Near collision during an early morning sighting on Hwy. 53 outside Jacksonville
Account
Early on a mid-August morning the witness was traveling north on Highway 53 when a tall, muscular bipedal figure ran across the road in front of the vehicle without looking toward it. The witness described it crossing in about four strides and continuing into the woods while a trailing car slowed behind.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 6 1/2 to 7 feet tall
- Build src
- very muscular, approximately 400lbs
- Hair colour src
- crimson rusty brown
- Hair length src
- matted
- Arms src
- hung knee length or longer
- Hands src
- human hands and black fingernails
- Gait src
- dead run
- Posture src
- bipedal
- Other features src
- no neck just a head, sort of like a caveman
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 2011
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
approximately 5:10am
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| Place |
Jacksonville, Pender County, North Carolina
Stated
BFRO report #30438
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
34.7297, -77.3937 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Jacksonville city (GEOID 3734200), matched from nearest town 'Jacksonville'
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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 |
traveling north by vehicle at 50 mph
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| Witness's word for it |
a bipedal 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
- Don Tart (BFRO)
An investigator visited the crossing site, followed a large trail into the woods and documented one inconclusive 12 to 14 inch impression in soil.
An investigator visited the crossing site, followed a large trail into the woods and documented one inconclusive 12 to 14 inch impression in soil.
An investigator visited the crossing site, followed a large trail into the woods and documented one inconclusive 12 to 14 inch impression in soil.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #30438 Primary
The report refers to
- “report submitted in Burgaw, NC in Pender Co. approximately 12 miles southwest”Not in the Anomadex yet