Man describes childhood sighting at rural property on the outskirts of Atlanta
Account
In the early 1960s on a sunny afternoon, four siblings playing behind their house noticed a very large hair-covered animal under the house in the unfinished basement. The children approached it, threw small rocks, and formed the impression its human-like face was smiling with its mouth closed, while it stayed calm. Frightened, they ran inside for their mother, and when they returned the animal was gone without a trace.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- very large
- Face src
- human-like, smiling with mouth closed
- Other features src
- hair-covered
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
September 1961
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| Time of day |
in the afternoon
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| Place |
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Stated
BFRO report #6097
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
33.70, -84.53 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 6097 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
4
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
playing in the backyard after school
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| Witness's word for it |
what we believed to have been a gorilla
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Matt Pruitt (BFRO)
An investigator spoke to the witness by telephone and recorded detailed recollections.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #6097 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference