Two miners have nighttime sighting near Louellen
Account
The witness and a companion were driving to work in the early morning when they saw an animal squatting by the road near dumped garbage. They watched it in the headlights as it moved backward into the road, looked at them, then squatted and leaped off the road into a ravine. A torn bag of garbage was found where it had been kneeling.
What was reported
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Sightings
Interaction
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 7 feet tall
- Build src
- slender upper torso weighing about 300 pounds
- Hair colour src
- dark brown
- Hair length src
- very short on lower body, somewhat longer and thinner on chest and shoulders
- Face src
- unable to see any facial features
- Arms src
- thin longer hair on arms
- Legs src
- big legs with especially huge calf muscles
- Gait src
- walked backwards into center of road
- Posture src
- kneeled down alongside the road
- Other features src
- round head with short neck
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
2 February 1981
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 3 a.m.
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| Place |
Louellen, Harlan County, Kentucky
Stated
BFRO report #10556
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
36.93, -83.05 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 10556 (4 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 |
driving to work
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| Witness's word for it |
something
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
torn open bag of garbage found where animal had kneeled
An investigator spoke by phone with the witness and with the companion about the encounter.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #10556 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference