Class A First-hand BFRO #27477

Man remembers seeing a large white hairy man at a cemetery outside the city of Jay

6 September 1979 between 8-9 p.m. on a bright moonlit night Jay, Delaware County, Oklahoma 2 witnesses

Account

Two people sitting in a cemetery after dark heard something approaching down a ridge and through trees. A tall white hair-covered human-like figure stepped over the fence, crossed the cemetery, then noticed the witnesses and left quickly over the opposite fence into timber with loud crashing. The witnesses reported a very strong unpleasant odor during the encounter.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Sounds

Footsteps

Other senses

Odor

Described appearance

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Height src: approximately 8ft tall
Build src: muscular and filled-out, 350lbs or more
Hair colour src: white
Arms src: longer than man-like proportions
Gait src: walked very fast
Other features src: gorilla-like thick muscular neck; torso longer than legs; had to twist torso to look; shoulder width about 3 ½ feet wide

Facts & provenance

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Date	6 September 1979 Stated BFRO report #27477 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	between 8-9 p.m. on a bright moonlit night Stated BFRO report #27477 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Jay, Delaware County, Oklahoma Stated BFRO report #27477 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	36.42, -94.78 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 27477 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #27477 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Derived BFRO report #27477 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #27477 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	sitting in cemetery at night Stated BFRO report #27477 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	large hairy man looking thing Stated BFRO report #27477 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #27477 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Sybilla Irwin (BFRO)

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BFRO report #27477 Primary

Published 2010-03-19 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash a2299cd2e7f6

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“Legends of the Ozarks video recreation supposedly happened near Fayetteville, Arkansas”
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“huge wave of sightings in 1974 in the Jay and Kenwood areas”
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