Class A First-hand BFRO #18516

Daylight sighting by farmer (and children) plowing field next to the Yadkin River

September 1967 dusk Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina

Account

A child riding on a tractor with a parent at dusk reported a large hair-covered figure stepping into the tractor lights near a tobacco barn. The figure reportedly paused to look at the riders, then left the road in a single long step into adjacent woods. The parent briefly followed on foot and later searched with a hunting firearm but reported finding nothing.

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What was reported

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Described appearance

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Height src
between 7'-8' tall range
Build src
huge, weighed around five to seven hundred pounds
Hair colour src
dark
Hair length src
short and neat in appearance
Face src
resembled a man, much lighter than rest
Eyes src
large with red eyeshine in tractor lights
Arms src
dropped past waist, longer than ours
Hands src
similar to humans
Gait src
stepped back into woods with one long step
Posture src
upright like a man
Other features src
appeared to not have a neck, turned at waist

Facts & provenance

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Date
September 1967
Stated BFRO report #18516 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
dusk
Stated BFRO report #18516 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina
Stated BFRO report #18516 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point
35.75, -80.38 (± 10 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 18516 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #18516 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #18516 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
riding on tractor returning from tobacco field
Stated BFRO report #18516 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
this huge thing
Stated BFRO report #18516 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #18516 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Investigated by
David Pardue (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator conducted a phone interview with the witness and her sibling and planned an in-person site visit.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2007-04-06 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash aea0842b1201
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  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
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