I'm trying to put together a list of the most interesting and most plausible Bigfoot sightings.

Which sightings would be on your list? Why?

Patterson/Gimlin sighting and Memorial Day Footage don't count.

These two I find most interesting out of a hand full of others.

http://www.patriciabarker.ca/sipillusmanitoba01.htm


http://www.research.umbc.edu/~frizzell/BRSFreport.html



I wish I could give you a detailed explanation as to why I feel these two reports are "plausible".
Unfortunately, I can't..........I guess it's just a gut feeling of sorts. Sorry.

http://bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=12959

http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=8547


these are great, hunters with good observational skills, obviously not downwind of the subjects, at least for quite awhile

This one in Schoolcraft County, MI (Upper Peninsula) is one of my very favorites. It's hard to call any one report any more plausible than another (excluding the really stupid ones, of course), but something about the scenario and the way she reports it just rings true to me.

http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=2554

I've always loved the William Roe sighting in B.C.

http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=15821

http://www.bigfootforums.com/index.php?showtopic=16489

Monkeyboy's account, further supported by his explanations and photos of the area

I'd go with that one as # 1 overall, IMO anyway.

#2 IMO : http://www.bigfootencounters.com/sbs/crandellcampground.htm ( whole report is available in Thomas' book In Search of Giants and in Dahindens reprinted version of Bigfoot/ Sasquatch.

Ditto that. The Crandell incident is fascinating. No less than four eyewitnesses to the same close-range encounter. Steenburg does a great job covering it - including interviews from each witness.

I would add, also from that book, the Mike McDonald encounter. Sort of a modern day Roe incident.
One more, the Skip Frombach encounter. If factual, it offers very interesting behavioural observations.

Oh yeah, I forgetted to add 'Why?'

The Crandell incident began at close range (8' or so), began with a woman (with her beau in tow) freaking out and thinking she saw a very big bear (which was obviously a big concern of the woman) as she went to the campground privy. Soon both couples witnessed the big guy in motion. They all reported the incident right away. It seems as if the big guy came close, curious of the card game the crew had been playing. It also includes some good comedy: the woman who first spotted it fled to her car, locked the doors and then refused to let her husband in! Boy, he picked a winner....

Skip's begins with the big guy tumbling along the hillside. Cool. And some bluff "charges", so to speak.

McDonald's because he was unable to pull the trigger just like Roe.

Hi

I have always loved the Albert Ostman story, To this day some of his accounts are still ringing true and he never strayed from the story always consistent, There is something about it being so long ago before the BF thing even got started how would someone think that up


Peace
Tim

He claims it happened in 1924, he told his story in 1957.

Most interesting description of a saquatch-

http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/mnbf/washreport.html


Most interesting story with sketch-

http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=2218
http://www.bfro.net/GDB/CNTS/GA/RM/ga_rm001.htm


Just plain interesting-

http://www.bfro.net/GDB/CNTS/GA/LK/ga_lk001.htm

Two different sightings along I-84, east of Portland, OR -
http://bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=3624 - a woman calls her husband on her cell phone after she and her son see a Bigfoot cross the freeway. The husband reports the sighting to the BFRO website and an investigator is able to talk to the witnesses within 45 minutes of the sighting.

http://bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=671 - a Bigfoot crosses in front of cars eastbound on I-84, seen by three witnesses. When the incident is reported to the Hood River County Sheriff, the witness is told the Sheriff "had taken quite a few reports that night on the same sighting and four of those [were from] police officers." Peter Byrne later tells the witness of an incident two days later in the same spot but in the westbound lane, multiple sightings were reported a BF crossing the freeway in the opposite direction.

Since both of my favorites have already been posted, I can only say what a great idea this was to list these stories in one thread. I have never cataloged sightings, but having a list in one specific thread will enable me to get off of my duff and start now. Thanks to all who decide to respond.

