Late-night road-crossing sighting by firefighter near the Potomac River
Account
Late at night the witness was driving on a rural road with a farm on one side and an apple orchard on the other when a large hair-covered figure crossed the road ahead of the vehicle. The figure paused in the middle of the road to look toward the headlights, allowing a clear view, then continued across. The witness kept driving, was shaken by the sighting, and avoided that road afterward.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 8 to 9 feet tall
- Build src
- very heavy build, estimated 4 to 5 hundred pounds
- Hair colour src
- dark red, reddish/brown
- Hair length src
- long, about six inches long, somewhat uniform length
- Eyes src
- eyes had glare from headlights
- Arms src
- long lanky arms
- Gait src
- very long stride, about two and a half steps to cross road
- Apparent sex src
- male (witness impression)
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1970–1979
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
late at night, around midnight to approximately 2:00AM
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| Place |
Knipetown, Berkeley County, West Virginia
Stated
BFRO report #13949
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
39.54, -77.94 (± 3 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 13949 with published boundary
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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 |
driving down a road at night
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| Witness's word for it |
object
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and recorded additional details about the sighting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #13949 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference