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A brief history of the BFRO database and
an explanation of the BFRO's report classification system

Reports posted since May 1, 2013

• June 2012; Texas, Montgomery County (Class B) - Man & daughter have multiple encounters in Sam Houston Natl Park

• September 2012; Oklahoma, Le Flore County (Class B) - Family has possible encounter at Cedar Lake Equestrian Camp

• December 2012; Michigan, Grand Traverse County (Class B) - Snowmobiler observes a large figure cross the trail behind him near Traverse City

• November 1968; Michigan, Roscommon County (Class B) - Hunter recalls a possible encounter during deer season near St. Helen

• September 2012; Montana, Flathead County (Class B) - Deer hunter on the Flathead Indian Reservation passes a tall biped on the roadside

• June 2011; British Columbia (Class A) - Possible daylight sighting while collecting firewood near Bowser on Vancouver Island

• October 1965; Illinois, Ogle County (Class B) - Memory told of strange occurrences while growing up near Castle Rock State Park

• October 2011; Virginia, Grayson County (Class A) - Vacationing family observes & photographs a large hair covered figure in Grayson Highlands State Park

• September 2012; Missouri, Vernon County (Class B) - Motorist has a possible sighting on a rainy night near Schell City

• August 2011; Illinois, Alexander County (Class B) - Hunter finds a possible footprint near Olive Branch

• October 2006-2012; Wisconsin, Manitowoc County (Class B) - Home owner reports strange howls and possible ongoing activity near Kiel

• 1995; Washington, King County (Class B) - Man recalls seeing an unknown animal walking along Hwy. 97

• March 2013; Missouri, Jackson County (Class B) - Man observes with his binoculars a large hairy biped at the James A. Reed Wildlife Area

• March 2013; Illinois, Jackson County (Class B) - Possible vocalizations and rock throwing east of Makanda

• May 2010; Michigan, Oscoda County (Class B) - Possible daylight sighting by a motorist near Mio.

• September 1986; Washington, Jefferson County (Class A) - Man remembers his daylight sighting of a bigfoot standing on a stump next to Discovery Bay

• January 2013; Kentucky, Harlan County (Class A) - Teen on four-wheeler has sighting on family property near Wallins

• March 2013; Illinois, Christian County (Class A) - Motorist spots a tall hairy biped chasing deer near Edinburg

• February 2013; Illinois, Tazewell County (Class A) - Daylight sighting along levee in East Peoria

• February 1998, 1999; Delaware, Sussex County (Class B) - Recollection of a possible night time road crossing near Angola

• November 2011; Kentucky, Shelby County (Class B) - Hunter gets investigated while in his blind outside Bagdad

• August 2012; Kentucky, Shelby County (Class B) - Possible vocalizations and rock throwing on a summer night at a home outside Bagdad

• November 2007; Missouri, Ozark County (Class B) - Homeowner awakens to something messing with rabbit cage and sees a tall dark figure near Brixey

• January 2013; Florida, Osceola County (Class B) - Possible daylight sighting while riding a dirt bike outside Poinciana

• June 1995; Tennessee, Campbell County (Class B) - Memory told of a possible encounter while camping with friends near LaFollette

• July 1972; Florida, Seminole County (Class A) - Best friends recall watching their dirt bike being canvassed by a hairy biped while camping at Lake Mills

• May 1985; Florida, Volusia County (Class A) - Women recall an afternoon road crossing near Bulow Park

• May 2005; Florida, Volusia County (Class B) - Possible intimidation behavior experienced while shining for alligators in Ormond Beach

Reports posted since April 1, 2013

• December 2006; Kentucky, Harlan County (Class A) - Hunter in a ghillie suit on Pine Mountain has a close encounter

• November 2003; Kansas, Sumner County (Class A) - Memory told of a dusk sighting as a passenger in traffic on I-35 outside Wichita

• February 2013; Mississippi, Tishomingo County (Class B) - Possible night screams heard near Burnsville

• October 2012; Missouri, Vernon County (Class B) - Driver has possible early morning sighting near Fort Scott

• February 2013; Missouri, Jackson County (Class B) - Man running his coon dogs at night sees a large figure near Grain Valley

• February 2012; Alabama, Monroe County (Class B) - Possible vocalization brings attention to a large figure just outside a home near Uriah

• June 2012; Illinois, Christian County (Class B) - Possible sighting and rock throwing on a farm east of Edinburg.

