Class A
First-hand
BFRO #2368
Hiker has detailed sighting on Bear Mountain.
July 1993
Madison County, Kentucky
1 witness
Account
The witness was hiking on a mountain and heard a tapping sound while looking down a hollow toward a thicket. Through binoculars the witness watched a large hairy figure sitting on a log hitting it with a rock, then standing, looking toward the witness, moving its head side to side while hunched, and dashing into the thicket.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
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- Height src
- near 7ft tall
- Build src
- back at least 2.5 feet across
- Hair colour src
- reddish brown
- Hair length src
- short, thick
- Face src
- bulged forehead, large round dark eyes, flared gorilla-like nose
- Eyes src
- large round dark eyes
- Arms src
- dangling to knees
- Hands src
- human-like, four fingers and a thumb
- Posture src
- sitting on a log, then standing hunched over
- Other features src
- conical head like lowland gorilla, no neck
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1993
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|---|---|
| Place |
Madison County, Kentucky
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| Map point |
37.54, -84.26 (± 1281 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 2368 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 |
hiking to try out new binoculars
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| Witness's word for it |
dark brownish figure
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #2368 Primary
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