Class B First-hand BFRO #12789

Night time sighting by resident near Germantown

14 September 1988 around 1 am Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio 1 witness

Account

Late at night the witness left a friend's house to walk a short distance home and heard rustling and branches breaking behind him. While running he heard a loud high-pitched scream he did not recognize. He paused at his doorway and watched a large dark figure part pine trees and come over a fence in streetlight before fleeing inside.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Sounds

Described appearance

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Height src
10 feet tall
Build src
approximately 4 feet wide at the shoulders
Hair colour src
dark colored
Posture src
stood

Facts & provenance

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Date
14 September 1988
Stated BFRO report #12789 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
around 1 am
Stated BFRO report #12789 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section · read with 85% confidence
Place
Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio
Stated BFRO report #12789 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
39.61, -84.37 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 12789 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #12789 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #12789 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #12789 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
walking home from a friend's house late at night
Stated BFRO report #12789 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
bigfoot
Stated BFRO report #12789 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #12789 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Mark Maisel (BFRO)

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2005-10-13 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 2f0a29d8d445
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  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
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The report refers to

  • “sightings happening around the germantown and germantownship areas”
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