Young boy observes animal chasing family horses
Account
In summer 1978 a child sitting on a house deck noticed the family dog growling and horses running agitated toward the barn. The child then glimpsed a large dark brown to black bipedal figure with a massive chest running in a lower field about 100 to 200 yards away. The figure disappeared after the child screamed, and the father later searched the area but found nothing.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Build src
- massive chest, muscular shoulders
- Hair colour src
- black or very dark brown
- Gait src
- running
- Posture src
- on two legs
- Age / size src
- large
- Other features src
- head seemed darker than rest of body
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
August 1978
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| Time of day |
late afternoon, still light
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| Place |
Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Stated
BFRO report #10632
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.97, -78.42 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 10632 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
sitting on house deck with dog
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| Witness's word for it |
something large and black or very dark brown
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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
- Paul J. Mateja (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness by telephone to clarify details of the horses, dog, and creature sighting.
An investigator later spoke with the witness's mother, who confirmed the main incident and described her own snow encounter.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #10632 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference