Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center

4047 Seven teen-agers Dr. Matthew Johnson , TR100 AUG 2000 3
BF SEEN DRINKING, DOG ATTACKS BIT BY BF [Full Report]

1098 BURLINGTON WITNESS BFRO M, 1991 TR94 BFRO 3
BF SEEN [Full Report]

3866 BURLINGTON WITNESS BFRO , 1991 TR 94 FEB 2000 3
BF ENCOUNTER [Full Report]

1097 BURLINGTON 30 HIKERS BFRO , 1997 TR94 2
3 VOCALIZATION, HITTING TREE BRANCHES [Full Report]

3865 Burlington HIKERS BFRO APR, 1997 1:30 AM TR 94 FEB 2000 3
SCREAM, TREE BRANCHES HIT, [Full Report]

1255 MISG 7 TEENAGERS CRC , TR100 1
LARGE HAIRY BEING, BF DRINKING, DOG KILLED [Full Report]

3854 Susex CHUKDREN Ron Schaffner MAR, 1975 TR 94 FEB 2000 Star-Ledger newspaper 3
8-9 FT GRAY BF SEEN [Full Report]

1087 SUSSEX 5 WITNESSES RON SCHAFFNER , 1975 TR94 STAR LEDGER NEWSPAPER 2
8-9 FT SHAGGY GRAY HAIRED BF [Full Report]

457 SUSSEX Richard Sites family PLACE MAY, 1977 All Over The Country;” 1978; PLACE 3
BF seen; red eyes; rabbits crushed;dog charged and was thrown; shot at-blood seen, [Full Report]

3091 Sussex Randy Wertz Randy Wertz FALL, 1977 TR 78 JUN 1998 3
BF SIGHTINGS, RABBITS KILLED [Full Report]

3092 SUSSEX Randy Wertz Randy Wertz FALL, 1977 TR 78 JUN 1998 3
WHISTLE/SCREAM FROM DELAWARE RIVER, AND FROM WOODS (TWO BF) [Full Report]

3093 SUSSEX Randy Wertz Randy Wertz WINTER, 1977 TR 78 JUN 1998 3
BF CROSS DELAWARE RIVER, MANY TRACKS FOUND [Full Report]

IBS Report #: 4047

Location: county, NJ. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

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Data Source: TR100 AUG 2000
Credibility: 3
Locality: SE New Jersey
Researcher: Dr. Matthew Johnson
Witness: Seven teen-agers

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF SEEN DRINKING, DOG ATTACKS BIT BY BF

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* Visit the Dr. Matthew Johnson site for lotsa’ new reports that have come to him. Here are a few summaries http://www.sasquatchsite.com/ -- SE New Jersey. Seven teen-agers playing in the woods (of Jersey Devil fame). Hill behind them had at dusk a large hairy being. It left on being spotted. No date. Years before this, stepbrother and dog had encounter. Saw Bigfoot at edge of water drinking. Dog tried to attack but it grabbed the dog and bit it in the leg, then flung the dog off. The dog later died of gangrene.
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IBS Report #: 1098

Location: BURLINGTON county, NJ. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +039˚ 37' N
Longitude: 074˚ 38' W
Day: M
Month: M
Year: 1991
Time: M
Elevation: M

Data Source: TR94 BFRO
Credibility: 3
Locality: BASTRO RIVER
Researcher: BFRO
Witness: WITNESS

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF SEEN

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NJ BURLINGTON 1991 TR94 BFRO There was another encounter near here at the Batsto River in 1991.
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IBS Report #: 3866

Location: BURLINGTON county, NJ. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +039˚ 37' N
Longitude: 074˚ 38' W
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Year: 1991
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Elevation: 0

Data Source: TR 94 FEB 2000
Credibility: 3
Locality: Batsto River
Researcher: BFRO
Witness: WITNESS

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF ENCOUNTER

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TR 94 FEB 2000 * , Burlington Co., NJ, on the Batona trail, Wharton State Forest. There was another encounter near here at the Batsto River in 1991.
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IBS Report #: 1097

Location: BURLINGTON county, NJ. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +039˚ 42' N
Longitude: 074˚ 47' W
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Year: 1997
Time: 1:30 AM
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Data Source: TR94
Credibility: 2
Locality: BATONA TRAIL, WHARTON STATE FOREST
Researcher: BFRO
Witness: 30 HIKERS

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: 3 VOCALIZATION, HITTING TREE BRANCHES

