Memory told of seeing the neighbor's dog going after a hairy biped while squirrel hunting near Greenup
Account
The witness was hunting alone in woods in the early morning when a neighbor's dog began barking at an animal downhill. The witness approached and watched the upright animal repeatedly bat the dog away, then saw it look directly at them, growl loudly and start moving toward them. The witness dropped a shotgun and ran home, later returning with a relative to recover the gun but seeing nothing.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- only around 6' tall
- Build src
- very wide at the shoulders
- Hair colour src
- dark reddish brown
- Hair length src
- unkempt but not overly long
- Face src
- completely covered in hair
- Eyes src
- no white portions seen
- Arms src
- hung lower than the knees
- Legs src
- spread shoulder width apart
- Posture src
- crouched over in an aggressive stance
- Other features src
- flat nose with no bear type snout
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
9 September 1990
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
around 7:30 in the morning
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| Place |
Greenup, Greenup County, Kentucky
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| Map point |
38.32, -82.52 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 51739 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 |
squirrel hunting
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| Witness's word for it |
what I thought to be a young bear
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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
- Jack Smarr (BFRO)
The witness and a relative returned about an hour later to recover the discarded shotgun and saw nothing.
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone years later and recorded additional descriptive details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #51739 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference