Class A First-hand BFRO #1519

Boys observe hairy man-like creature several times

Summer 1982 daytime, sunny, about 80 degrees Lincoln, Lewis And Clark County, Montana 4 witnesses

Account

Two days after a distant sighting, the witness and companions were walking back toward the cabin across a field on a sunny day. About 50 yards away they saw a creature sitting on an old tree stump just inside the woods watching them. The witness said it turned by moving its whole upper torso as if it had no neck, then looked back before the group fled.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Described appearance

In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.

Posture src
sitting on a old tree stump
Other features src
appeared to have no neck, moved whole upper torso to look

Facts & provenance

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Date
Summer 1982
Stated BFRO report #1519 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Time of day
daytime, sunny, about 80 degrees
Stated BFRO report #1519 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Lincoln, Lewis And Clark County, Montana
Stated BFRO report #1519 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point
47.04, -112.70 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 1519 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #1519 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
4
Derived BFRO report #1519 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported
1
Stated BFRO report #1519 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
walking back toward cabin across field
Stated BFRO report #1519 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness's word for it
a bigfoot
Stated BFRO report #1519 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #1519 · 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.

Tracks

Human-like footprint in mud larger than witness's size 12 shoe with human-like toes without long claws

Measurements: 4-6 inches longer than witness's size 12 shoe and wider

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Structure

Bush flattened as if something had been sleeping there with strong foul odor

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Structure

Later that evening a game warden visited the area with the group, could not relocate the print, but found a flattened foul-smelling bush.

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

The witness and two adults returned with firearms and searched the wooded area for about an hour without finding anything.

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

Later that evening a game warden visited the area with the group, could not relocate the print, but found a flattened foul-smelling bush.

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

About a week later people from another state came asking if the group had made the report.

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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