Evening sighting by family driving by Guntersville Lake
Account
The witness was driving with his family at night along a lakeside road when he reported seeing a large dark-haired creature walking away from the shore into the water. He said the creature was visible from the knees up and was carrying a severed dog head by the hair in its left hand, with flesh hanging from the neck. His wife, who looked back, reported seeing only ripples in the water.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 7 to 8 feet tall
- Hair colour src
- dark
- Hair length src
- long
- Gait src
- walking away from road and shore
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1992
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 8-9pm around a full moon
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| Place |
GRANT, Marshall County, Alabama
Stated
BFRO report #18043
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
34.28, -86.18 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 18043 (5 decimals, no 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 |
driving with family to store
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| Witness's word for it |
8' SASQUATCH
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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.
An investigator spoke with the witness to record viewing distance, viewpoint and appearance details and noted hypotheses about the buried dog.
Years later the witness asked the dog owner about the dogs and was told they had died and been buried.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #18043 Primary
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