Class B First-hand BFRO #25874

Possible late night encounter by canoeists on Flat Creek near Piney Creek Wilderness

4 July 2008 about 10pm Cape Fair, Barry County, Missouri 2 witnesses

Account

Two companions were quietly floating in a canoe on a dark creek at night when they startled something standing at the creek edge. They heard heavy bipedal footsteps exiting the water, displacing water and making waves, then moving onto the bank. A large rock then splashed into the creek very close to the canoe, after which the subject walked uphill into the woods. The witnesses stayed silent out of fear and never saw the subject because of darkness.

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What was reported

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Described appearance

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Gait src
bipedal
Age / size src
very large

Facts & provenance

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Date
4 July 2008
Stated BFRO report #25874 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
about 10pm
Stated BFRO report #25874 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Cape Fair, Barry County, Missouri
Stated BFRO report #25874 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
36.73, -93.64 (± 2 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 25874 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #25874 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #25874 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #25874 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
floating in a canoe on a creek
Stated BFRO report #25874 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
something very large
Stated BFRO report #25874 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #25874 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
G.E. Stade (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator interviewed one of the witnesses about the incidents while the other witness was unavailable.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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