Family has unusual experience outside Grass Valley
Account
A group gathered around a late-night bonfire at a rural ranch heard an extremely loud screeching howl from a nearby canyon and heard brush breaking as something large approached. The group fled to the house, and the witness briefly left her young child outside before going back to retrieve her. The child later said a very big, very hairy figure walked up to her, looked at her, and then walked away.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- very huge
- Gait src
- walked
- Age / size src
- very big
- Other features src
- very hairy
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
June 1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 9:00 at night
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| Place |
Grass Valley, Nevada County, California
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| Map point |
39.21, -120.89 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 3421 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
10
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
roasting marshmallows around a bonfire
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| Witness's word for it |
him (the creature)
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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 by phone and recorded clarifications about the daughter's movement and the sound.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #3421 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference