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Late Afternoon sighting by motorist near Blue Springs YEAR: 1974 SEASON: Fall DATE: Early Fall STATE: Nebraska COUNTY: Gage County LOCATION DETAILS: Southbound on highway 77, near Blue Springs, Nebraska, NEAREST TOWN: Blue Springs, NE NEAREST ROAD: Highway 77 OBSERVED: While traveling southbound on highway 77, near Blue Springs, Nebraska, I encountered
a very large bi-pedal creature. As I came around a gentle left curve in the road, this creature stepped up out of the ditch
on my side and with one stride was upon the road bed and with two more strides was across and going down into the ditch on
the other side, a car coming the other way also saw this and we both slowed to a crawl as we came to the spot, I asked if
they saw something and they responded they had also seen it. ALSO NOTICED: did not stick around although afterward I wished I had gotten out and followed
it but I was not equipped or properly armed. OTHER WITNESSES: yes a car coming from the south, also saw it, I confirmed this by asking
them as we both crept by the spot in the road. We were both driving, myself southbound and they were northbound. ENVIRONMENT: Across highway 77, in Nebraska, just north of a unnamed creek with a small steel
bridge near Blue Springs, Nebraska. Creature was in full view for less than five seconds, it moved with a purpose.
Teen has nighttime sighting near Fontenelle Forest YEAR: 1975 SEASON: Summer STATE: Nebraska COUNTY: Sarpy County LOCATION DETAILS: Georgia Ave. and Tulip Ln. run East-West My house was approximately 1/3
of a mile from Bellevue Blvd., which ran along the heavily forested area of Fontenelle Forest. NEAREST TOWN: Bellevue NEAREST ROAD: Between Georgia Ave. and Tulip Ln. OBSERVED: The following occured in 1975 when I was 14 years old. My family lived in Bellevue,
Nebraska (near Offutt Air Force Base) where my father had recently retired from the U.S. Air Force after 24 years of active
duty. I now live in Florida. OTHER WITNESSES: No witnesses, myself only. OTHER STORIES: Yes. After my experience, I told my girldfiend and her mother. Her mother
said that I must have seen the Missouri Mo (Mo = short for Monster). She told me that she had heard of several people seeing
a similar creature in the forest and near the Missouri River (only a short distance from my house). TIME AND CONDITIONS: The incident occurred at approximately 10:00 pm. The weather was warm
and clear. It was extremely dark in the field. However, my backyard, and a portion of the field, was well illuminated by a
flood-light on the back of our house. ENVIRONMENT: Hardwood trees made up the wooded area. Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Stan Courtney: I spoke at length by phone with the witness, who is a neuropsychologist. He related that although this area is not
rural it is a wooded area that is only about a mile from the Missouri River.
Multiple witness sighting at night, 3 miles east of Mead, Nebraska YEAR: 1979 SEASON: Summer MONTH: July DATE: 4 STATE:Nebraska COUNTY: Saunders County LOCATION DETAILS: Location was on the South side of Highway 92, 3 miles east of Mead,Nebraska. NEAREST TOWN: 3 miles East of Mead, Nebraska NEAREST ROAD: Highway 92 OBSERVED: First of all this happened in the summer of 1979 on the 4th of July. This is the
first of two possible encounters I have experienced over 22 years. The second occurred on November 10th in 2001. ALSO NOTICED: There were no other sounds heard or any other strange things happening that
evening. There were a lot of people in the area lighting fireworks as it was the 4th of July. OTHER WITNESSES: There were possibly 8 adults which witnessed the the animal/creature. OTHER STORIES: Later that year my Brother In Law said that the night watchman from a large
cattle feed lot where he had worked, sighted something out walking by the cattle on his patrol one night. TIME AND CONDITIONS: At 11pm on a fairly clear night. ENVIRONMENT: This was an open bean field which had a wooded area on the east side of it.
Hunter has evening sighting near Bazile Creek State Wildlife Management Area YEAR: 1979 SEASON: Fall STATE: Nebraska COUNTY: Knox County LOCATION DETAILS: Bazile Creek State Wildlife Management Area. Along Missouri River NEAREST TOWN: Santee NEAREST ROAD: US 12 OBSERVED: Approximatley 40 yards away standing on the edge of a ravine. Hight difficult to
estimate because of standing a little down hill. somewhere around 7ft. Gray hair over entire body. muscular very thick neck.
Was standing very erect, turning head side to side as if trying to smell for something. Looked directly at me and I ducked
down. When I looked again nothing was there. I heard a scream the previous day but attributed that to a bobcat. A friend of
mine was in a deer stand approx. 1 and 1/4 mile away as the crow flies down from the ravine in the direction in which I thought
it went. He told me that I wouldn't believe what ran by his deer stand. He described to me the same thing I saw. He was very
upset. ALSO NOTICED: As stated earlier. The previous day I heard a scream It was very long and loud
almost like a womans scream. I thought someone fell off of one of the cliffs in the area. When I described the scream to people
the said it was a bobcat. It may have been. i don't know if this is related or not. OTHER WITNESSES: A friend of mine hunting with me. As described above. He will not talk about
it. For fear of being ridiculed. TIME AND CONDITIONS: it was about an hour before sunset ENVIRONMENT: Edge of ravine approx. 250 yards from river. Moderate to Heavy wooded area.
