Woman hears late night scream and has close encounter near Laytonville
Account
The witness was sleeping in a sleeping bag on a river bank with companions when she woke to bipedal footsteps on a ledge above. A large figure stood behind willow canes about 10 feet away, yelling with speech-like inflection while stomping, shaking vegetation, and giving off a skunk-like odor. After a few minutes the figure left without the witness seeing or hearing its departure, and she stayed awake until morning.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- 8 foot-ish
- Gait src
- two footed by the sound of it
- Posture src
- stood
- Apparent sex src
- male
- Age / size src
- very large
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1987
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
after dark, closer to morning
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| Place |
Laytonville Ca., Mendocino County, California
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| Map point |
39.69, -123.48 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 6521 (4 decimals, no 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 |
camping overnight on a river bank
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| Witness's word for it |
the thing
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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 added details to the report.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #6521 Primary
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