Hunter recalls his observation of a dark figure crawling on a family farm near Markton
Account
The witness was hunting small game on a family farm at dusk and started toward home through a field. The witness noticed a large dark hairy figure crawling low across the field dragging its rear legs and using its long arms. The witness stayed in place until a parent arrived on a tractor, then left the area. The next day the witness found drag marks and large footprints leading toward nearby woods.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Build src
- broad shoulders
- Hair colour src
- black with brown tinge
- Arms src
- long arms fully extended outwards
- Hands src
- on its hands
- Legs src
- dragging rear legs behind it
- Feet src
- dragging its feet
- Gait src
- crawling low and quickly, dragging lower body
- Posture src
- low to the ground
- Other features src
- hairy like an animal, long in length, around 8' long, weight in excess of 350 pounds
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
October 1988
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
dusk
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| Place |
Markton, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
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| Map point |
41.0106, -79.0642 (± 15 km)
USGS GNIS populated place 'Markton', Jefferson, matched from nearest town 'Markton'
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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 |
rabbit hunting while walking home
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| Witness's word for it |
a very dark figure
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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
- Jarrett Johnson (BFRO)
large footprints where the figure got up and walked into the woods
drag marks where the figure dragged its feet through the field
trail of drag and footprints leading toward trash pile with signs of rummaging
An investigator interviewed the witness about the farm sighting and discussed the trash pile, road, and bear possibility.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #43758 Primary