Class B First-hand BFRO #29435

Woman and friend watch a tall animal walk oddly across a mine hill in Calumet

July 2009 about 4pm in the summer afternoon Calumet, Itasca County, Minnesota 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and a companion were sitting on a porch in clear afternoon light when they saw a tall figure walk across the top of a nearby iron ore hill past a lone tree. They described long limbs, arms swinging with each stride, and a slightly hunched upper back during about 40 seconds of observation. Afterwards they felt no ordinary person could have covered that distance so quickly or appeared so tall at that distance, and concluded they had seen a bigfoot.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: about 4 feet taller than the tree
Arms src: long and swaded back and forth with each stride
Legs src: long and odd looking
Gait src: walked in a frumpy way
Posture src: upper back was hunched slightly

Facts & provenance

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Date	July 2009 Stated BFRO report #29435 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	about 4pm in the summer afternoon Stated BFRO report #29435 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Calumet, Itasca County, Minnesota Stated BFRO report #29435 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	47.32, -93.28 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 29435 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #29435 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Derived BFRO report #29435 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #29435 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	sitting on porch smoking and talking Stated BFRO report #29435 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	bigfoot Stated BFRO report #29435 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #29435 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Jim H (BFRO)

Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness and visited the trailer location and the top of the mine hill to assess the sighting area.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #29435 Primary

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The report refers to

“a number of sightings in that area and around that same time”
Not in the Anomadex yet