Woman sees black shiny figure standing by tree disappear into forest
Account
The witness was riding in a truck at daybreak when she saw a small black furry animal standing upright by a tree beside the road. She did not mention it at the time and no one else in the truck noticed it. It turned sideways and disappeared quickly into the vegetation in less than a minute.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- barely 5 feet tall
- Build src
- medium, not thin or heavy, evenly built
- Hair colour src
- black, shiny
- Face src
- very very dark
- Hands src
- visible
- Posture src
- standing upright like a human
- Other features src
- felt to be some sort of primate
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
May 1998
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
early morning at daybreak
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| Place |
Hardin, Calhoun County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #202
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
39.29, -90.61 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 202 (3 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 |
riding in a truck on a country road
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| Witness's word for it |
an animal that was all black
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #202 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
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