Chalk rock cliffs and marsh area.
Newspaper account of an encounter with an unknown creature near Salt Creek YEAR: 1980 SEASON: Unknown STATE: Nebraska COUNTY: Lancaster County LOCATION DETAILS: In Lincoln Nebraska; Lancaster county on 27th and Fairfield Street about one and a half
miles south of the city limit. NEAREST TOWN: Lincoln NEAREST ROAD: Fairfield Street OBSERVED: A man on a motorcycle turned off of 27th street onto Fairfield Street. just in front of the
Lincoln Electric Co. He said a bigfoot like creature ran in front of him causing him to fall, the creature proceeded south
towards Salt Creek about half a block. This area at the time was very isolated. Now there are buildings everywhere and the
city limits have been moved back considerably. It was in the papers the next day we lived about half a mile up Fairfield St.
I remember not wanting to go outside in the neighborhood at night for awhile. The kids were still young so it must have been
between 15-18 years ago. At the time of the sighting there was mostly farmland. The guy was so scared he continued on his
way, after he got up from the fall he also said it just smelled terrible. Anyway that's what the Lincoln Journal and Star
reported the next day. I must tell you the New Lincoln Electric System bldg was new and out in the middle of nowhere. Just
a few new houses were scattered west and northwest of the building ALSO NOTICED: Just the terrible smell. OTHER WITNESSES: He was riding a motorcycle on 27th st. and turned onto Fairfield he was the only witness
to this. He said the creature ran out in front of him causing him to fall. OTHER STORIES: I'd like you to contact the Lincoln Journal and Star. They may have to go back a few years
but I promise it's there, as god is my witness, of course there were few believers. ENVIRONMENT: Mostly farmland open field around the bldg. A creek just a few blocks from the Lincoln Electric
Co. Building. Houses were west and Northwest this area is between Fairfield and Cornhusker Highway to the south. The building
sat in the middle of nowhere. Various sightings by residents near the Missouri River YEAR: 2002 SEASON: Summer MONTH: August STATE: Nebraska COUNTY: Douglas County LOCATION DETAILS: (Location withheld by request). NEAREST TOWN: Omaha NEAREST ROAD: Interstate 80 OBSERVED: We live near Omaha, Nebraska. I am speaking on behalf of my mother. My mother first saw this
"thing " when she was 10 years old. You have to understand the way the neighborhood we live in is set up. The house my mother
lived in when she was 10 is less than a quarter mile away from the house that she lives in today. All of the yards in that
neighborhood sort of connect with somewhat of a gully in the middle. The first time my mother had any knowledge of the thing, her sister and her were swinging on a double tire swing in her
backyard. The next thing my mother knew, her sister had jumped off the swing and was running and screaming. My mom didn't
know what to do, so she ran after her sister into the house. Her sister was hysterical saying she saw something in the back
wooded area of their yard. I guess my grandpa did find some sort of large footprints. This was the first incident. The next incident was when my mom was outside her house when she was young. She saw a large thing covered in hair walking
across her driveway. My mom told me that the "thing" walked almost as if it was bo-legged. She also said it's shoulders moved
from side to side as it walked. Now my mother lives in the house I grew up in. As recently as two weeks ago, something has been seen in my mother's back
yard. It hasn't only been seen by my mother, but also by my sister who frequently stays at my mom's house. In April 2002 is when my mom had her most vivid and frightening encounter with the "thing". She was letting our dogs out
in the backyard and they both went barreling towards the fence surrounding our yard barking. My mom walked out in the yard,
thinking nothing other than the dogs were just being dogs, and was standing waiting for them to use the bathroom. It was then
when she noticed something moving in the next yard. She said it was about seven feet tall and standing behind a tree. She
said as fast as the dogs had ran up to the fence to bark, they were running back to the house yelping. My mom said she froze.
