Class A
First-hand
BFRO #2281
Shocked hikers watch hairy human-like animal run by them 10 feet away
March 1997
about seven o'clock in the evening
Giles County, Virginia
2 witnesses
Account
The witness and a companion were hiking in the evening when they heard a muffled gibberish-like scream and called out with no response. As they walked toward the sound, they heard crashing and saw a large, hunched, hairy human-like figure run past about 10 feet away down the mountainside. They were too shocked and scared in the fading light to follow it.
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- large
- Posture src
- more hunched over
- Other features src
- general shape of a human, hairier than a human
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
March 1997
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| Time of day |
about seven o'clock in the evening
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| Place |
Giles County, Virginia
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| Map point |
37.30, -80.83 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 2281 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
hiking on a trail
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| Witness's word for it |
a large figure in the general shape of a human
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #2281 Primary
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