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BFRO YEAR: 1978 thru 1982 Marietta, Washington County, Ohio Class A #7220

A man relates a series of occurrences on the family farm involving an upright walking hair covered creature

As a young boy at the family property, the witness saw a tall strong creature standing over the burn barrel late at night and noticed a memorable smell. The witness believes the creature continued to live in the hollow and woods around the childhood home.

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Sunday, the day following our sighting Clarksburg, Ross County, Ohio Related account #7133

Odor near Clarksburg, Ohio

Two horse riders the next day in the same area were thrown when their horses spooked, with a strange smell noted.

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go back many years Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio Related account #7224

Sasquatch sighting near Ravenna, Ohio

Family members report a multi-year history of sightings, vocalizations, footprints, odors, tree and limb breaks and suspected nest structures on old family land.

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many times Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio Related account #7224

Vocalization near Ravenna, Ohio

The witness's children have repeatedly heard cries in the woods and been close enough to smell the creatures.

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almost every time I hike there Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio Related account #7224

Vocalization near Ravenna, Ohio

The witness reports hearing, smelling and sensing a close presence on almost every hike in the same area, with occasional brief views and a sense of being followed.

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approximately 3 hours later Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio Related account #44066

Footsteps near Zanesville, Ohio

About three hours after the dusk sighting, the two boat occupants heard running on shore and a large splash behind the boat that rocked it, noted a strong odor, hid on the boat floor, then fled.

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Soon after Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio Related account #8006

Odor near Steubenville, Ohio

Soon after the chirping, while mowing the back lawn, the witness smelled a rotten meat odor that came in waves.

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July of 1999 Dennison/Leesville, Harrison County, Ohio Related account #4950

Odor near Dennison/Leesville, Ohio

The reporter and a relative were awakened in bed by a strong ammonia/urine/death-like odor without seeing or hearing anything, an odor another relative had noted earlier that night.

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Date unknown Ewing/logan, Hocking County, Ohio Related account #30622

Property disturbance near Ewing/logan, Ohio

The witness noticed the training pen gate untied at times and a musky odor inside the pen.

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a couple of days later Athens, Athens County, Ohio Related account #63616

Tracks near Athens, Ohio

A couple of days later the witness returned to the same area with a relative, found a possible print, noticed a horrible stench, and the relative thought a Bigfoot was watching them and wanted to leave.

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five days after her sighting Saybrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio Related account #29018

Odor near Saybrook, Ohio

Five days later the witness smelled the same strong odor outside around the home but saw and heard nothing else.

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the year before Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan Related account #24620

Odor near Ann Arbor, Michigan

The witness and two friends found a branch shelter with tripod logs, twisted branches, and a wet-dog odor in the same woods about a year before the main walk.

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Date unknown Rogers City, Presque Isle County, Michigan Related account #29409

Odor near Rogers City, Michigan

A rotten meat smell persistently came from the thicket.

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on the 4th of July evening around 11:30PM Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan Related account #31860

Sasquatch sighting near Mount Pleasant, Michigan

On a July 4th night around 11:30PM the witness saw a dark furry figure standing at the deck corner about 15 feet away, which then took two giant leaps toward the river and crossed downstream, leaving a partial footprint found next morning.

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during the night Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan Related account #31860

Rock throwing near Mount Pleasant, Michigan

After the witness began making howls, rocks were thrown at the home at night, vocalizations were heard, and a rotten-egg sulfur smell appeared frequently.

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BFRO YEAR: 85-present Whittemore, Iosco County, Michigan Class B #14854

Possible ongoing activity outside Whittemore

The witness reports recurring nighttime activity over many years at her parents' wooded property. She and others hear footsteps pacing them along the tree line, loud crashing movement, screeching sounds and cracking noises, often accompanied by a strange smell. Family members and visitors have also reported red eyeshine and ape-like figures, and large footprints were found in snow. An investigator later visited, interviewed family members and noted unusual stick and vegetation features in the woods.

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Since that night Allen, Hillsdale County, Michigan Related account #15187

Vocalization near Allen, Michigan

Since the first night the witness and his wife repeatedly heard loud nighttime vocalizations, large movements in brush, banging on the trailer, and occasional dead-skunk odor.

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BFRO YEAR: 2008, 2009 Jackson, Fife Lake, Grand Traverse County, Michigan Class B #32976

Possible daylight sighting by a mountain biker in the Pere Marquette State Forest

The witness was mountain biking on a game trail in thick forest when he stopped in a clear-cut opening to repair a flat front tire. A loud thump came from a burnt-out RV about 50-60 yards away, and he saw a large jet-black furred head appear in a broken window about six feet off the ground. The head tilted slowly to the side as he remounted his bike, and he rode back to his cabin using GPS. He reported smelling a pungent odor at the site and again outside his cabin the next morning, which he interpreted as the animal having followed him.

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morning of June 23, 2008 Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, Michigan Related account #24033

Odor near Charlevoix, Michigan

The witness encountered the odor again localized near a large conifer on the property.

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Ten years later, in 1963 Winamac, Pulaski County, Indiana Related account #9245

Sasquatch sighting near Winamac, Indiana

A decade later two relatives waited quietly on a screened porch at night, smelled a strong rotten-meat odor, and watched a large dark-haired biped pass under a bridge light before dropping to all fours to cross the bridge while a dog chased it and returned injured.

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