Class A First-hand BFRO #4736

Man and wife have separate strange encounters in same area

8 August 2002 around 0300 hours at night Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee 2 witnesses

Account

In the early morning the witness was at a rental mobile home property with his wife to check on tenants and let dogs out. The dogs refused to leave the porch while reacting to movement in an adjacent tobacco field. The witness saw a large hunched furred figure with a rounded back in the field and a smaller figure moving away, and heard exchanging chuffing vocalizations and a distressed mewling sound from the field and from across the road near a creek. The figures moved toward tall grass and the tree line, a tree across the road shook as if climbed, a musty odor was noticed, and mashed grass trails were found the next morning.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Sounds

Physical traces

Other senses

Context & caveats

Described appearance

In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.

Height src
taller than ~6-foot tobacco plants while hunched over
Build src
large
Hair colour src
brownish red or light brown
Posture src
bent over / hunched over
Age / size src
one larger and one smaller
Other features src
rounded back covered with fur

Facts & provenance

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Date
8 August 2002
Stated BFRO report #4736 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
around 0300 hours at night
Stated BFRO report #4736 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee
Stated BFRO report #4736 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
36.3396, -82.2378 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #4736 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Elizabethton city (GEOID 4723500), matched from nearest town 'Elizabethton'
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #4736 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #4736 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section · read with 70% confidence
Witness was
checking rental property and letting dogs out
Stated BFRO report #4736 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
something
Stated BFRO report #4736 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #4736 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Tracks

areas of mashed grass and trails following overnight sounds

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section
Tracks

depressions in grass and trails through wet grass where something moved

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section
Tracks

two large impressions in deep grass by hay bale

Measurements: approximately 3 1/2 feet across

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Tracks

beeline path through tobacco toward direction of other sounds

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Tracks

An investigator visited the mobile home property with the witnesses, observed depressions and a path through tobacco, and heard an odd scream/growl from the mountain.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Measurement

An investigator visited the mobile home property with the witnesses, observed depressions and a path through tobacco, and heard an odd scream/growl from the mountain.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

An investigator visited the mobile home property with the witnesses, observed depressions and a path through tobacco, and heard an odd scream/growl from the mountain.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2002-08-03 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 09c6ee06a2af
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

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