Class A First-hand BFRO #2279

Multiple witness sighting near Beards Creek Church, outside Glennville

1982 around 10 or 11 pm Glennville, Tattnall County, Georgia 3 witnesses

Account

The witness and two friends drove down a dirt road late at night toward an old graveyard. Near a new church light they saw a tall bipedal figure that ran toward the new graveyard. They followed it by car until it stood up from behind a large headstone, stared at them briefly, then ran into the woods.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: about 7 or 8 feet
Hair colour src: brown
Hair length src: long
Eyes src: looked red
Gait src: running on 2 feet
Posture src: standing on two feet
Other features src: hair covered entire body

Facts & provenance

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Date	1982 Stated BFRO report #2279 · BFRO report, labelled field: Year
Time of day	around 10 or 11 pm Stated BFRO report #2279 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Glennville, Tattnall County, Georgia Stated BFRO report #2279 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	31.88, -81.88 (± 6 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 2279 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #2279 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	3 Derived BFRO report #2279 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #2279 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	driving at night to visit an old graveyard Stated BFRO report #2279 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	this big shadow Stated BFRO report #2279 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #2279 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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BFRO report #2279 Primary

Published 1999-07-25 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash f27540047f23

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“other stories about other sightings of something like this in that area”
Not in the Anomadex yet
“one story that it might have been a lost soldier”
Not in the Anomadex yet
Night time harassment of Army patrol on the west edge of Ft. Stewart, 5 miles NE of Glennville
Cited as “report # 4109” · December 1995 · Glennville, Tattnall County, Georgia