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NJ BURLINGTON 1997 TR94 BFRO* In April, 1997, Burlington Co., NJ, on the Batona trail, Wharton State Forest. Thirty people were making a three day hike in the thick pine forest after a week of rain, and made camp at an isolated spot two miles off the trail. The camp had only a dirt road for access and was quite remote. Sleeping at the fringe of the camp, at 1:30 AM there was a terrible scream that witness wasn’t familiar with. The large creature moved smoothly through the brush, and was within 20 yards of the group. Witness buried his head in the sleeping bag and tried to look unappetizing. An hour or two later, it passed by again, and again other hikers kept quiet. As it progressed, the creature made a rolling sound over the forest floor, rather than steps like deer, and it was hitting tree branches as it passed. There were three distinct screams. The next morning other campers reported hearing the screams, but nothing else. Later witness was informed by an acquaintance that live near there, that the Screamer Phenomenon” is frequent in that particular area.
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Ecology: THICK PINE FOREST

IBS Report #: 3865

Location: Burlington county, NJ. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +039˚ 43' N
Longitude: 074˚ 48' W
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Month: APR
Year: 1997
Time: 1:30 AM
Elevation: 75

Data Source: TR 94 FEB 2000
Credibility: 3
Locality: Batona trail, Wharton State Forest
Researcher: BFRO
Witness: HIKERS

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: SCREAM, TREE BRANCHES HIT,

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TR 94 FEB 2000 * In April, 1997, Burlington Co., NJ, on the Batona trail, Wharton State Forest. Thirty people were making a three day hike in the thick pine forest after a week of rain, and made camp at an isolated spot two miles off the trail. The camp had only a dirt road for access and was quite remote. Sleeping at the fringe of the camp, at 1:30 AM there was a terrible scream that witness wasn’t familiar with. The large creature moved smoothly through the brush, and was within 20 yards of the group. Witness buried his head in the sleeping bag and tried to look unappetizing. An hour or two later, it passed by again, and again other hikers kept quiet. As it progressed, the creature made a rolling sound over the forest floor, rather than steps like deer, and it was hitting tree branches as it passed. There were three distinct screams. The next morning other campers reported hearing the screams, but nothing else. Later witness was informed by an acquaintance that live near there, that the Screamer Phenomenon” is frequent in that particular area. There was another encounter near here at the Batsto River in 1991.
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IBS Report 1255 is missing

IBS Report #: 3854

Location: Susex county, NJ. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +041˚ 08' N
Longitude: 074˚ 48' W
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Month: MAR
Year: 1975
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Elevation: 873

Data Source: TR 94 FEB 2000 Star-Ledger newspaper
Credibility: 3
Locality: Bear Swamp
Researcher: Ron Schaffner
Witness: CHUKDREN

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 8-9 FT GRAY BF SEEN

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TR 94 FEB 2000 * Ron Schaffner, ronschaffner@fuse.net, posted a Mar. 12, 1975, Star-Ledger newspaper account of Bigfoot (written by B. Hallett), in Susex Co., NJ. The 8-9 ft. creature with shaggy gray hair, walked on hind legs through Bear Swamp (south of Lake Owassa). There were supposed to be five witnesses, three children, two of which were 11 and 18.
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IBS Report #: 1087

Location: SUSSEX county, NJ. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +041˚ 08' N
Longitude: 074˚ 49' W
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Year: 1975
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Data Source: TR94 STAR LEDGER NEWSPAPER
Credibility: 2
Locality: BEAR SWAMP, SOUTH OF LAKE OWASSA
Researcher: RON SCHAFFNER
Witness: 5 WITNESSES

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: 8-9 FT SHAGGY GRAY HAIRED BF

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* Ron Schaffner, ronschaffner@fuse.net, posted a Mar. 12, 1975, Star-Ledger newspaper account of Bigfoot (written by B. Hallett), in Susex Co., NJ. The 8-9 ft. creature with shaggy gray hair, walked on hind legs through Bear Swamp (south of Lake Owassa). There were supposed to be five witnesses, three children, two of which were 11 and 18.
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IBS Report #: 457

Location: SUSSEX county, NJ. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +041˚ 14' N
Longitude: 074˚ 36' W
Day: 12
Month: MAY
Year: 1977
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Elevation: 387

Data Source: All Over The Country;” 1978; PLACE
Credibility: 3
Locality: Wolfpit Road; Wantage Township
Researcher: PLACE
Witness: Richard Sites family

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF seen; red eyes; rabbits crushed;dog charged and was thrown; shot at-blood seen,

