Memory told of a daylight sighting and parallel chase in the Gila River bottoms while riding horseback
Account
The witness rode a horse bareback along a fenced river bottom to meet two others. A tall, dark brown-haired biped stepped from behind a tree into full view and watched with a curious expression. As the witness galloped away along the river, the creature ran on two legs through the trees keeping pace before stopping as the witness turned toward home.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- very tall, fence didn't reach top of its leg
- Hair colour src
- dark brown
- Hair length src
- long
- Face src
- flat with curious look, not like a gorilla
- Gait src
- running on two legs
- Posture src
- standing upright on two legs
- Other features src
- covered head to toe in matted hair with salt cedar branches tangled in it
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
August 1992
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
late afternoon, or early evening before sun set
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| Place |
Gila Bend, Maricopa County, Arizona
Stated
BFRO report #42364
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
32.95, -112.73 (± 9 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 42364 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
riding a horse bareback to meet others
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| Witness's word for it |
what I thought was a gorilla
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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
- TF Zamiski (BFRO)
Two relatives drove to the river bottom to look for the riders and reported seeing nothing related.
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone to record additional details.
Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
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BFRO report #42364 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference