While taking a break during a deer drive, hunter sees 6 foot tall creature run away down hillside
Account
The witness was deer hunting with companions and stopped to rest on a hill. A black entity about the witness's height ran very fast down the hill about 50 yards away and disappeared in about five seconds, with breaking deadfall heard as it left. The witness was startled, thought it might have been watching, and later wondered if it was a large bear or loose livestock.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- about my height - 5'9"
- Hair colour src
- black
- Gait src
- ran very fast
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
November 1986
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
mid afternoon
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| Place |
Addison/Erwin, Steuben County, New York
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| Map point |
42.1063, -77.2320 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Addison village (GEOID 3600276), matched from nearest town 'Addison/Erwin'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
hunting deer on a drive, taking a break
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| Witness's word for it |
something that was black
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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Agency personnel took casts and hair samples and reportedly submitted them for testing.
Agency personnel took casts and hair samples and reportedly submitted them for testing.
Agency personnel took casts and hair samples and reportedly submitted them for testing.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #2630 Primary
The report refers to
- “possible bigfoot sighting near Rathbone, NY”Not in the Anomadex yet