• June 2003; Washington, Kitsap County (Class A) - Wilderness guide in Indianola observes a large bipedal subject while hunting

• September 1992; Michigan, Roscommon County (Class B) - Recollection of a possible road crossing at dusk near Roscommon

• August 2012; Georgia, Paulding County (Class B) - Unusual scream and possible print found in neighborhood next to Pickett's Mill Battlefiield

• December 2012; Washington, Grays Harbor County (Class A) - Homeowner stumbles across a sleeping sasquatch in the brush behind his home near Ocean Shores

• December 2012; Florida, Nassau County (Class A) - Late night sighting by a stranded boater on the St. Marys River

• March 2012; Ohio, Mahoning County (Class B) - Possible daylight sighting by a passenger traveling along I-80 over the Meander Creek Reservoir

• March 2013; Ohio, Morrow County (Class B) - Possible daylight sighting by a homeowner from her window near Marengo

• August 1991; Ohio, Stark County (Class B) - Close encounter remembered and possible vocalizations heard and recorded near Minerva

• June 2012; Ohio, Holmes County (Class A) - Late night road crossing on SR 39 west of Nashville

• March 2013; Ohio, Ashtabula County (Class B) - Possible daylight sighting along I-90 near Geneva

• September about 1969; British Columbia (Class A) - Memory told of a nighttime sighting while traveling on a mountainside near Rossland

• November 2012; Indiana, Steuben County (Class B) - Possible daylight sighting by a law enforcement officer standing in his yard near Fremont

• May 1977; North Carolina, Carteret County (Class B) - Military officer recalls possible daylight sighting while driving in the Croatan National Forest

• March 2013; Florida, Liberty County (Class A) - Motorist brakes to avoid a large hairy biped near Bristol

• September 1977; Illinois, Madison County (Class B) - Memory told of a possible sighting while parked in a car near Granite City

• December 2012; North Carolina, Nash County (Class A) - Morning hunter is startled by a silent bipedal figure near Castalia

• August 2010; Illinois, Cook County (Class B) - Motorists have possible nighttime sighting in Green Belt Forest Preserve

• January 2012; Illinois, Edgar County (Class B) - Possible ongoing activity described and knocks recorded at a rural home near Paris

• July 1985; Tennessee, Anderson County (Class B) - Recollection of spotting a tall figure cross a trail at dusk near Norris Lake

• December 2012; Arkansas, Pulaski County (Class A) - Motorist views large bipedal animal squatting at night beside I-40 near Marche.

• August 2010; Michigan, Benzie County (Class B) - Description of several strange encounters along Sleeping Bear Dunes National Shoreline

• November 1982; Missouri, Douglas County (Class A) - Man recalls encounters while camping with his hunting party south of Cabool

Reports posted since March 1, 2013

• July 1986; Ohio, Portage County (Class B) - Man recalls possible sighting while driving at night next to the Ravenna Arsenal

• March 2012`; Tennessee, Anderson County (Class B) - Two friends get spooked by a possible encounter near Norris Lake

• July 1974; Illinois, Calhoun County (Class B) - Memory told of a possible sighting on a back road west of Hardin

• November 62 or 63; Michigan, Manistee County (Class B) - Memory told of a possible encounter while deer hunting east of Manistee

• November 2009; Michigan, Manistee County (Class A) - Grandfather and grandson witness a big, black creature chasing a deer near Manistee

• 1985; Illinois, Massac County (Class A) - Youth watches animal digging in burn barrel behind home near Metropolis.

