Class B First-hand BFRO #39279

Veteran is surprised at home by a large night visitor near Archdale

January 2013 around 5 or 10 past midnight Archdale, Randolph County, North Carolina 1 witness

Account

Shortly after midnight the witness walked past his front door on the way to the bathroom and noticed a tall, hair-covered figure standing at the bottom of his front steps. He estimated it at about 8 feet tall and as wide as his steps, with long arms and no visible neck or facial features. He turned to grab a camera but the figure was gone when he looked back, and he saw nothing when he opened the door and turned on the porch light. Shortly afterward he heard repeated deep rumbling sounds described as like thunder from inside the house.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Growl Unidentified sound

Other senses

Odor

Described appearance

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Height src: at least 8 feet tall
Build src: as wide as 4-foot-wide steps; wide, muscular
Hair colour src: dark brownish to black
Face src: no facial features visible due to hair
Arms src: really long; extended past the knees
Posture src: bent over / crouched as if looking in door
Other features src: no visible neck; hair-covered body

Facts & provenance

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Date	January 2013 Stated BFRO report #39279 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	around 5 or 10 past midnight Stated BFRO report #39279 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Archdale, Randolph County, North Carolina Stated BFRO report #39279 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
Map point	35.9047, -79.9598 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #39279 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Archdale city (GEOID 3701720), matched from nearest town 'Archdale'
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #39279 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Stated BFRO report #39279 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #39279 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	playing online game at home and walking to bathroom Stated BFRO report #39279 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	the thing Stated BFRO report #39279 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #39279 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Kevin Zorc (BFRO)

Source timeline

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BFRO report #39279 Primary

Published 2013-01-25 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash fc6c63b0a72d

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The report refers to

“caught an image of bigfoot on his IR camera in Pisgah a few years back”
Not in the Anomadex yet