Nephew relates uncle's encounter - vocalizations and sighting
Account
The witness went to the barn at daybreak to start a tractor for feeding cattle and heard a prolonged loud yell. The witness retrieved a rifle and followed the sound to a pond where large three-toed tracks were found. The witness then saw a dark shaggy upright figure walk on two legs into the treeline, fired a shot into the air, and heard nothing further.
What was reported
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Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Hair colour src
- dark
- Legs src
- hind legs
- Feet src
- 3-toed
- Gait src
- walking on hind legs
- Posture src
- up-right
- Other features src
- shaggy
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
1988
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
early morning
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| Place |
Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas
Stated
Oregon Bigfoot report #1494
· Oregon Bigfoot report, labelled fields: County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road, Location
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| Map point |
35.5790, -92.4557 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Clinton city (GEOID 0514260), matched from nearest town 'Clinton'
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| Account type |
Second-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
Derived
Oregon Bigfoot report #1494
· Oregon Bigfoot report, “Description” section
· read with 80% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
heading to barn to start tractor to feed cattle
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| Witness's word for it |
a dark, shaggy, up-right figure
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| Conditions |
cold & partly-cloudy
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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.
Several 3-toed prints much larger than an average man found on pond bank
A relative and the reporter visited the next day and saw the prints themselves.
A relative and the reporter visited the next day and saw the prints themselves.
Source timeline
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Oregon Bigfoot report #1494 Primary