Class A First-hand BFRO #5801

Fisherman in boat is approached by wading hairy hominid

April 1994 around 7pm, about 20 minutes before dark Brewton Alabama, Escambia County, Florida 1 witness

Account

While fishing on a river near sundown in 1994, the witness saw an upright two-legged animal wading through shallow water and trees. The animal approached toward deeper water, then turned back to the shallows, watched the witness for a few minutes while tilting its head, and then wandered into the swamp without making a sound. The witness left by motorboat once it was out of sight.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: about six to six and one half feet tall
Hair colour src: dark tan with a little black around shoulders
Face src: bare places on face
Arms src: bare places on elbows
Gait src: walking and wading
Posture src: two-legged, upright
Other features src: hair covered most of body; looked very poor, unhealthy

Facts & provenance

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Date	April 1994 Stated BFRO report #5801 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	around 7pm, about 20 minutes before dark Stated BFRO report #5801 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Brewton Alabama, Escambia County, Florida Stated BFRO report #5801 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	30.99, -87.18 (± 3 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 5801 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #5801 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #5801 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Stated BFRO report #5801 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	fishing on a river Stated BFRO report #5801 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a two legged animal walking upright Stated BFRO report #5801 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #5801 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Vince Lauria (BFRO)

Tracks

An investigator videotaped the main witness recounting the story to another local witness who possessed plaster footprint casts, and the main witness also gave on-camera testimony for a TV show.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Cast

An investigator videotaped the main witness recounting the story to another local witness who possessed plaster footprint casts, and the main witness also gave on-camera testimony for a TV show.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Follow-up

An investigator videotaped the main witness recounting the story to another local witness who possessed plaster footprint casts, and the main witness also gave on-camera testimony for a TV show.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #5801 Primary

Published 2003-02-07 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 44d243413074

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“documented sighting report by a truckload of workers of a similar animal”
Not in the Anomadex yet