Memory told of a possible encounter while camping with Girl Scouts in the Pine Barrens
Account
The witness was camping overnight with a large scout group near a lake when a large pot of food disappeared from camp. Throughout the night the group heard bushes thrashing, repeated tree knocks, and loud long whistles coming from different sides of the camp. Counselors kept everyone by the fire until daylight, when another scout group helped them leave and police were called but reportedly found nothing.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
1952–1953
|
|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 11pm, after nightfall
|
| Place |
Chatsworth, Burlington County, New Jersey
Stated
BFRO report #45647
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
|
| Map point |
39.88, -74.53 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 45647 with published boundary
|
| Account type |
First-hand
|
| Witness was |
camping overnight with a scout troop
|
| Witness's word for it |
a bigfoot or a couple bigfoots
|
| Source classification |
Class B
|
Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Eric Spinner (BFRO)
State police searched the campsites and woods that morning but reported finding nothing.
An investigator later spoke with the witness at length by phone about the events.
The investigator conducted extensive research in the area where the encounter occurred.
Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
-
BFRO report #45647 Primary
-
BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “numerous other reports ... from this exact location”Not in the Anomadex yet