Class A First-hand BFRO #8543

Turkey hunter has close encounter with bigfoot in Kiamichi Mountains

4 April 2004 5:15pm, still good light Big Cedar, Le Flore County, Oklahoma 1 witness

Account

On the afternoon of April 17, 2004, the witness was turkey hunting from a blind in a creek bottom after using a hawk locator call. He noticed what he first thought was a burnt tree about 50 yards away, then realized it was a large, dark-haired bipedal creature watching him. The two stared at each other before the creature turned and walked away upright, and the witness reported being badly frightened and smelling a musky odor when the wind shifted.

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Sightings

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Described appearance

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Height src
about eight feet tall
Build src
massive in size
Hair colour src
charcoal dark, grayish-black
Hair length src
about three inches long
Face src
maybe a little lighter
Eyes src
reddish-brown, red with not much white
Arms src
long arms to mid-thigh
Gait src
walked upright
Posture src
upright
Other features src
pointed/dome-shaped head, coarse hair like buffalo hide

Facts & provenance

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Date
4 April 2004
Stated BFRO report #8543 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
5:15pm, still good light
Stated BFRO report #8543 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Big Cedar, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Stated BFRO report #8543 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town
Map point
34.69, -94.73 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 8543 (3 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #8543 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #8543 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 70% confidence
Figures reported
1
Stated BFRO report #8543 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
turkey hunting from a blind
Stated BFRO report #8543 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
a large creature like I have never seen before
Stated BFRO report #8543 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #8543 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2004-04-27 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 687d3351f2ec
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

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