A young man observes a creature with a gorilla face
Account
The son, riding as a passenger in a vehicle traveling alongside a river, reported seeing a large hairy animal squatting on a rock in the water appearing to drink with its hand. The father, who was driving, did not see the animal. The sighting was very brief, lasting only seconds, and was said to have occurred in the early afternoon.
What was reported
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Sightings
Context & caveats
Described appearance
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- Height src
- kind of bigger than a man
- Build src
- large
- Hair colour src
- dark brown
- Face src
- looked like a gorilla with thin ape lips
- Hands src
- using its hand, like drinking from the river
- Posture src
- squatting on a rock
- Other features src
- hair all over
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
September 2001
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
Daytime, around 2 pm
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| Place |
Crescent City, Del Norte County, California
Stated
BFRO report #3075
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
41.7645, -124.2008 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Crescent City city (GEOID 0617022), matched from nearest town 'Crescent City'
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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 |
riding in the back of a van looking out the window
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| Witness's word for it |
a hairy thing
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Richard Hucklebridge (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the father and son to record the son's account of the sighting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #3075 Primary