Family has encounters on private, hunting land in Red River - Sulphur River corridor.
Account
The witness was hunting from the ground off a road with a relative nearby. After hearing tree breaks, movement, strange noises and heavy footsteps, the witness saw a large red bipedal animal walk along the road. When the witness spoke on the radio the animal screamed and ran away, and two large footprints were later found in silt.
What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Physical traces
Other senses
Described appearance
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- Height src
- seven feet tall
- Build src
- thick chest
- Hair colour src
- red
- Hair length src
- long
- Arms src
- long thick arms
- Gait src
- walking, then broke into a run
- Posture src
- walking on two legs
- Age / size src
- large
- Other features src
- appeared to be a large ape
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
2000–2003
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
evening
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| Place |
Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas
Stated
BFRO report #7907
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
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| Map point |
33.62, -95.91 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 7907 (5 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 |
hunting deer
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| Witness's word for it |
large red creature
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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two footprints in soft silt on the road where the creature was seen
Measurements: sixteen inch long
The day after the sighting, the witness and several research group members searched the area and located a possible bedding area with an old track across the creek.
The day after the sighting, the witness and several research group members searched the area and located a possible bedding area with an old track across the creek.
The following summer the witness and a research member found a 4-foot A-frame-like lean-to of limbs against a cedar tree plus another cedar with broken-down branches nearby.
Investigators inspected the reported nest tree about 40 feet tall with limbs broken from 12-15 feet down and piled at the base, taking photos showing a 5-6 foot roof.
Investigators inspected the reported nest tree about 40 feet tall with limbs broken from 12-15 feet down and piled at the base, taking photos showing a 5-6 foot roof.
Investigators inspected the reported nest tree about 40 feet tall with limbs broken from 12-15 feet down and piled at the base, taking photos showing a 5-6 foot roof.
The day after the sighting, the witness and several research group members searched the area and located a possible bedding area with an old track across the creek.
The following summer the witness and a research member found a 4-foot A-frame-like lean-to of limbs against a cedar tree plus another cedar with broken-down branches nearby.
During an overnight onsite investigation, an investigator reported hearing a loud cedar wood knock in the distance, a brief owl, and noting eerie lack of wildlife sounds.
Investigators inspected the reported nest tree about 40 feet tall with limbs broken from 12-15 feet down and piled at the base, taking photos showing a 5-6 foot roof.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #7907 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “activity outside Honey Grove”Not in the Anomadex yet