Deer hunter sees what he thinks is a bear through his rifle scope, until it stands and walks away, north of Oxford
Account
The witness arrived at dawn to hunt deer from a climber stand about 20 feet up a pine. After hearing wood knocks and tree breaks for several minutes, he spotted a tall figure about 200 yards away and viewed it through a rifle scope, describing an 8-foot upright figure with a flat face that smelled the air then ran off on two legs. He climbed down, found a large five-toed human-like track where it had slid, heard whoops from two directions, and left the area.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- at least 8 foot tall
- Hair colour src
- brown, described as black in follow-up
- Face src
- flat, no snout
- Feet src
- 18 inch human-looking track with five toes, as wide as both feet together
- Gait src
- forward-leaning run, covered 40 yards in a few seconds
- Posture src
- squatted then stood upright like a man
- Other features src
- grayish/green skin where hair thin, no ears on top of head, green moss tangled in head hair
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
12 December 2004
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
dawn
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| Place |
Batesville/oxford, Marshall County, Mississippi
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| Map point |
34.3210, -89.9249 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Batesville city (GEOID 2803620), matched from nearest town 'batesville/oxford'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
2
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| Witness was |
hunting deer from a tree stand
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| Witness's word for it |
What ever it was
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Tim Sermons (BFRO)
human-looking foot track with five toes found on hill where creature slid
Measurements: 18 inch long, as wide as both feet together
Source timeline
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BFRO report #27167 Primary