Woman experienced terrifying close encounter as a child and later as a teenager
Account
A child playing with a ball in the backyard of a farmhouse chased it to a fence by a thicket, where a large hair-covered biped leaned over the fence close to her face. She screamed and backed toward the house as the creature looked toward the house and then fled. Family members came after hearing the screams but did not see the creature.
What was reported
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Sightings
Other senses
Described appearance
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- Build src
- very muscular
- Hair colour src
- orangutan colored, orange
- Hair length src
- long
- Face src
- covered with leathery looking skin with hair
- Eyes src
- hazel yellowish, human-like
- Arms src
- long, very muscular
- Hands src
- huge, gorilla-like with full human-like thumb
- Gait src
- bipedal walk and run
- Posture src
- bending over fence with hands on fence
- Age / size src
- huge
- Other features src
- waist well over fence with top wire at upper mid thigh; unkempt wet dog mixed with skunk and goat smell; appeared very smart
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
May 1978
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|---|---|
| Place |
Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Stated
BFRO report #62851
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
33.67, -93.57 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 62851 with published 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 |
playing with a ball in the backyard
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| Witness's word for it |
huge monster
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Tal H. Branco (BFRO)
An investigator noted the area has small rolling hills with extensive wetland areas in valleys.
An investigator stated the accounts were unusually detailed and convincing and noted awareness of groups in the general areas.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #62851 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference