Hunter has daytime sighting near Dos Rios
Account
The witness was deer hunting alone in a canyon when he spotted a nude human-like figure coming up the canyon from a long distance. He watched it through a riflescope and then with the naked eye as it reached about 80 yards across the canyon, briefly entering manzanita brush and then reappearing to continue uphill. He described a tall, slender, muscular hair-covered figure walking hunched over that did not appear to notice him.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 7' tall
- Build src
- slender like a basketball player with big strong shoulders and tiny waist, trim with well defined muscles
- Hair colour src
- black
- Hair length src
- about 2" long, cut off even with upper neck; just long enough to cover skin
- Face src
- flat with flat nose; forehead gunpowder gray, temple area purple red down side then dark tan
- Arms src
- long
- Hands src
- long fingers and fingernails
- Legs src
- really muscular and strong
- Feet src
- bald
- Gait src
- walking uphill
- Posture src
- hunched over with arms at a dead hang
- Clothing src
- no clothes on whatsoever
- Other features src
- several bald spots on back, shoulders and arms showing skin; back of calves bald; neck appeared human; shoulders very wide
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
September 1974
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
mid morning
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| Place |
Dos Rios, Mendocino County, California
Stated
BFRO report #7860
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
39.69, -123.48 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 7860 (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 |
deer hunting
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| Witness's word for it |
bigfoot
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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.
steer skull found laying in trail where creature had walked, clean underneath, gone two weeks later
The witness returned the following weekend, walked the same trail, and found a clean steer skull.
The witness returned the following weekend, walked the same trail, and found a clean steer skull.
The witness returned two weeks later and found the skull was gone.
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and recorded additional details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #7860 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
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