Dammit, Scott. you stole mine!!!!!! J/K, dude. No, I like the Ape Canyon Story, as well as the Roe story. Those are two very interesting encounter stories. Thomas Steenburg's possible encounter is also quite interesting. He says that he saw walking across a clearcut near some power lines some sort of being, but it was too far away to determine absolutely what it was, but he may possibly have seen something, a possible 'Squatch. Thomas Steenburg's story can be found in audio form at http://www.westcoast-sasquatch.com Scott Herriott's is also quite interesting and very riveting. It can be found in audio form in several places, including http://www.letstalkbigfoot.com.

The 1997 Six Rivers National Forest Expedition was quite interesting, IMO. The report of the three week expedition was recorded in Cryptozoology (13) by Richard Greenwell, Jeff Meldrum, Mark Slack and Darwin Greenwell. I'm sure it's available online. It was during this expedition that Meldrum had his sasquatch encounters.

Most interesting?
To me, it's the BFRO incident, where the guy is asleep in his tent, and hears footsteps, then feels something pressing on his chest, and can't move.

I think it was Vancouver or BC, can't remember which one though.

Was there not a report by the coast guard where a kid was lost,they found him picked him up by helo and as they were leaving by helo they seen this creature walking away from the sight from where the kid was found.If this report was real i would believe that this report would one report that should be taken into consideration.Also i have to go with my own sightings since i did have those as well.
Mark A

Drew- thanks for putting a smile on my face, I knew you'd like that one

Here's a few for you guys to maybe add to the list-

To me, Roe is the classic, nothing sexy about the experience. Just a clear daylight encounter and very detailed description and accompanying drawing by his daughter. By the looks of it, Roe got it right and it's one of the few historical accounts I've got some confidence in.

In 2002, (A CA State University) Associate Psych Professor, Dr. David Walsh witnessed an 8ft tall silver-gray hair colored biped from approximately 75 yds while out boar hunting in Hunter Liggett CA (about 75 miles from where I live)

http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=5463

This is the incident both Bobo and I recently mentioned on the Let's Talk Bigfoot show and we both met Prof. Walsh four years ago on a outing in NorCal. The Professor who was rather reserved (if you will) actually flew to Europe to observe in person the white gorilla "Snowflake," shortly after his encounter.

Although he was one of the few people in this field I've never had an opportunity to meet in person or converse with, I've always been rather impressed with William Dranginis' late afternoon encounter in Culpeper Virginia while casually out with metal detectors and accompanied by two "special agent" friends who drew their weapons initially mistaking the 7 footer for a man before the subject ran right in front of them from left to right and away from view deeper into the woods. (hope I remembered that right)

My best friend and field partner James "Bobo" Fay's 2001 encounter near the Klamath River and old Hoopa trail (CA) during a live broadcast of the Jeff Rense show. Bo and a friend, using a Ukranian 2nd Gen nightscope, watched it stand behind a stump for several minutes and swayed right to left (almost with a hop) alternating weight on each leg while doing so. The stump only came up to the subject's chest and was estimated at about 9 1/2 feet tall and extremely thick and barrel-chested.
John Freitas was also on site in a convertible vehicle (I believe) talking with Rense during the event and was separate from Bo. And although he never actually saw it, he got a good listen to both the subject's nearby presence and initial approach.

Montra Freitas' report from when she was a teenager near Twain Harte CA, really gets under my skin and although I know it well, I still make her tell me it every time I see her or we're out in the field together.
http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=1090


Last but not least (and although it's pretty bias coming from me ) I'd have to throw mine in their as well from last August in the Wenatchee National Forest, WA, if nothing else because of the length of the encounter (2 minutes) the strange behavior I witnessed, 10 other bigfoot researchers were nearby (13 total in party) and although it can't possibly be the first sighting with sophisticated heat sensing equipment which isn't that common in the field yet (due to ridiculous cost), it's arguably the most pronounced with the use of it thus far.

