Young man has a midnight face-to-face encounter with an unknown creature outside Big Bear City
Account
The witness was staying at a cabin with a friend's family and left the cabin during the night to urinate. About 20 feet away, a large dark being stood behind a bush parting the top with its hands, with its upper chest, head, arms and hands visible. After looking back for 15 to 20 seconds, the witness ran inside, and a search the next morning found no traces.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- eight foot plus
- Build src
- massive, very wide and powerful looking
- Hair colour src
- very dark, black
- Face src
- very ape-like, flat with smaller less pronounced nose
- Eyes src
- no eye shine; eyes frightened witness
- Hands src
- long with long fingers, some hair, thumb visible
- Posture src
- standing
- Apparent sex src
- male-like (flat chest)
- Other features src
- head was pointed
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
June 1976
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
12am to 2am
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| Place |
Big Bear City, San Bernardino County, California
Stated
BFRO report #9759
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
34.2541, -116.7964 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Big Bear City CDP (GEOID 0606406), matched from nearest town 'Big Bear city'
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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 |
stepping outside cabin at night to urinate
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| Witness's word for it |
something huge, black and very tall
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Richard Hucklebridge (BFRO)
An investigator interviewed the witness by phone about details of the encounter.
The witness later emailed to say online artwork of a face and upper body matched what was seen.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #9759 Primary
The report refers to
- “media articles on the BFRO site, Los Angeles County back in 1973”Not in the Anomadex yet