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Richard Sites family on Wolfpit Road in Wantage township; NJ. May 12; 1977; saw creature many times. On that morning Mrs Sites got up early; put heifers out to pasture; and wouldn’t budge. Noises from swampy area; rabbit cage doors ripped off pens and all were crushed to death. At night in yard light; Debbie; 16; shouted something in yard; and all saw thing at corner of shed. Huge and hairy; big red eyes; dog charged it and got thrown 20 feet. Next night creature came back; went to chicken coop; and men fired riles and gave chase; monster fled into woods; dried blood on ground next morning. .“Bigfoot All Over The Country;” 1978; Marian T. Place,
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Precip: Sussex 3.3 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.4 3.9 3.5 46.0
Temp: Sussex 23.0 25.3 35.6 46.6 57.0 65.7 70.5 68.7 61.2 50.0 40.3 28.8 47.7
Sun: Begin civil twilight 09:12 Sunrise 09:43 Sun transit 16:55 Sunset 00:07 on following day End civil twilight 00:38 on following day Moonset 18:05 on preceding day Moonrise 06:54 Moon transit 12:56 Moonset 19:06 Moonrise 07:23 on following day Phase of the Moon on 12 May: waning crescent with 27% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. Last quarter Moon on 10 May 1977 at 04:09 Universal Time.,
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IBS Report #: 3091

Location: Sussex county, NJ. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 1

Latitude: +041˚ 12' N
Longitude: 074˚ 36' W
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Year: 1977
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Elevation: 449

Data Source: TR 78 JUN 1998
Credibility: 3
Locality: Sussex
Researcher: Randy Wertz
Witness: Randy Wertz

Sighting Type: 1
Summary: BF SIGHTINGS, RABBITS KILLED

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TR 78 JUN 1998 * Randy Wertz report. In 1977 I was living in Budd Lake, New Jersey which is in the northwestern corner of Morris County on the border of Sussex County. In the fall, there had been some sightings of a Bigfoot-like creature near the town of Sussex in Sussex County. At the time, photography was a big thing with me and my wife and I liked to go to an area off Old Mine Road in Montague, New Jersey, to walk and take pictures. Getting back to the Bigfoot, he had terrorized several farmers by killing and mutilating some rabbits they raised. The newspaper articles stated the creature returned several times and was seen by quite a few people. There were several encounters with motorists along the back roads in the area. Sussex county is very rugged in places. Most people think of New Jersey as full of factories and refineries, but western north Jersey is very beautiful with high, rolling hills and ridges. It is excellent for hiking and camping.
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Precip: SUSSEX 3.3 2.8 3.4 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.8 4.6 4.0 3.3 3.8 3.5 46.0
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IBS Report #: 3092

Location: SUSSEX county, NJ. UNITED STATES

Sighting Type: 3

Latitude: +041˚ 18' N
Longitude: 074˚ 47' W
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Month: FALL
Year: 1977
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Elevation: 515

Data Source: TR 78 JUN 1998
Credibility: 3
Locality: Montague
Researcher: Randy Wertz
Witness: Randy Wertz

Sighting Type: 3
Summary: WHISTLE/SCREAM FROM DELAWARE RIVER, AND FROM WOODS (TWO BF)

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TR 78 JUN 1998 * Randy Wertz report. In 1977 I was living in Budd Lake, New Jersey At the time, photography was a big thing with me and my wife and I liked to go to an area off Old Mine Road in Montague, New Jersey, to walk and take pictures. On a Saturday afternoon, my wife and I had decided to take a ride up to the area I mentioned to take some pictures of the fall foliage. We parked at the old cemetery on Old Mine Road and walked through the cemetery to the Delaware River (about 150 feet). This is a place we'd been to a hundred times and liked to picnic there. For some reason, my wife was not comfortable and wanted to leave almost as soon as we got there. She couldn't tell me why, but got more edgy the longer we sat there. I didn't want to leave because it was such a beautiful day and it was going to be the only time off I had that week. The whistle and scream that came next was enough to convince me we should have gone to the movies. It started like the type of whistle a human makes when they put their fingers in their mouths and blow. The scream was not of pain, but more of a challenge and it was so close that I thought we were going to be attacked. My wife was up and running leaving me as the rear guard (yeah, right) and at the sound of the scream, I was on the move. The sounds we heard were from the river bank just to the south of where we sat. However, as we got to the car, there was another series of whistles and grunts in the woods to our left across the road from the cemetery. There was no way whatever made the sounds by the river could have gotten past us or we would have seen it crossing the road. That led me to believe there was more than one.
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IBS Report 3093 is missing