Young lady on horse back outside Hesperia has a face to face encounter one late afternoon
Account
A young woman riding a horse home through a dry riverbed in the late afternoon encountered a hairy biped near trees. Her horse refused to go forward, and she saw the creature standing and walking parallel about 75 to 100 yards away. They looked at each other for just under a minute before it turned and left into dense brush walking then crouching.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about six feet tall
- Hair colour src
- dark brown
- Hair length src
- long hair all over body
- Face src
- black, round with hair on and around, no features made out
- Arms src
- extra long
- Legs src
- knees slightly bent
- Gait src
- walking parallel, then walking then crouching into brush
- Posture src
- back very straight
- Apparent sex src
- possibly male, no mammary glands seen
- Other features src
- large head with no ears showing
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 1997
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
late afternoon between 3 and 6 p.m.
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| Place |
Hespreria, San Bernardino County, California
Stated
BFRO report #5160
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
34.4264, -117.3009 (± 15 km)
USGS GNIS populated place 'Hesperia', San Bernardino, matched from nearest town 'Hespreria' read as 'hesperia' (spelling match)
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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 horse home through riverbed
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| Witness's word for it |
monkey man
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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
- Richard Hucklebridge (BFRO)
Large footprint impression in soft river sand near sighting area.
Measurements: twenty inches by eleven inches
Carved-out bedding area under thick brush thought to be animal bed.
Poor-quality photos of footprints taken by a neighbor, not in hand but possibly obtainable.
Smaller footprint described by the witness using hands as about fourteen by eight inches.
Measurements: about fourteen inches long and about eight inches wide
Researchers found a carved-out bedding area under brush and large footprint impressions in river sand near the sighting site, with photos taken but of poor quality.
Researchers found a carved-out bedding area under brush and large footprint impressions in river sand near the sighting site, with photos taken but of poor quality.
Researchers found a carved-out bedding area under brush and large footprint impressions in river sand near the sighting site, with photos taken but of poor quality.
A parent searched the sighting area with a gun shortly after the boys report but found nothing.
Researchers found a carved-out bedding area under brush and large footprint impressions in river sand near the sighting site, with photos taken but of poor quality.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #5160 Primary