Youngster Surprised by Tall Creature near Linside
Account
The witness walked up the driveway after collecting the morning newspaper and paused to put hair up. On looking up, the witness saw a large tan-brown creature with short clumped fur and a hump on its back. The creature ran into the woods, the witness ran back inside, and tree banging was then heard.
What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
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- Build src
- big
- Hair colour src
- tan-ish brown
- Hair length src
- short
- Gait src
- ran
- Other features src
- sort of hump in its back; fur clumped together
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
12 August 2007
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
morning
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| Place |
Lindside, Monroe County, West Virginia
Stated
BFRO report #20863
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
37.51, -80.65 (± 1297 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 20863 with published 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 up the driveway after getting the morning newspaper
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| Witness's word for it |
a big, tan-ish brown creature
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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.
- Investigated by
- Stephen Willis (BFRO)
An investigator visited the family property, set up a game camera that captured three images of no interest, and walked the wooded property while planning audio recording.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #20863 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “there was a sighting reported”Not in the Anomadex yet