knock near Kane, Pennsylvania

Over about seven years, group members reported hearing knocks, loud branch breaks and large bipedal footsteps, smelling foul odors and feeling watched without seeing a creature.

Wood knockTree breakFootstepsOdorAnimal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: 2006-pres Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania Class B #49903

Several possible incidents over the years in the Allegheny National Forest

In March 2014 while staying at a cabin with four companions, the witness went alone to a nearby meadow after dark to look at stars. The witness heard bipedal footsteps approaching up the slope, called out twice with no reply, and the steps paused then stopped at the lane edge. As the witness walked back past that spot, brush shuffled as if something turned to watch, but all companions were still inside and had heard nothing.

FootstepsMovement only
Date unknown Place not stated Related account #208

Sasquatch sighting

While climbing a pine tree, the witness heard movement below, confirmed the dog was elsewhere, dropped a branch, and briefly saw a fast-moving creature dart under trees before it disappeared.

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BFRO YEAR: 1992 or 93 Butler County, Pennsylvania Class A #3551

Campers have close encounter with large, hairy creature

Three people were sitting around a campfire late at night when they heard footsteps in the woods and a loud crash against a nearby mobile home. The reporter ran to wake a sleeping companion while the other two put out the fire. Those two companions reported seeing a large hairy man-like figure about 20 feet away, about 7-8 feet tall with red eyes, which then ran off hunched over.

Full-body sightingEyeshineFootstepsProperty disturbance
BFRO YEAR: 1976 or 77 Sussex NJ, Sussex County, New Jersey Class B #7185

Teens have scary encounter in abandoned creamery near Sussex

Two teenagers exploring an abandoned creamery had the companion climb a ladder to the upper floor, where he reported a foul smell and hairy legs behind a box. Both then heard heavy running overhead with ceiling boards moving, and saw a large hairy figure break through a wall, cross a roof, and appear directly after loading doors blew open. They watched it run away through a cornfield for several seconds until it went over or through a fence and disappeared.

Full-body sightingPartial sightingFootstepsOdorProperty disturbance
Today Lacy Township, Ocean County, New Jersey Related account #77867

Footsteps near Lacy Township, New Jersey

On a return visit to the same area, the witness heard low breathing and footsteps in thick brush that stopped when approached and then left after waiting in silence.

FootstepsUnidentified sound
six months prior to this Place not stated Related account #13515

Sasquatch sighting

Six months earlier near a lookout tower, the companion reportedly saw a similar running figure while the witness heard bipedal running approaching the car.

Full-body sightingFootsteps
during daylight research activities Place not stated Related account #50159

Wood knock

On other days while working in dense vegetation near the islands, the witness heard wood knocks and bipedal footsteps.

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