She always tells me the fear that she feels when she sees this "thing" is overwhelming. She said it then "leaped" from behind
one tree to another. That's when she started running. She said she looked behind her and it was now coming forward towards
her. She ran in the house and locked the doors. My mom lives in a brick house and she has also told me that on occasion she will hear something that sounds like something
beating or throwing itself up against the side of her house. My mom is completely afraid of this "thing". We would really like someone to contact us or something. My mom doesn't really
talk about this to anyone because she feels that they'd all think she was crazy. We don't know what to do but we do need some
help or advice. OTHER WITNESSES: Two witnesses. Working just before or just being at home. OTHER STORIES: My father also grew up about a block away from my mom. Their family has their own stories
from the same area. Other than that, we've never asked. We've come to figure that anyone else in the neighborhood who've maybe
seen something, probably thinks everyone will think they're crazy. We've never asked anyone around there. TIME AND CONDITIONS: Just before sunrise, clear and nice weather. ENVIRONMENT: Wooded area connected to backyards. Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Stan Courtney: After speaking with the woman who had the sighting (she is the mother of the person who submitted the report), I can add
the following details: • The witness has had several brief sightings over the years. The most memorable event is the one reported. It occurred
in April of 2002. • The witness stated the animal was 7 feet tall, weighed 350 pounds and looked very muscular. • The hair was medium brown and long like a "long-haired dog." • The hair was not matted. • The witness said although she could not see the face very well, she could make out a big brow and the eyes appeared
to be deep set. • The animal had a fat, wide neck, very long ape-like arms and big hands. • The animal leaped sideways three times going from tree to tree. • After leaping sideways it made a leap forward. This alarmed the witness and she ran back into the house. • The animal came as close as 20 feet to the witness while on the other side of a chain-link fence. Possilble daylight sighting by hikers (at 300-400 yds.) in Chadron State Park YEAR: 2006 SEASON: Fall MONTH: October DATE: 29 STATE: Nebraska COUNTY: Dawes County NEAREST TOWN: Chadron NEAREST ROAD: Nebraska 385 OBSERVED: [Editors note regarding classification of this report: This report is Class B for two reasons:
1) It was not written by the actual witness, and 2) the figure was distant -- 300-400 yards.] I am writing this on behalf of my father-in-law. On October 29, 2006 he, his wife, and a friend were hiking on the lookout
trail in Chadron State Park. Walking east, they came to a place where the trail takes a sharp turn to the south. As they rounded
the turn, my father-in-law's friend looked towards the north and noticed someone, or something, standing on top of a limestone
ridge about 300 to 400 yards away. He stopped my father-in-law (my mother-in-law was walking a bit ahead of the two of them)
and pointed the figure out to him. Even from that distance, they could tell that there were some unusual features about the
figure. It was unusually tall and covered from head to toe in black fur. They watched it for five minutes as it stood on the
ridge and swayed back and forth before it casually walked behind a limestone outcrop and disappeared into the pine forest. They have no idea what this creature is that they witnessed. The only reasonable explanation we could come up with is that
since it is so close to Halloween, someone was running around in the forest in a gorilla costume. But the area is extremely
remote (a combination of national forest land and Nebraska state park land) and this explanation, though plausible, is highly
unlikely. OTHER WITNESSES: Only two; the third person kept walking on the trail and did not see it. OTHER STORIES: There have been many recent reported sightings on the Pine Ridge Ogallal Sioux reservation
forty miles north of Chadron. ENVIRONMENT: Part of the pine ridge area of western Nebraska. National forest and state park land; densely
wooded with deep canyons and limestone cliffs. Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator David Petti: I reviewed the circumstances which led to the submission of this report with the initial submitter. He reiterated the details
of the conversation he shared with the witnesses upon their return and their conclusion that they had possibly or probably
witnessed a bigfoot. He then obtained permission from his father-in-law to personally discuss his observations with me also. The witness is a local college professor. He and his friend observed the figure at a distance he estimated to be almost
a quarter-mile away and on a prominent ridge. He assumed it possible that the figure did not see them because it did not appear
to be paying particular attention to their location which was in the pines and in shadows. At first, they thought it may have
been a very large person in a heavy jacket but quickly decided that was unlikely given the very warm temperature of about
seventy degrees for this late October mid-afternoon. It was uniformly black in coloration from head to toe and a glossy sheen
reflection was occasionally visible.The figure was only on two legs the entire time they observed it as they watched for three
to five minutes before it moved off and out of sight behind the ridge. Upon further consideration, the witness also thought
it noteworthy that a nearby windmill provided a reliable source of water. 
A remarkable photographic image has been snapped on the morning of June 13, 2006, in a woman’s backyard
in the Midwestern state of Nebraska. KETV-7 in Omaha broadcast the picture on June 14, and it appears to be an animal unlike
any most people have seen locally. In the short dispatch, the Nebraska news staff report that: Mary Ann Carta lives near 138th and Hamilton streets, and she took some pictures of the animal that she
saw. She said it could be a bobcat, but it has her scared about taking her morning walk or allowing her grandchildren to play
outside. "I was not afraid at the moment. I was in the house, but I was just thinking about yesterday with the
grandkids it was like, what would I have done," Carta said. An expert at the Henry Doorly Zoo is examining the pictures. He thinks it could be a feral cat. What are we to make of the hint of striping on the back? The long canid-like legs? And long thin tail? A werewolf, perhaps? I’m mildly joking, but that moniker has been used in reports before, as we know
from the work of Linda Godfrey, northeast of Nebraska, in Wisconsin. Or how about something else from the upper Mountain States? The image does have an cryptid canid or hynea-like
appearance, reminding me of the Shunka Warak’in mystery taxidermy mount from the 1880s, seen and recorded from the Yellowstone
area, as pictured below, and discussed in Cryptozology A-Z.
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