Is there a report number for this encounter?

I always liked the BFRO report from wayback, somewhere in Washington State (Elma ?) where the witness returned to the scene of a rock throwing incident, only to have a repeat experience. This is pretty much the only sighting that I can remember being repeated on a return visit - and I always thought that place is where I would start my search for BF.

Edit - found the link

I don't have a favorite report as of yet, but I do want to say thanks for putting this thread together. I've been busy all morning reading some of these reports and they really are captivating.

@bartlojays: I tried searching for your encounter here on the board but haven't been able to find it. Can you post a link please?

Thanks,
DC

in respect to this praise for the thread, bump

DC-

I suggest going ahead and reading my posts under my handle from late august 2007 up until about December 07 (I only post about an average of once a day, if that, so you won't be going crazy). I'd also recommend listening to the Let's Talk Bigfoot Show I did with the girls on Oct 3rd I believe or 3 weeks ago with some of my gang. You'll get the full account easiest that way and it won't be hard to find because I've been pretty frank and candid about the experience and have talked in great detail in many threads as I witnessed the subject for about 120 or so seconds. If you need any help let me know through PM and I'll give you the rundown.

B

Thanks for narrowing the date range down for me. I've tracked it down and enjoyed reading about your thermal imaging encounter. I will also grab a listen to your Let's Talk Bigfoot Show when I get the chance.

DC

Hey Paul, what about a top ten favorite hoaxes (suspected AND confessed) survey? I can't seem to find much about those. Awesome thread though and I'm gonna' take my sweet time reading EVERY SINGLE link! Boy, I'm gonna' get me some edjimuhkayshun now! -Lea

I've always been partial to the S/S class reports:

Witness in woods, sees BF, soils shorts (S/S), runs like hell, never goes into woods again.

ps - buys new shorts.

These encounters have some emotion behind them.

Hope I never join that "class"

Hello Everyone.

Here are a couple of sightings/experiences that for some reason I find quite compelling. I hope you enjoy them.

Wahoe County, Nevada

Washoe County, Nevada, ll

There are many more. I will go through my "database" to see what's there.

Excellent topic for a thread, btw.

I have been lurking off and on here for several years, but this thread topic is too good to resist. Have to post some good (IMO) sightings/reports.

Enjoy.

BFB

Hey. Here's some more.

There is something about the way they are written. It just seems honest. And compelling, or course.

Hinsdale County, Colorado

Face to face. Amazing...Excellent description.

Humbolt County, California

BFB

Yep and some claim plagerism (sp?) as well. Mr. Green was a newspaper man looking for a story and he got sucked in by the old bastard. Great story though and you gotta love those old bush guys. I'm honoured to call some of them my friends.

t.

Still one of the most compelling encounters IMO, John Mionoczynski.

I think that the encounter that is indirectly associated with Teddy Roosevelt would merit a spot on the list, if it is actually a bigfoot type encounter. I've heard this story mentioned a couple of times. Is there any reference to the actual events that were reported to have happened?

Yes that is a great encounter and note the words he has a GRANT-FUNDED North American Ape Project associated with Jeff Meldrum and its on-going-- to mesh with some other threads discussing grant probability and Sasquatch research.

I don't recall his tent being collapsed, just that a huge hand shadowed over his tent. The pinecones, yes, but the tent collapsing?

According to this article, the tent was collapsed.

I always have been mesmerized by accounts where "It" appears in just a instant in time where the witness has no need for embellishment(ego) or story-telling, no; crappy pictures, no; "It's been hanging around my house looking in the windows" BS.
The accounts for example, of the guy glassing for bears and observing one cruising the timber and watching it walk over a ridge... one the most compelling...It's the reports that beg the question when I read them, what possible motive would this person have to take the time to make up a yarn about something they have little or no interest in?

