Class A First-hand BFRO #29980

Hunter remembers his lengthy daylight sighting through binoculars near Dora

27 October 1980 early morning Dora, Douglas County, Missouri 1 witness

Account

The witness was sitting camouflaged on a hillside in the early morning while scouting and hunting. From across the valley he watched a large hair-covered biped feeding on the ground for about fifteen minutes, at times standing alert to listen. After an unseen uphill sound, the creature made a metallic ping call and walked away bipedally along a cleared fence line.

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What was reported

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Sightings

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Sounds

Vocalization Unidentified sound

Described appearance

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Height src: between seven and eight feet
Build src: very large, very broad shouldered, massive upper body, at least 400 lbs
Hair colour src: dusky charcoal black with silver on back of head and back
Hair length src: about 3 inches average, 4 inches on elbows and center of back, 5 inches on backs of thighs
Face src: wide mouth, deeply lined forehead, flat nose, hair up to under eyes, denser mustache and beard
Eyes src: brown to brown-gold, large round, no whites visible, pronounced brow ridge and bushy eyebrows
Arms src: muscular and stout, longer than human's, elbows pointed and protruding back a couple inches
Hands src: chimp-like with higher longer thumb, five fingers, hairless palms, claw-like tips extending 1/2 to 3/4 inch
Legs src: hair longer down back of leg, longer on backs of thighs
Gait src: fluid, gangly and loose-jointed bipedal walk, arms swinging with palms back, quiet
Posture src: bent over at waist with knees near ground to feed, stood straight up when alert
Apparent sex src: male
Age / size src: adult in prime, maybe just past prime
Other features src: slight dome or crown on head, no tail, very thick short neck, silver-tipped cape widening down back past butt, no ears seen

Facts & provenance

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Date	27 October 1980 Stated BFRO report #29980 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	early morning Stated BFRO report #29980 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Dora, Douglas County, Missouri Stated BFRO report #29980 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	36.81, -92.30 (± 1252 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 29980 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #29980 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #29980 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #29980 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	squirrel hunting and scouting deer sign Stated BFRO report #29980 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a bigfoot Stated BFRO report #29980 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #29980 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: G.E. Stade (BFRO)

Follow-up

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BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #29980 Primary

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