Class B First-hand BFRO #975

Young boy witnesses man like creature in the swamp while camping, also a mention of a truck driver encountering a similar creature.

Summer 1964 late Friday night Estill And Hampton, Hampton County, South Carolina

Account

The witness's brother was camping with friends late on a Friday night when the group heard noises and reportedly saw a tall hairy man-like figure that frightened them into fleeing and leaving their gear. The witness learned of it secondhand after the brother returned home terrified despite carrying a shotgun. The next day the witness accompanied the brother back to retrieve belongings and found the camp torn up with scattered items and strange toed footprints.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Sounds

Unidentified sound

Physical traces

Tracks

Interaction

Property disturbance

Described appearance

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Height src: tall
Other features src: hairy, man-like

Facts & provenance

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Date	Summer 1964 Stated BFRO report #975 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Time of day	late Friday night Stated BFRO report #975 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Estill And Hampton, Hampton County, South Carolina Stated BFRO report #975 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
Map point	32.7539, -81.2412 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #975 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Estill town (GEOID 4523830), matched from nearest town 'Estill and Hampton'
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #975 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #975 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was	camping overnight around a campfire Stated BFRO report #975 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	Bigfoot Stated BFRO report #975 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #975 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Tracks

Strange footprints showing toes in dirt at camp

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Other

Camp torn up with scattered belongings and torn blanket

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #975 Primary

Published 1998-06-15 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 5931dc7c60f1

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“Hampton County Guardian story on the truck drivers encounter”
Not in the Anomadex yet