Two witnesses recount a close daytime encounter with a very curious creature near Lebanon
Account
Two witnesses walking a logging road heard loud approaching sounds and then saw a tall dark upright figure watching them from behind a tree. The figure leaned out curiously and later followed them to within close range before they ran back to a relative working a nearby field. The relative later visited the spot but found no tracks or odor.
What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- 7-8 ft tall, approximately 8 feet by tree measurement
- Build src
- huge, very muscular with broad shoulders and flat muscular chest
- Hair colour src
- blackish/brown, black and glossy with hints of dark brown
- Hair length src
- approximately 6 inches long
- Face src
- partly bare with lighter skin, normal-sized nose, right jaw appearing dropped with teeth visible
- Eyes src
- very large, very dark, and wide set
- Arms src
- very muscular with huge shoulders, one arm around tree
- Posture src
- upright on two legs, leaning out from behind tree
- Apparent sex src
- male
- Other features src
- completely covered with hair except portions of face; right lower jaw oddity
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
July 2010
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| Time of day |
around 11 to 11:45 a.m., broad daylight
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| Place |
Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee
Stated
BFRO report #28005
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
36.25, -86.16 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 28005 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
walking a logging road looking for deer or turkeys
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| Witness's word for it |
something huge and black
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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.
height estimated at about 8 feet by measuring the tree where the creature stood
Measurements: approximately 8 feet
sketches of the creature made with the witnesses
An investigator contacted the report filer and interviewed both witnesses separately and noted sketches made with the witnesses.
After the sighting a relative drove to the spot and found quiet woods with no tracks or odor before leaving due to weather.
An investigator contacted the report filer and interviewed both witnesses separately and noted sketches made with the witnesses.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #28005 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference