Connecticut
Bigfoot heard ‘screaming,’ ‘whooping’ in Connecticut Sasquatch hotspot
He was only showing off his wild side.
Bigfoot was caught making a ruckus in Connecticut’s Sasquatch hotspot last year, according to a recent report by The Bigfoot Field Research Organization.
A Fairfield County resident heard the hairy giant’s “screaming/long-duration whooping” just after midnight on Oct. 17, 2023 — sparking a barking dog frenzy and sending owls into a terrified silence.
“This voice had quite a bit of ‘power’ behind it and I could tell that it was carried over distance. I would ‘rough’ guesstimate at least two clicks [1.25 miles] from my coords,” the anonymous witness said in the report, which was published this summer.
The Yowie howls emitted from a forested area near the town of Monroe and lasted up to 10 terrifying minutes, according to the witness.
The alleged Bigfoot would yelp for roughly 10 seconds and halt before repeating the pattern — which the reporter claims matches other Sasquatch recordings captured and shared on YouTube.
“All the dogs in the area started barking at once when the vocalizations ended. Normally there are many owls in the area and when I had gone outside previously I could hear them,” the witness stated, adding that they were certain the noises did not come from a coyote, bobcat, cougar or fox.
“When I had noticed the vocalizations had ended it was probably a good ten minutes before I could hear the owls again.”
According to BFRO investigator and founder Matthew Moneymaker, the report wasn’t shared for nearly a year because it was a sound-only report — but a probe found the claims credible enough to land a Class B categorization.
The incident occurred with close proximity to a railroad bed and powering route that extends to locations of other sightings — including one from February 2022 in which a woman allegedly saw a “very tall large all-black upright figure” chasing 30 deer through her backyard in Bethel.
“My first thought was this is either a person or a bigfoot. I did a quick checklist in my head and ruled out person,” the witness said.
“It was solid black from head to toe with no color differences. It was also too large to be a person. I had a size comparison with the deer ran just past it. The black figure was about 2 and a half times the height of the deer torso. It must have been between 8 and 10 feet tall.”
Moneymaker said the October 2023 incident was deemed credible after ruling that species known in the area would not have been able to emit the “strange unidentified sound” that was reported.
“I contacted the witness to make sure the person was real and whether more of the sounds were heard at the location,” Monekymaker told The Post.
“He heard a loud howling sound that is distinct from other animals, but consistent with a bigfoot. It happened in an area with a history of sightings extending back decades. The area has the main ingredient present at other sighting locations: An abundance of deer in the area.”
The sighting marks the fifth Sasquatch sighting in Fairfield County since 1953.
Connecticut is seemingly a playground for Sasquatches, with 25 total sightings reported over the past seven decades, according to BFRO.
Litchfield has the most sightings of any county with 11, the most recent of which occurred in the summer of 2022.
A retired police officer reported hearing roars and yips in a similar, repetitive pattern to what the Fairfield County resident would describe just over a year later.
ENFIELD, Conn. (WFSB) – Police arrested a Connecticut man on Sunday morning after he allegedly stole bottles and cans from a Connecticut Children’s Hospital donation bin.
Officers received a call at around 8 a.m. for a report of a larceny from a “Cans For Kids” donation bin at located on Raffia Road, according to the police department.
Police said they used used local surveillance cameras and municipal license plate readers to identify a vehicle and suspect.
Officials identified the individual as Joshua Wilcox of Broad Brook
With the help of Wethersfield police officers, Wilcox was found and detained. Enfield police arrested Wilcox and charged him with sixth-degree larceny and first-degree criminal trespass.
It was also revealed that this is the second incident involving Wilcox at the same location, police said.
No further details were released.
Eyewitness News will provide more details as soon as they become available.
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“(T)he applicant is proposing a minor building addition of 1,300 square feet to the basement level because the specialized proton equipment required a slightly larger support space,” said Allie Smith, an associate planner with the city’s professional planning and zoning department.
Smith is referring to what would be the second proton therapy cancer treatment center between New York City and Boston, after the Connecticut Proton center in Wallingford, which is scheduled to open later this year.
Proton therapy is considered advanced radiation treatment because it uses the positively charged particles to “target cancer with exceptional precision,” reducing damage to nearby healthy tissue.
The expanded building plans for Danbury Proton are the latest development in a prolonged effort to serve western Connecticut and nearby New York residents with the novel cancer treatment.
The project, which was set to break ground on a 3-acre site overlooking Danbury Municipal Airport this spring, is “very busy marketing and selling the bonds,” a spokesman said.
“We’re ready to break ground as soon as we close on the bonds,” said Drew Crandall on Friday. “We are in conversation with investors every day and we are making good progress.”
In March, Danbury’s City Council agreed to use its bonding power to help Danbury Proton get low-cost financing under a “conduit issuer” agreement. Around the same time, the city’s Planning Commission extended approvals for the project, which were scheduled to expire in July.
All that means that Danbury Proton expects to open its 17,000-square-foot facility at 85 Wooster Heights Road in late 2027 or early 2028.
“The day is coming when we will be treating patients with revolutionary proton therapy cancer treatment,” Crandall said in a newsletter to supporters last week. “Countless patients and their families will benefit from proton therapy.”
Several businesses and residents are displaced after a well-known donut shop in Clinton caught fire Saturday morning according to fire department officials.
Clinton Volunteer Fire Department officials say officers received reports of a fire at Beach Donut where they found heavy smoke and a fire extending to the attic.
They say people were evacuated while firefighters work to bring the fire under control.
One person was transported by Clinton EMS for evaluation.
The displaced residents are being treated by the American Red Cross and the fire is still under investigation by the Clinton Fire Marshal’s Office with assistance from the Connecticut State Police Fire and Explosives Investigation Unit.
The fire department received mutual aid from several fire stations and EMS from neighboring towns.
According to the Beach Donut Facebook, the business will be temporarily closed until notice.
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