Moose hunter shoots "bigfoot" to death
Account
While hunting moose alone on the west side of a lake, the witness mistook a tall hair-covered biped seen from behind for the rump of a wounded moose and shot it between the shoulder blades, killing it instantly. The witness then walked around the body, noting its very large size, dark brown long hair, bare palms with opposed thumbs, and flat five-toed feet estimated around fifteen inches, before leaving quickly out of fear and concern about hunting without a license. The account was kept private for about thirty years until the witness recognized similar creatures in published film and began speaking about it.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- a foot and a half to two feet taller than I was
- Build src
- big barrel chest
- Hair colour src
- dark brown
- Hair length src
- six to eight inches long
- Face src
- a little bare skin on side of face, partly visible
- Arms src
- kinda long hair on arms
- Hands src
- big palms with heavy fingers and opposed thumb
- Legs src
- fairly long hair down legs
- Feet src
- five toes, very flat foot
- Posture src
- lying on side with one foot up
- Apparent sex src
- male
- Age / size src
- very large
- Other features src
- no visible ears
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
16 November 1941
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
Mid day
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| Place |
Gypsumville, Manitoba
Stated
BFRO report #9552
· BFRO report, labelled fields: Province, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
51.7689, -98.6347 (± 15 km)
Canadian Geographical Names Database community 'Gypsumville', matched from nearest town 'Gypsumville'
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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 |
hunting moose
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| Witness's word for it |
a bigfoot
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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.
The investigator and the witness traveled to the approximate shooting area near Basket Lake and looked for bones but found nothing.
An artist visited the witness at home and made sketches with feedback to produce paintings of the slain creature.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #9552 Primary