Class A First-hand BFRO #1169

Large human-like footprints found on a path.

Summer 1977 Howard County, Maryland

Account

The witness family discovered their very heavy cable-spool picnic table missing from their yard. Along a path bordered by cornfield and forest they found places where the spool had been rolled and carried, along with very large human-like footprints. They later found the spool about a mile away where it had been tossed into a steep gully, and felt children were unlikely to have moved it over rugged terrain.

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Physical traces

Facts & provenance

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Date
Summer 1977
Stated BFRO report #1169 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Place
Howard County, Maryland
Stated BFRO report #1169 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Location Details
Map point
39.2673, -76.7983 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #1169 · gnis:584282 · read with 40% confidence
Towns named in the place text ('Ellicott City'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Ellicott City', Howard)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #1169 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
living at home and discovering missing table
Stated BFRO report #1169 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #1169 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Tracks

Large human-like footprints found on path, described as much larger than size 10 shoe

Measurements: much larger than size 10 shoe

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Other

Heavy cable-spool table missing from yard and later found about a mile away in steep gully, with roll and carry marks along path

Measurements: about a mile away from the house

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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