After reading a lot of the these sightings, they do seem to have a few elements in common. So, here's roughly what makes up a believable report:


1. Furnish a lot of information prior to the encounter. Cover the (ideally very practical) reason you're out there, the weather, the terrain and vegetation in detail to demonstrate you are extremely observant, practical and in possession of a reliable memory.

2. Now add some emotion. Turn yourself into a person rather than just an observer. Whether you're feeling great, bad, tense, tired or even mysteriously apprehensive, this gives something for the reader to empathise with.

3. The encounter. Start with smells, shapes, noises/silences. Describe initial feelings of disbelief. This sets you up as hard-headed and 'sensible'. Add to this another round of observational detail. Mention distances to the nearest foot or six inches.

4. Encounter part 2. Describe your realisation that it is not a bear. Describe extreme fear, possibly with fight-or-flight physical reaction but also include wonder and/or calmness to explain how you retain the element of rational thought.

5. Describe in great detail one or more facets of the subject. Face/eyes are best but hands, sagittal crests, feet are all good. Make sure it’s something absolutely no commonly-known creature has. Add in visceral deep breathing, grunting/snorting and possibly a weird feature or occurrence you couldn’t make up – a sneeze, a bald patch, head twitch, facial expression etc.

6. Make it clear that this level of detail is possible because the encounter has become a lengthy stand-off. Then end the encounter with the graceful, sudden exit of the creature (remembering not to refer to it as bigfoot or sasquatch throughout).

7. Mention either extreme reluctance to discuss encounter/revisit area or huge desire to discuss encounter/revisit area.

Please forgive the slightly tongue-in-cheek tone. I’m not scoffing at anyone’s reports and I’m not suggesting that reports that contain any of the above elements are not to be believed – I’m simply pointing out the fact that people’s favourites do appear to conform to a pattern. Perhaps there’s simply a type of report and even a type of reporting which we’re naturally more pre-disposed to find interesting. And ‘interesting’ is the word Paul used in the topic heading.

MIne would be either the Ruby Creek Incident or the Bass River Forest one that mkianni mentioned.

I don't know if it qualifies for this or not, but the Cowman of Copalis County has always given me the chills, maybe it's just a good story, maybe not. It's just the way it is told, there are quite a few details that make it sound believeable, of course that is also what makes a good story. But the Albert Ostman story is also one of my all time fav's, also great detail, plus like was mentioned before the time frame makes it more believeable since it was before all the bigfoot storys starting happening.

Wow, the face to face Report was a great Story..

I do have for some strange reason, a real sense of fear when reading this one..

http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=7382

Man, if something like this happened to me, I think I'd have a heart attack!

http://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_report.asp?id=7436

I'm totally with you on the Crandell Campground one and the other ones are up there too but Crandell is my #1 and Steenburg does a great job, he's one of my favourite researchers out there second only to Green in my opinion, but Green is my god so its pretty hard to live up to him in my eyes. Roe's is definitely in my top 5.

I have found the Cowman story to be an interesting read, quite frightening if this did truly happen.

http://www.bigfootencounters.com/stories/cowman.htm

Wow!
I know this is an old post, but I agree with Stacy - I can totally see this happening like a video in my mind....
I'm going to be thinking of this story when I have to stop at an isolated rest stop next time, I'm sure!

This one to me was a good read!
I felt different emotions through out the story!
Thanks!

That one was fascinating! You are right about the different emotions!!

How have I never heard that story before??? That story gives me serious chicken skin.

I could swear I read a BF sighting report about a lone hiker somewhere that fell/got injured, and was carried to a safer place by a BF......I'm looking all over to try and find it again.

Yeah, there is something about the Albert Ostman story that makes you want to beleive it. Another one that makes my skin crawl is the story of the prospectors near Mt St Helens (Ape Canyon?), that were attacked in thier cabin at night after taking some pot shots at 'something' that day. Anyone have more info on that?

Wow, that one literally had me in chills while reading it. Certainly seems to be a plausible story for sure.