Memory told of a daylight sighting as a youth near Fenton
Account
The witness, then a teenager, was playing with a companion on a relative's wooded property when the companion came running back in panic. The witness then saw a tall, bulky, dark-brown-furred figure standing about sixty feet away beyond a gate, poking the ground with a stick. After briefly watching, the witness fled to the house, and a later search of the area found no tracks or other sign.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- 7 foot or better
- Build src
- Bulky, more than 300 lbs
- Hair colour src
- dark brown
- Hair length src
- long-ish
- Face src
- couldn't see its face
- Legs src
- mud caked on lower legs
- Posture src
- standing
- Other features src
- hair stood up on end
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
7 April 2000
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
early afternoon
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| Place |
Fenton, Whiteside County, Illinois
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| Map point |
41.76, -90.08 (± 3 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 29287 with published boundary
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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 |
playing outdoors with a companion
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| Witness's word for it |
a 7 foot or better figure, covered in dark brown fur
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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
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and summarized the claimed description.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #29287 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference