Man remembers his daytime sighting as a youth living south of Hennepin
Account
The witness was riding a BMX bike on a snow-covered road in the afternoon when they saw a tall, long-haired figure crossing the road about 50 yards ahead. The figure was described as about eight feet tall with light brown hair. The witness ran inside for a camera but could not find one, and the next day found footprints with a relative.
What was reported
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Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
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- Height src
- all of eight foot tall
- Build src
- very muscular
- Hair colour src
- light brown
- Hair length src
- long
- Face src
- dark brown skin
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
29 November 1986
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
Afternoon, sunset
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| Place |
Hennepin, Putnam County, Illinois
Stated
BFRO report #27374
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
41.23, -89.32 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 27374 (4 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 a BMX bike on the road
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| Witness's word for it |
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.
- Investigated by
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
footprints found the next day
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and summarized details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #27374 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “a sighting about seven miles from where I live”Not in the Anomadex yet