Class A First-hand BFRO #27785

Nighttime roadside sighting by a motorist outside Joplin

5 September 1993 around midnight Joplin, Newton County, Missouri 1 witness

Account

The witness was driving a lifted pickup back toward campus around midnight with two sleeping passengers. While rounding a sharp curve in a wooded area near a creek, the witness saw a large upright creature standing in the ditch a few feet from the road and viewed its upper body eye-to-eye for a few seconds. After passing, the witness looked back and the creature was gone.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: 7.5'-8' tall
Build src: 350-400 pounds
Hair colour src: dark brown
Hair length src: short slick on face
Face src: flat
Eyes src: deep black
Posture src: squatting slightly or hunched down
Other features src: very broad shoulders close to 3' across

Facts & provenance

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Date	5 September 1993 Stated BFRO report #27785 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	around midnight Stated BFRO report #27785 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Joplin, Newton County, Missouri Stated BFRO report #27785 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	37.04, -94.53 (± 2 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 27785 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #27785 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #27785 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Stated BFRO report #27785 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	driving back to campus Stated BFRO report #27785 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	large ape-like, human-like creature Stated BFRO report #27785 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #27785 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Larry Newman (BFRO)

Follow-up

An investigator spoke to the witness by phone and documented additional details.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Follow-up

The local Sheriff's Office investigated at least one of the other nearby incidents.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #27785 Primary

Published 2010-05-26 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 2e3264f502c9

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“other reports within a mile of this”
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