Boy encounters bigfoot while fishing on a pond just north of Detroit
Account
The witness was fishing alone at a pond in the evening when the birds went silent and he felt watched. He saw a large dark hairy biped step from cedars to a fence about 60 yards away and watch him from beside a tree. He fled leaving his gear, and returned the next morning to find the tackle disturbed and the stringer of fish gone except for one fish head.
What was reported
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Sightings
Interaction
Described appearance
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- Height src
- over seven feet
- Build src
- large
- Hair colour src
- dark brown almost black
- Posture src
- bipedal, almost leaning on tree
- Other features src
- hairy with grass and debris in its hair
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
September 1979
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| Time of day |
8:00 pm
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| Place |
Detroit, Red River County, Texas
Stated
BFRO report #8083
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
33.67, -95.27 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 8083 (5 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 |
fishing at a pond in the evening
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| Witness's word for it |
something that I cannot readily explain
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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.
tackle box knocked around the next morning
stringer of perch missing except one fish head found between pond and fence line
An investigator spoke at length with the witness about the encounter.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #8083 Primary
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