Possible nighttime visit while camping in the Black Hills of South Dakota
Account
The witness was sleeping alone in a tent at a secluded creek-side camp in June 2008. Around 3:11 a.m. the witness awoke to total silence, then heard splashing and movement in the stream to the north and west, followed by a patterned sequence of loud rock-on-rock smacks. The witness loaded a weapon and waited, heard nothing further, and left at sunrise without checking for tracks. Months later, after seeing a program about primates using rocks to communicate, the witness wondered if the visit had been by an unrecognized primate.
What was reported
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
22 June 2008
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| Time of day |
night, about 3:11 a.m.
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| Place |
Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota
Stated
BFRO report #25415
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
44.39, -103.62 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 25415 (4 decimals, no 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 |
sleeping in a tent while camping alone
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| Witness's word for it |
someone or something
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Thomas Bruns (BFRO)
An investigator discussed the reported events at length with the witness and reviewed details of the isolated camp and rock-clacking pattern.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #25415 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “The Bear Butte report on this site”Not in the Anomadex yet