12:40AM sighting by motorist one mile NE of Black River Falls
Account
The witness was driving home from work late at night when she briefly saw a tall, dark figure on the opposite side of the highway near a guardrail. She described it as facing away and moving toward the ditch and forest, seeing it only for a moment at close range. A coworker who drove the same stretch about 15 minutes earlier reported a deer sprinting across the road in the same area.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- a little more than seven feet tall
- Build src
- remarkably broad shoulders
- Hair colour src
- black, dark, one solid color
- Face src
- face not seen, turned away
- Eyes src
- no eyeshine seen
- Posture src
- standing
- Other features src
- no real neck, head came to a bit of a point
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
26 April 2023
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| Time of day |
around 12:40AM
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| Place |
Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wisconsin
Stated
BFRO report #75800
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
44.31, -90.80 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 75800 with published boundary
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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 |
driving home from work
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| Witness's word for it |
tall black figure
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Tom Norstrem (BFRO)
Investigator reconstruction estimating figure height and viewing distance
Measurements: a little more than seven feet tall; less than ten yards away
An investigator inspected the highway site about a month later, took measurements to estimate size and viewing distance, and found only old deer tracks.
An investigator inspected the highway site about a month later, took measurements to estimate size and viewing distance, and found only old deer tracks.
An investigator inspected the highway site about a month later, took measurements to estimate size and viewing distance, and found only old deer tracks.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #75800 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference