Boy Scouts watch creature eating leaves along Dearborn River
Account
As a child attending a Scout Jamboree, the witness says a friend led him to a river where they watched a roughly 6-foot-tall gorilla-like animal across the water. The animal stood upright with its back to them, plucking leaves with its hands and eating for a couple minutes before walking into brush. They stayed in the area for several days afterward but never saw it again.
What was reported
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Sightings
Context & caveats
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 6 ft tall
- Build src
- large
- Hair colour src
- black
- Hands src
- used hands individually to pluck leaves to mouth
- Posture src
- stood upright
- Other features src
- gorilla-like
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1 July 1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
daylight
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| Place |
Helena, Lewis And Clark County, Montana
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| Map point |
47.13, -111.91 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 6170 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
attending a Boy Scout Jamboree
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| Witness's word for it |
large gorilla like creature
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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 #6170 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “the Bauman story”Not in the Anomadex yet