Case file · Cryptid
Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
Founded by Matt Moneymaker in 1995, the BFRO collects and posts public Bigfoot reports, runs paid group expeditions, and fronted the TV series 'Finding Bigfoot' (2011–2018).
1995 CE · 41.00, -80.70 · status: claim
The account
Moneymaker recorded a howl in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1994 that the group attributes to Bigfoot. The BFRO's database of thousands of reports, sorted by county, is widely used by enthusiasts and was used in a 2009 ecological-niche study. Its 2000 expedition produced the Skookum cast.
The sceptical view
The ecological study found that reported sightings matched the habitat of the American black bear closely. Despite years of television searching, the BFRO has produced no body, bones or accepted DNA.
Connections in the atlas
- The Olympic Project 'nests'
- The 'Sierra Sounds' recordings
- Skookum cast
- Bigfoot sightings match black bear range (2009 study)
- Bigfoot (Sasquatch)