Memory told of observing a hairy biped close to Civil War fortifications near Fort Lee
Account
In early fall 1981 the witness and two friends rode bikes back to a stream in the battlefield woods to retrieve rock chips. They saw a dark, hairy figure bent over in the stream that stood upright, turned toward them, and then ran silently north along the stream on two legs. The group fled, returned later with older kids to search, and found no tracks except additional turned-over rocks.
What was reported
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Sightings
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- six and a half feet
- Build src
- thick, too thick, but not obese
- Hair colour src
- dark brown
- Hair length src
- three to four inches long
- Face src
- did not see a face
- Eyes src
- eyes could not be seen
- Arms src
- very long, did not pump while running
- Hands src
- hands not noticed
- Gait src
- glided and ran silently on two feet with very long strides, accelerating too quickly
- Posture src
- bent over at waist when first seen, then upright on two legs to run
- Other features src
- large head with no discernible neck, head not pointed on top
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
September 1981
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
near sunset
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| Place |
Ft Lee, Prince George County, Virginia
Stated
BFRO report #40645
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
37.25, -77.35 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 40645 (3 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
playing a war game and riding bikes back to collect rock chips
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| Witness's word for it |
what looked like a black bear in the stream
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- D.K. (BFRO)
The witness group returned with older kids carrying sticks and poles to search the stream area and found no tracks, only more turned-over rocks.
An investigator conversed with the witness and added detailed morphological and behavioral information to the report.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #40645 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference