Daylight sighting near rural church on Rt. 31, east of Parkersburg, near Cairo
Account
Four teenagers left a church after an evening rehearsal to go for a walk along a road lined with pines. One who hid behind the trees encountered a tall hairy figure at very close range pulling back a branch, then fled screaming. Another teen then watched the tall muscular figure emerge from the trees, cross the road, and walk up a hillside while turning its upper body to glance back.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 7 to 7 1/2 feet tall
- Build src
- very muscular, heavy, bulky thick build
- Hair colour src
- brown
- Hair length src
- about four inches on top peak, about two and a half inches on body
- Face src
- oval, kind of squared with sloped forehead, no hair on face
- Eyes src
- very far apart, sunk deep, orangish brown
- Arms src
- long, swinging well below thigh area, almost to knees
- Hands src
- at least three times size of a large man's hand, stubby fingers, blackish brown nails, coarse hair on top
- Legs src
- long legged
- Gait src
- fast quick pace, slightly hunched over
- Posture src
- slightly hunched over, crouched down
- Other features src
- sloped forehead, tufts of hair into a peak, no or barely visible neck, no ears seen, almost black skin with slight grayish/brown tint, shoulder width about 4.5 feet
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
11 November 2001
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| Time of day |
about 8:45 p.m.
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| Place |
Cairo, Ritchie County, West Virginia
Stated
BFRO report #3655
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
39.22, -81.16 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 3655 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
4
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
going for a walk after church play rehearsal
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| Witness's word for it |
Very Tall and muscular looking figure
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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
- Jim Osborne (BFRO)
Photo of a 17-inch track resembling a barefoot human footprint taken in February 2001.
Measurements: 17 inch
An investigator spoke with the primary witness and a relative after the report and recorded additional descriptive details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #3655 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference