Sighting by Army personnel on manuevers
Account
During summer military training the witness was camped above treeline with a group and noticed movement across a valley about half a mile away. A dark figure crossed snowfields on two legs with long strides and swinging arms, moving fast in a way the witness felt was unlike a bear or a human. The group watched together until the figure blended into rocks and disappeared, and they were too frightened to inspect the area that night or the next day.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Hair colour src
- dark
- Arms src
- arms swinging
- Gait src
- walked upright with long strides and moved fast
- Posture src
- upright
- Other features src
- not a bear
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
1970–1979
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
daytime
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| Place |
Fairbanks County, Alaska
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| Map point |
64.0378, -145.7322 (± 15 km)
Towns named in the place text ('Delta Junction'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Delta Junction', Southeast Fairbanks (CA))
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
12
|
| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
military training
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| Witness's word for it |
bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #1258 Primary