Class B First-hand BFRO #7969

Youth hears vocalizations and is trailed while fishing on White River

June 1980 around 10 am Bull Shoals Or Norfolk, Baxter County, Arkansas 1 witness

Account

As a child the witness walked upstream out of sight of relatives while fishing. He heard deep grunting sounds and saw thin trees shaking as something unseen moved through dense brush behind him. When he walked back, the movement and branch-breaking sounds followed him step for step and stopped when he reached his relatives. He never saw the source of the sounds and movement.

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Facts & provenance

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Date
June 1980
Stated BFRO report #7969 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
around 10 am
Stated BFRO report #7969 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Bull Shoals Or Norfolk, Baxter County, Arkansas
Stated BFRO report #7969 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
36.36, -92.55 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
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Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #7969 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Stated BFRO report #7969 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
trout fishing along a riverbank
Stated BFRO report #7969 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
something in the brush
Stated BFRO report #7969 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #7969 · BFRO classification label

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  1. Published 2004-02-11 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 37ccb144aceb
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  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
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The report refers to

  • “BFRO reports in the Norfolk area”
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