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BFRO YEAR: 1985-86 Williamstown, Oswego County, New York Class B #3614

Large figure prowls around cabin outside Williamstown

Two friends were staying overnight in a cabin by a creek when late at night someone tried the locked door and did not answer. A tall shape then appeared at the side window, and they remained huddled inside without sleep until morning. Next morning they found barefoot-like prints with a wide stride going up a steep embankment near the creek.

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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #1525

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The witness found bare footprint trails about 14 inches long in snow and mud.

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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #4589

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As a child the witness with other children found a large barefoot human-like footprint in snow along a creek bank and left quickly feeling uneasy.

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on 7/18 Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Related account #28017

Tracks near Leominster, Massachusetts

The witness returned to the same spot with two companions about three weeks later and found the same tracks still visible and made a cast.

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BFRO YEAR: 1977-8 Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Class B #20562

Man describes possible sighting in childhood near Sandwich

The witness, then a child home alone on a snowy midday, reported seeing a furry face looking through a den window. The figure made a grunting sound and ran on two legs around the house toward the woods. Friends who came over later viewed hoofed footprints outside with the witness.

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BFRO YEAR: 20010 Canaan Ct., Litchfield County, Connecticut Class B #61150

Security guard on patrol in Canaan area (Summer 2010) describes loud screams and 18-inch tracks

The witness, working as a night security guard at a facility, stepped onto a rear deck for a patrol around 3 a.m. and heard an extremely loud female-sounding scream from the wooded hillside about 100 feet away. After sunrise he inspected the nearby trail and found large footprints that he measured. He later found a similar scream online and said it matched what he heard.

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Date unknown Potter County, Potter County, Pennsylvania Related account #71728

Tracks near Potter County, Pennsylvania

The witness noticed a long footprint-like impression against the cabin by a window but judged it too poor to attribute.

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BFRO YEAR: 1978 or 79 Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania Class A #48013

Memory told of a close daylight encounter behind a home outside Sandy Lake

Before school the witness and his mother saw a large brown biped moving along a powerline toward woods behind their home. The witness ran toward the treeline and watched the creature pause and turn its upper body to look at him from about 50 yards, then stride away down a creekbed and disappear. Later that day he and his father found large heel impressions where it had leapt off a bank.

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Date unknown Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Related account #12034

Whistle near Lycoming County

The witness returned to the same spot with his boss and others, heard whistles and a howl, and found, measured and photographed large footprints in the stone.

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in the fall of the next year Place not stated Related account #3926

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The witness later saw tracks with very long strides crossing a frost-covered field, but frozen ground left no clear impressions.

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5 days prior Place not stated Related account #43853

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The witness found large footprints with a long stride in the yard five days before the spotlight encounter.

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BFRO YEAR: 1988-89 Erie, Or Wesleyville, They Are About The Same Distance Away, Erie County, Pennsylvania Class A #3634

Night time sighting near a secluded forest home outside Wesleyville

One evening around dusk the witness sat locked out on the front porch of the parents' wooded house. A very large hair-covered biped approached to about 40-50 yards, paused and stared with glowing red eyes for about half a minute, then ran away rapidly breaking branches. The next morning large footprints were found in wet driveway dirt but were washed away by rain before they could be photographed.

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one November Place not stated Related account #16327

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While running a trap line, the witness found a barefoot footprint in a mud puddle in November.

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March of 1978 Place not stated Related account #29336

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The witness later led a hunt and found footprints in the snow.

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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #66051

Unidentified sound

With a different companion the witness visited woods near an abandoned house in another town, hearing noises and whistles and seeing large footprints similar to those near home.

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1975/1976 Place not stated Related account #66051

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As children the witness and a companion repeatedly heard whistles, had small stones tossed near them, and found a bedding area, large footprints and a wet-dog odor in woods on a circular trail.

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In October of 2014 Berlin NJ (Albion), Camden County, New Jersey Related account #63728

Tracks near Berlin NJ (Albion), New Jersey

The witness and a relative found small barefoot tracks leading into the woods at a sandpit that later became the campsite.

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In the 14 years that I have owned this house Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey Related account #55961

Tracks near Ocean City, New Jersey

The witness reports finding droppings and footprints in the woods that did not match familiar local animals.

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spring of 2007 Place not stated Related account #23784

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The witness and two relatives found many large bare footprints pacing by a dirt mound at a construction area that led back over a broken wire fence.

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in winter Place not stated Related account #14232

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The witness later found broad human-like barefoot tracks in mud during winter.

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