Camper has a possible close encounter west of Mono Lake
Account
The witness was camping alone at night reading in a chair when a loud branch snap was heard nearby. Gas cans and other items behind a shed were knocked over as something large moved a short distance through trees and stopped across a creek. The witness's dogs cowered at the trailer door and the witness retreated inside with a feeling of being watched.
What was reported
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Facts & provenance
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| Date |
October 2007
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| Time of day |
about 10pm, very dark
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| Place |
Lee Vining, Mono County, California
Stated
BFRO report #24743
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
38.04, -119.22 (± 5 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 24743 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 |
camping, sitting in a folding chair reading
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| Witness's word for it |
something very large
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| Source classification |
Class B
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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.
- Investigated by
- Richard Hucklebridge (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone to review the experiences.
An investigator met the witness and a relative at the campsite to review the incident and photograph the area.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #24743 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “old newspaper article about wild hairy men”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “posted sightings at Virginia Lakes (other side of the ridge)”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “the Mono Lake footage”Not in the Anomadex yet