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Class A First-hand BFRO #56614

Hunter in his stand makes eye contact one afternoon in Ellington

8 October 2016 around 5 pm Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri 1 witness

Account

The witness was bow hunting from a tree stand overlooking a pond, hollow and log road when the woods went quiet. A large dark figure walked down the opposite side of the hollow, stopped, stepped back and stared at the witness for 15-20 seconds before continuing down the ridge and disappearing. After climbing down at dark, the witness checked the spot and concluded the height over the underbrush ruled out a human, then told his son who had been hunting separately.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src
at least seven and a half or eight foot tall
Build src
massive
Face src
flesh around eyes and cheeks with hair, flat but not totally flat nose, dark tan flesh, huge fat lips
Eyes src
squinted and huge
Gait src
walking
Posture src
slightly bent over when looking, then stood up straight and squared shoulders

Facts & provenance

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Date
8 October 2016
Stated BFRO report #56614 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
around 5 pm
Stated BFRO report #56614 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri
Stated BFRO report #56614 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
Map point
37.2369, -90.9737 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #56614 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Ellington city (GEOID 2921844), matched from nearest town 'Ellington'
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #56614 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #56614 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #56614 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
bow hunting from a tree stand
Stated BFRO report #56614 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
a Big Foot
Stated BFRO report #56614 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #56614 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Carter Buschardt (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator interviewed the witness and camped and investigated the encounter area.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #56614 Primary
    Published 2017-01-29 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 592646c9bdf8
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

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