Class B First-hand BFRO #69398

Two men find unusual brush structure while deer hunting 10 miles east of Cambridge

October 1979 sunny beautiful fall evening Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and a relative were scouting a remote abandoned strip-mine farm for deer hunting when they followed splitting paths to the top of a spoil bank and found a woven, igloo-shaped shelter made of thorny vines with an entrance and cleared interior. They could not explain who would have built it in dense thorny vegetation with biting insects. Decades later the witness associated the structure with similar ones shown on a Bigfoot television program.

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Facts & provenance

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Date
October 1979
Stated BFRO report #69398 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
sunny beautiful fall evening
Stated BFRO report #69398 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio
Stated BFRO report #69398 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
40.01, -81.35 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 69398 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #69398 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #69398 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
scouting for deer
Stated BFRO report #69398 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #69398 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
James Thompson (BFRO)
Structure

Domed woven vegetation structure with opening and cleared bare floor, large enough for a 6-ft person to stretch out inside

Measurements: about 4 foot height at the center

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

An investigator interviewed the witness at length to document the 1979 structure find.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

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