Motorist's sighting results in a collision
Account
In 1960, a man claimed to encounter a very hairy figure on the Pottawatomie Indian Reserve northwest of Topeka, Kansas. He was reportedly so frightened that he drove across a yard and struck a clothesline. The account survives only as an excerpt from a published book.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Other features src
- very hairy
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
1960
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|---|---|
| Place |
Jackson County, Kansas
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| Map point |
39.33, -95.84 (± 12 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 1330 with published boundary
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| Account type |
Investigator summary
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving
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| Witness's word for it |
very hairy man
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
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BFRO report #1330 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference