Class B First-hand BFRO #2458

Two brothers hear strange screams while target shooting. Unusual scratchings on a tree discovered the following day

September 1979 about 7:00 PM Dunkirk, Blackford County, Indiana 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and a relative had been target shooting and had returned to town when they heard an extremely loud scream from the woods they had just left, carrying across a large field. The witness released a dog to investigate, but the dog ran inside the house and refused to go back outside. The next morning the two returned to the area and found several trees with scratch marks about six feet above the ground.

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Sounds

Facts & provenance

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Date
September 1979
Stated BFRO report #2458 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
about 7:00 PM
Stated BFRO report #2458 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place
Dunkirk, Blackford County, Indiana
Stated BFRO report #2458 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
40.3743, -85.2082 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #2458 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Dunkirk city (GEOID 1819054), matched from nearest town 'Dunkirk'
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #2458 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #2458 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
returned from target shooting
Stated BFRO report #2458 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #2458 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Tree damage

Several trees with scratch marks about six feet above the ground, described as like bear marking

Measurements: about the 6 foot mark above the ground

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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