YEAR: 2024

SEASON: Winter

MONTH: December

DATE: 5th

STATE: Connecticut

COUNTY: New Haven County

LOCATION DETAILS: Long road connecting Seymour and Oxford, this happened right before the roundabout connecting Greathill Rd, Quaker Farms Rd, Holbrook Rd, and Squantuck rd

NEAREST TOWN: Seymour & Oxford

NEAREST ROAD: Holbrook Rd

OBSERVED: Long tall almost slender figure side stepped into the woods off of the side of the road

ALSO NOTICED: Not that I have found other then a sense of being watched while driving on that same road

OTHER WITNESSES: just me

OTHER STORIES: There have been reports of Sasquatch in the surrounding area near Rock House Preserve

TIME AND CONDITIONS: Night time approximately 11:37 PM
Conditions - Cold and Cloudy

ENVIRONMENT: Dark forest location

Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Elise Bischoff:

Notes from phone interview with witness, 12/20/24

The witness was traveling southbound at about 30 mph on Holbrook Rd toward Seymour at the time of the sighting. He was following his friend, who was some distance ahead. Witness was driving a 1989 model truck, so even though the high beams were on, they were not the super-bright, blinding LEDs used in modern vehicles.

The witness had just rounded a bend in the road when he saw the figure on the right hand side. The figure was standing facing the oncoming vehicle, a little bit over the curb. There is no guard rail at this point, although there is one just before the turn. The subject took a step backwards, turned, and disappeared back into the woods. It seemed as though it was preparing to cross the road, but got caught. The witness estimated that the sighting lasted 15 to 30 seconds, but admitted that time seemed to slow down, and the whole thing might have lasted only a few seconds.

The witness described the figure as proportional, tall and lanky like an NBA player, but with longer arms. It was a black silhouette; no hair or facial features were discernible.

The witness has no doubt that what he saw was not a person. Although there is hunting in the area, it could not have been a hunter because of the time of night.

The witness and his father have attended past public BFRO expeditions. The witness called his father immediately after his sighting. His father was the one who suggested reporting to the BFRO.

The area surrounding the sighting is heavily wooded, full of game trails, and is less than two miles as the crow flies to the Housatonic River. Just south of Lower Paugussett State Forest and Kettletown State Park, among other land trust and wildlife management areas, the region has plenty of cover, water, and food.

The witness agreed to meet at the location after the holidays to attempt a recreation to establish size.

January 5th 2025 – meeting with witness at location

Met with witness today (along with his father and fellow investigator Rich W.) at the location of his sighting. Rich acted as a stand-in to approximate the animal’s size. Rich is 6’2” – using a yard stick we were able to add an additional 13” to that, which puts the figure the witness saw at over 7 feet.



The witness was approximately 30 to 40 yards from the figure.



Upon meeting with the witness, he initially seemed nervous, but once he got into describing what he saw, he quickly grew animated and seemed to have a visceral reaction to recalling his experience at the location where it occurred. He was clearly affected by what he had seen and was excited to be able to share his story.

I was also impressed by his father, who I’ve attended BFRO expeditions with in the past. The witness called his dad moments after losing sight of the figure, so his dad was able to quickly and easily verify the time (11:53pm) and his son’s mood.

The witness reiterated that what he saw gave him chills and that he had no doubt about what he saw.

He said he regrets not returning to the spot the next day to look for tracks, as there was some snow on the ground.

He also mentioned something two friends had seen while hiking maybe two miles south at Laurel Lime Ridge Property: they felt they were being watched, and saw figure on the ridge above them, “like a big man wearing camo." When they called off, the figure took off running.

I was also impressed by the location, which on the west side of the road (the side the bigfoot was on) is mixed deciduous and coniferous, with pines becoming more prominent around the creek which runs parallel to the road and feeds into the reservoir. There were lots of animal signs, with game trails and tracks leading down to the water.





On the east side of the road is a block of the Naugatuck State Forest. When Rich stepped away for a moment, he found a large area where deer had been bedding down.

It’s possible the sasquatch might have been stalking deer from the creek, across the road to the Naugatuck State Forest block. Deer tracks were abundant by the creek. There were place where moss had been worn smooth on the fallen tree trunks, and the older wood had also been scuffed where animals repeatedly step over the downed trees to get to and from the water.

There was also a wire fence (not barbed) on the eastern side of the road along the edge of the Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary. It was low in places, sometimes even totally flattened to the ground where trees or limbs had fallen across it.



There was a culvert with fast running water just before the spot where the witness saw the figure standing. The sound of the water might have disguised or muffled the sound of his oncoming vehicle.



Additionally, remember that the witness was following a friend in another vehicle. The friend was driving faster and got a bit further ahead; the witness was driving more slowly, cautiously. After the first car passed, the sasquatch might have believed the coast was clear, not realizing that the witness was approaching around the bend. The noise from the culvert, combined with the dimmer headlights of the witness’s older vehicle, would have caught the animal off guard.

Environmental / Historical Factors

Severe flooding in August of 2024 washed out multiple roads in the neighborhood of the sighting, including Rte 34, which is the only road which crosses the Housatonic River between Rte 84 to the north and the Derby-Shelton Bridge and Rte 8 to the south, a distance of almost 12 miles. Although parts of 34 were quickly reopened, the stretch from Loughlin Road in Oxford and Route 111 in Monroe did not fully reopen until October 16th of 2024.

Additionally, CT Parks & Forests have advised that trails and campgrounds in the vicinity of the sighting will remain closed through the 2025 season in response to the August flooding. Kettletown State Park, in particular, sustained serious flood damage. The campground and surrounding areas, including the Pomperaug, Crest and Brook Trails in the Park are closed, and will remain closed for the 2025 season.

The flooding of August 2024 was followed by a severe drought in the fall, effectively contracting animal habitats to corridors along larger waterways. The Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary, which is bordered by Holbrook Rd at the location of the reported sighting, is 600 acres of preserved, forested watershed of Four Mile Brook and the Housatonic River. “Together, with adjacent Naugatuck State Forest and Keith Mitchell Forest, the entire area comprises over 1000 acres of contiguous, preserved, critical habitat for a diversity of plant and animal life.” This protected watershed would have drawn animals in from areas more directly affected by the drought.

As described in detail in Report 77112, there is a history of bigfoot activity in this area along the Housatonic River.

About BFRO Investigator Elise Bischoff:

Elise Bischoff is a bi-coastal investigator with the BFRO, splitting time between California and Connecticut. She attended her first expedition in the Redwoods of Northern California in 2009, and has since joined expeditions in New Mexico, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. She earned her undergraduate degree from Bennington College in Vermont, and an MFA in screenwriting from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She is a volunteer team leader with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, and works as an executive assistant at an LA film and television management company.

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