Three fox hunters witness a "Freak of nature bear" step over a fence and walk into a thicket.
Account
The witness, then a child, spent the day fox hunting with his father and brother and noticed large tracks in the snow. After returning home to unload rifles in the yard, the group saw a very tall brownish-furred creature in the pasture behind the house that first moved on all fours and then stood, touched a fence, stepped over a five-foot fence, and vanished into thicket. A musky odor was noted that day.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- close to eight feet tall
- Hair colour src
- brownish
- Hair length src
- rather long on arms
- Arms src
- long fur hanging, reached out to touch fence
- Gait src
- lumbering and awkward on all fours, comfortable when bipedal
- Posture src
- more like a man when standing and reaching
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
January 1978
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| Time of day |
around 5pm
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| Place |
Fulton, Morrow County, Ohio
Stated
BFRO report #3293
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.48, -82.80 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 3293 with published 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 |
unloading rifles after fox hunting
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| Witness's word for it |
something that I cannot explain
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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large tracks in snow noticed while hunting
Source timeline
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BFRO report #3293 Primary
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