Class B First-hand BFRO #23882

Woman recounts incident involving her father near town of Doyline on Lake Bistinue

Summer 1976 dusky dark DOYLINE, Webster Parish, Louisiana 3 witnesses

Account

Late one evening in 1976, a neighbor arriving home reportedly found a large hairy dark man-like creature on his porch. The creature fled when headlights hit it and leaped over a six-foot fence. The neighbor's wife had been inside holding a pistol after hearing something pull on the screen door. The witness's father then saw the creature run and leap a wide creek, hearing a grunt on landing, before it disappeared.

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What was reported

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Described appearance

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Build src
large, thick
Hair colour src
dark
Gait src
running
Other features src
man-like, hairy

Facts & provenance

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Date
Summer 1976
Stated BFRO report #23882 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Time of day
dusky dark
Stated BFRO report #23882 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place
DOYLINE, Webster Parish, Louisiana
Stated BFRO report #23882 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
32.46, -93.37 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 23882 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #23882 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section · read with 85% confidence
Witnesses
3
Derived BFRO report #23882 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #23882 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
coming home from work and responding to a call for help
Stated BFRO report #23882 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
LARGE THICK MAN-LIKE CREATURE
Stated BFRO report #23882 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #23882 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Cathy Betz (BFRO)

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2008-05-27 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 5c3fbdd26520
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  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
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The report refers to

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