• November 2010; Texas, Parker County (Class B) - Hunter flushes large creature when retrieving rabbit near city of Mineral Wells

• December 2012; Illinois, Montgomery County (Class A) - Nighttime sighting from a window by a young woman near Lake Lou Yaeger

• April 2011; New Jersey, Morris County (Class A) - Afternoon sighting while hiking at Mahlon Dickerson Reservation

• January 2013; Colorado, Eagle County (Class A) - Motorists see tall, hairy human-like figure wading across the Colorado River east of Glenwood Springs

• February 2012; Wisconsin, Vilas County (Class B) - Possible nighttime activity at a cabin near Phelps

• October 2011; Illinois, Madison County (Class A) - Homeowner has nighttime sighting near Edwardsville

• March 2012; Illinois, Jackson County (Class A) - Motorist reports his second sighting near railroad tracks west of Murphysboro

• November 2010; Florida, Dade County (Class B) - Driver spots a tall biped crossing the road just west of Miami

• March 2011; Idaho, Owyhee County (Class B) - Vehicle shaken in a remote desert location near Grand View

• January 2013; California, Shasta County (Class B) - Footprints found along snow covered road near Whiskeytown Lake

• December 2005; Colorado, Larimer County (Class A) - Elk hunters see huge, white upright figure approach their campfire north of Fort Collins

• 1999 ; Illinois, Fulton County (Class B) - Recollection of possible encounters at a cemetery in the village of Cuba

• January 2013; Florida, Brevard County (Class B) - Deer hunters are rattled with tree crashes and a howl west of Melbourne

• November 2012; Florida, Collier County (Class A) - Daylight sighting of a man-like ape while target shooting in the Big Cypress National Preserve

• 09-12; Ohio, Portage County (Class B) - Possible ongoing activity reported by a family living close to the Ravenna Arsenal

• February 2013; Washington, Clallam County (Class B) - Two fishermen on the Dungeness river hear footsteps and find large 16" prints

• December 2012; Washington, Snohomish County (Class A) - Huge upright figure crosses road in-front of Marysville couple at night.

• September 2009; Florida, Lee County (Class A) - Fisherman comes face to face with tall ape-like creature in Ft. Myers

• February 2009; Georgia, Cherokee County (Class B) - Couple and neighbors startled by unusual screams over several months near Allatoona Lake

• September 2012; California, Alpine County (Class A) - Deer hunter has sighting in Sierra Nevada Mtns south of Markleeville

• October 2012; Florida, Lee County (Class B) - Repeat night visits scare away roommates near Alva

• July 2011; New Mexico, McKinley County (Class A) - A large biped seen in headlights on a moonlit night in the Chuska Mountains

• June 2000; Michigan, Oceana County (Class B) - Possible nighttime activity while camping and a chimp-like animal seen lifeless in the road near New Era

• December 2012; Washington, King County (Class B) - New home owners hear possible screams near Issaquah

• April 2006; Washington, Klickitat County (Class B) - Two turkey hunters near Trout Lake are screamed at by a large black animal

• December 2012; Florida, Sarasota County (Class B) - Passenger on I-75 spots a large animal near Myakka State Park

• September 2011; Tennessee, Hamilton County (Class A) - Nighttime road crossing seen by a couple near Sale Creek

• October 2012; Missouri, Ray County (Class A) - While riding an ATV a tall biped is seen eating leaves from a tree on a farm near Richmond

• September 2012; Oregon, Lane County (Class B) - Possible encounter while bow hunting for elk near Florence

• October 2011; Florida, Sumter County (Class B) - Possible daytime encounter by a father and son hunting in the Richloam Wildlife Management Area

• December 2011; Arkansas, Drew County (Class B) - Hunter finds his deer kill moved near Monticello

