Motorists pulled over on a rural highway at night describe standoff in headlights east of Clayton
Account
In winter 1980 the witness and six relatives stopped in a car at night east of Clayton and watched a tall dark hairy figure standing motionless in the headlights about 30 yards away for two to three minutes. The figure stared at them while frozen mid-stride, then darted into nearby woods in under a second after the driver flashed the lights. The witness reports lasting fear of being alone in woods since the incident.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- easily over 7 feet tall
- Build src
- massive yet lean looking
- Hair colour src
- dark
- Hair length src
- longer and wavy looking on arms and legs
- Face src
- covered in hair except around eyes
- Eyes src
- huge and glaring
- Arms src
- one arm slightly extended behind
- Legs src
- with longer wavy-looking hair
- Gait src
- in mid-stride
- Posture src
- frozen and motionless
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
12 January 1980
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| Time of day |
around 9pm at night
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| Place |
Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama
Stated
BFRO report #27067
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
31.87, -85.36 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 27067 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
7
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving to a relative's house at night
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| Witness's word for it |
a figure
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Mary Mallon (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness about the sighting and noted the witness seemed credible and sincere.
An editor reviewed map imagery and described the area as forested habitat with fields, water sources and a power line route.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #27067 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference