Man sees ape-like animal in back yard
Account
The owner heard noises by his fenced trash area late at night and went to look with a rifle. He saw an ape-like animal outside the fence, fired into the air, and watched it stand up with its shoulders and head above the 6-foot fence before fleeing through bushes toward the woods. Footprints were left only in soft dirt by the bushes and one was preserved as a plaster cast.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- taller than 6-foot fence when risen (shoulders and head above fence)
- Build src
- big
- Posture src
- upright after getting up and rising up
- Other features src
- ape-like
Facts & provenance
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| Time of day |
late at night
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|---|---|
| Place |
Harford County, Maryland
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| Map point |
39.5146, -76.4111 (± 15 km)
Towns named in the place text ('Fallston'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Fallston', Harford)
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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 |
watching TV at home
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| Witness's word for it |
a big ape
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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plaster cast of large footprint found in soft dirt around disturbed bushes
footprints in soft dirt around freshly planted bushes; no tracks elsewhere
Source timeline
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BFRO report #1168 Primary
The report refers to
- “many reports in the early 70's”Not in the Anomadex yet