Daylight Sighting, 2 witnesses
Account
Two 11-year-olds were sitting on a rock in the woods when they heard a dead tree fall. They looked up and saw a tall creature walking from right to left toward a stream, which seemed to ignore them. They ran quickly out of the woods, and their small dog that ran toward the creature later returned home unharmed.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 8 or 9 feet tall
- Gait src
- walking from right to left
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1978
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|---|---|
| Place |
Hopatcong, Sussex County, New Jersey
Stated
BFRO report #1505
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.9516, -74.6624 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Hopatcong borough (GEOID 3432910), matched from nearest town 'Hopatcong'
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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 |
sitting on a rock in the woods
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| Witness's word for it |
what we believe to be Bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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The witnesses went back to the sighting location with bb guns and a tape recorder and found no evidence.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #1505 Primary
The report refers to
- “front page article about footprints being found”Not in the Anomadex yet