First-hand Bigfoot Society EP 978

Sasquatch sighting near Ferdinand, Indiana (2002)

November 2002 night, dark around 6pm Ferdinand, Dubois County, Indiana 1 witness

Account

The witness spent a night alone in a familiar forest to think through personal troubles. After a sheriff left, loud crashing came down a hill and something stopped behind a tree about twenty feet away, breathing loudly while two dogs stared transfixed. The witness retrieved a handgun from a car, threatened the presence, rescued the dog, drove to safety, then returned with headlights to see a large black hairy arm gripping the tree before leaving.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Unidentified sound

Other senses

Movement only

Described appearance

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Hair colour src: black
Arms src: large black arm from elbow to fingertips

Facts & provenance

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Date	November 2002 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 978 · transcript:00:02:29-00:04:31 · read with 70% confidence
Time of day	night, dark around 6pm Stated Bigfoot Society EP 978 · transcript:00:04:31-00:06:03
Place	Ferdinand, Dubois County, Indiana Stated Bigfoot Society EP 978 · transcript:00:02:29-00:04:31 · read with 85% confidence
Map point	38.26, -86.79 (± 10 km) Stated Bigfoot Society map layer · Bigfoot Society published map layer · read with 68% confidence Show's sighting map pin 'Ferdinand State Forest', matched to this account (score 0.942)
Account type	First-hand Stated Bigfoot Society EP 978 · transcript:00:04:31-00:06:03
Witnesses	1 Stated Bigfoot Society EP 978 · transcript:00:11:30-00:12:03
Figures reported	1 Derived Bigfoot Society EP 978 · transcript:00:08:38-00:09:23 · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	camping by a fire with hot dogs to think Derived Bigfoot Society EP 978 · transcript:00:06:03-00:06:42 · read with 80% confidence
Witness's word for it	monster Stated Bigfoot Society EP 978 · transcript:00:23:53-00:24:46
Creature	Sasquatch / Bigfoot Derived Bigfoot Society EP 978 · transcript:00:02:29-00:18:25 · read with 85% confidence

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