Woman has close up night sighting in car lights on Highway 299
Account
Two people in a car at night watched a large hair-covered figure enter the highway from the driver's side and cross in three unhurried strides while turning its upper body to glance at them. The passenger described a tall robust adult male with long legs, human-like hands and nose, and shaggy hair darker with a rusty hue on the torso and face and lighter dirty-blonde on the arms. The figure moved with a fluid human-like arm swing but with same-side arm and leg moving together.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- at least eight feet
- Build src
- very robust and blocky with no discernible waist, chest proportionally longer
- Hair colour src
- darker with rusty hue on chest and face, lighter dirty blonde on arms
- Hair length src
- much thicker and longer on head, beard, neck, arms and shoulders; shorter on chest, back, and legs; shaggy
- Face src
- small very human looking nose, heavy simian brow, recessed hairless eye sockets
- Eyes src
- recessed under heavy simian brow
- Arms src
- swung while walking, thicker longer hair
- Hands src
- extremely human looking, palms facing inwards, thumbs out at about 70 degrees, fingers extended
- Legs src
- long, shorter hair
- Gait src
- human-like, fluid and unhurried, crossed road in three strides, same-side arm and leg swinging together
- Posture src
- slightly hunched forward at the waist, turned waist, shoulders and neck to look
- Apparent sex src
- male
- Age / size src
- adult
- Clothing src
- none, entire body covered in hair/fur except eye sockets
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
October 1988
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| Time of day |
about 8:30 or 9:00 p.m., just after dark
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| Place |
Hoopa, Humboldt County, California
Stated
BFRO report #11576
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.85, -123.55 (± 7 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 11576 with published 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 |
riding as a passenger in a car traveling on the highway
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| Witness's word for it |
the creature
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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
- Jimbo Fay (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness for 45 minutes to document the encounter.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #11576 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference