Class B First-hand BFRO #14739

Possible vocalization and stalking near Spruce Flat

30 October 2004 around twelve to one A.M. Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and a companion were walking along a road late at night when they heard a strange drawn-out hoot-like vocalization and heavy footsteps approaching through a field. The unseen source circled around them in the dark, vocalized again, and reportedly knocked down an old barbed-wire fence ahead of them. The pair never saw the source of the sounds.

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What was reported

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Facts & provenance

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Date
30 October 2004
Stated BFRO report #14739 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
around twelve to one A.M.
Stated BFRO report #14739 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Stated BFRO report #14739 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
38.20, -80.17 (± 5 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 14739 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #14739 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #14739 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
walking down the road at night
Stated BFRO report #14739 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
this thing
Stated BFRO report #14739 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #14739 · 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.

Investigated by
Stephen Willis (BFRO)
Cast

A researcher obtained a decent footprint cast from the same wilderness area the following year.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

A three-person research team visited an area near the wilderness and heard distinct sound responses.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

A researcher obtained a decent footprint cast from the same wilderness area the following year.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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