Memory of a possible daylight sighting when returning to retrieve a watch near Marysville
Account
The witness, then a child swimming with siblings, walked back alone to a swimming hole to retrieve a watch. He saw a tall dark upright figure cross his path near a fenceline and take several steps. Startled, he ran home, where family members suggested it was a deer, which he rejects.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 7.5 to 8 feet tall
- Hair colour src
- black
- Face src
- no facial features discernible
- Arms src
- long
- Hands src
- did not quite reach the knee
- Gait src
- 6 to 7 feet long stride
- Posture src
- upright
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
8 August 1982
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 4:30 to 5:00 in the afternoon
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| Place |
Maysville (Orangeburg), Mason County, Kentucky
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| Map point |
38.5941, -83.8281 (± 14 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Mason County (GEOID 21161); the report gives only the county
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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 |
returning to swimming hole to retrieve watch
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| Witness's word for it |
tall black figure
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| Source classification |
Class B
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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
- Jack Smarr (BFRO)
Investigators were looking into possible tracks found on a nearby creek.
Investigators were looking into possible tracks found on a nearby creek.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #33097 Primary