Series of sightings taking place over three days
Account
A woman driving home in the evening saw an ape-like animal peeking from bushes about twenty feet away, which then ran on two legs into dense woods. She returned later with neighbors and from her car saw it again peering from the fork of a tree while others searched on foot. Officers from multiple agencies searched the area that night without locating the animal.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- a little over five feet tall
- Build src
- weighing about 350 pounds
- Hair colour src
- black
- Hair length src
- shaggy
- Face src
- monkey face
- Gait src
- mad dash on two legs
- Posture src
- on two legs
- Other features src
- shaggy, black coat
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1973
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 7:15 p.m.
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| Place |
Cumberland County, Maine
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| Map point |
43.9454, -70.0059 (± 20 km)
Towns named in the place text ('Shiloh' and 'Brunswick'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Shiloh', Androscoggin)
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| Account type |
Investigator summary
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving home from a baseball game
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| Witness's word for it |
ape
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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.
Human-like tracks with claws found near a cemetery, described as appearing to be bear tracks and noted as not directly associated with the sighting.
A deputy examined a series of prints and cast one described as rather deep and about five inches wide.
A deputy examined a series of prints and cast one described as rather deep and about five inches wide.
A deputy examined a series of prints and cast one described as rather deep and about five inches wide.
Over thirty officers in police cars searched for two hours after notification and found deer and moose tracks.
A deputy examined a series of prints and cast one described as rather deep and about five inches wide.
Over thirty officers in police cars searched for two hours after notification and found deer and moose tracks.
A helicopter was used to search the area in the following days.
Investigators interviewed witnesses and investigated the case in 1973.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #1186 Primary
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