Woman and daughter driving late at night see possible Bigfoot sitting on log
Account
The witness and a relative were driving at night when the car headlights illuminated a large hairy figure sitting on a fallen tree beside a driveway. The relative urged the witness to drive on, and they left without stopping to investigate further. The witness later added that the figure had very long arms and a rounded head with long hair.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- large
- Hair length src
- long hair
- Arms src
- very long arms
- Posture src
- sitting
- Other features src
- rounded head, not conical on top
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
November 1996
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 12:30 a.m.
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| Place |
Edwardsville, Floyd County, Indiana
Stated
BFRO report #292
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
38.2842, -85.9094 (± 15 km)
USGS GNIS populated place 'Edwardsville', Floyd, matched from nearest town 'Edwardsville'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving home at night
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| Witness's word for it |
a large hairy figure
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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.
- Investigated by
- Jim Osborne (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness and recorded additional details about the figure's arms and head shape.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #292 Primary
The report refers to
- “artical in the Tribune here in New Albany”Not in the Anomadex yet