Reports posted since February 1, 2013

• January 2008; Washington, King County (Class A) - Teen views ape-like animal crossing road quadrupedally at night in Enumclaw

• January 2013; Illinois, Clark County (Class B) - Semi truck driver on I-70 observes a large ape-like creature in a field near Marshall

• August 2000; Washington, Snohomish County (Class B) - Loud roars and screams heard from an unknown animal near Stanwood

• June 2010; Washington, Snohomish County (Class A) - Daylight encounter while hiking on the Tulalip Indian Reservation

• September 1999-2000; Washington, Snohomish County (Class B) - Rocks thrown at two hikers on Heather Lake Trail

• October 2012; Kansas, Jackson County (Class A) - Woman driving at night hits a man-like animal near Mayetta

• June 1961; West Virginia, Wayne County (Class A) - Medical doctor recalls his daylight sighting as a teenager near Huntington

• November 2012; Illinois, Macoupin County (Class B) - Homeowner has possible sightings east of Carlinville

• November 2012; Missouri, Ray County (Class B) - Possible nighttime activity at a rural home near Rayville

• October 2012; Florida, Alachua County (Class B) - Woman finds possible footprints during morning bike ride in San Felasco Preserve northwest of Gainesville

• July 2010; Wisconsin, Waukesha County (Class B) - Possible nighttime sighting while driving next to Kettle Moraine State Forest

• December 2008 ; Illinois, Fulton County (Class B) ^Updated! - Wood knock and possible nighttime sighting east of Canton Lake

• October 2010 ; Illinois, Fulton County (Class A) ^Updated! - Nighttime sighting near a dumpster by a bicyclist in Canton

• October 2012; Arizona, Coconino County (Class B) - Several possible vocalizations heard south of Jacob Lake near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

• August 2012; Washington, Snohomish County (Class B) - Campers disturbed by approaching vocalizations and unseen visitor off the Mtn. Loop Highway

• November; Wisconsin, Oneida County (Class B) - Memory told of a possible encounter by a hunter tracking a deer near Sugar Camp

• December 2012; Illinois, Cook County (Class A) - Motorists have nighttime sighting north of Matteson.

• October 2010; Illinois, Wabash County (Class A) ^Updated! - Close encounter at night by a motorist near Mt.Carmel

• July 1991; Michigan, Gratiot County (Class A) - Woman remembers unnerving interactions near Ashley

• November 2012; Montana, Gallatin County (Class B) - Elk hunter finds large bi-pedal tracks on Mount Baldy

• April 2009; Kansas, Rice County (Class B) - Possible encounter by turkey hunters entering their blinds near McPherson

• April 2004; Kansas, Kingman County (Class B) - Couple driving at night see a tall, greyish white figure running near Murdock

• September 2008; Washington, Snohomish County (Class B) - A loud, unknown vocalization startles solo hiker on shore of Goat Lake

• June 07-08-12; Illinois, Macoupin County (Class B) - Ongoing activity described at a home near Shipman

• 2013; Ohio, Erie County (Class B) - Possible footprints found by a tree trimming crew on a road near Norwalk

• May 2012; Colorado, Park County (Class A) - Early evening sighting by two women hiking in Bailey

• July 2012; Georgia, Polk County (Class A) - Dusk sighting in the middle of the road by a husband and wife while driving outside Cedartown

• November 2012; Michigan, Alpena County (Class B) - Photographs taken of a possible trackway on property west of Alpena

• December 2012; Illinois, Montgomery County (Class B) - Possible nighttime sighting from a home by a young woman near Lake Lou Yaeger

• December 2012; Florida, Martin County (Class B) - Possible early morning encounter by a hog hunter in his truck near Jupiter

• December 2010; Illinois, Washington County (Class B) - Homeowner describes possible activity near Richview

• October 1989; Arizona, Coconino County (Class B) - Memory told of a possible early morning sighting while hunting near West Clear Creek