Class B First-hand BFRO #1203

Many tracks found and terrible screams heard

August 1998 right before dusk Capels, McDowell County, West Virginia 1 witness

Account

A hunter reported seeing a tall, black-haired biped twice at dusk while sitting in non-running vehicles in the woods, and the creature ran each time. The account includes reddish eyes and an estimated height of at least eight feet. The reporter, who did not see the creature, relayed the hunter's description along with related track and scream reports from the same mountain area.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Described appearance

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Height src
at least 8 feet tall
Hair colour src
black
Eyes src
reddish eyes
Gait src
ran
Posture src
walking on two legs
Other features src
straight hair

Facts & provenance

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Date
August 1998
Stated BFRO report #1203 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
right before dusk
Stated BFRO report #1203 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place
Capels, McDowell County, West Virginia
Stated BFRO report #1203 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town
Map point
37.46, -81.60 (± 1133 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 1203 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #1203 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #1203 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #1203 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
sitting in parked truck and on ATV in woods
Stated BFRO report #1203 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
A unidentifiable creature meeting the description of bigfoot
Stated BFRO report #1203 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #1203 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Tracks

Many unidentifiable tracks reported as present in the area

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Tracks

Two prints found at the bottom of a cliff that disappeared

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 1998-09-04 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 81de39b2c1d2
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “a hunter was found dead in the woods in a nearby town”
    Not in the Anomadex yet