Large hairy creature and footprints seen along fence line on property with past activity
Account
The witness visited a friend's farm after loaning a truck and found a very large footprint in mud, attempting a plaster cast. Later he saw a dark figure bobbing while holding a tree limb across a field, then saw a hairy long hand touching the plaster. The friend confirmed seeing the distant figure and the friend's wife reported hearing breathing near a shed, followed by rustling and barefoot sounds.
What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Physical traces
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Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Hair colour src
- totally black; fox colored hair on hand
- Hair length src
- flowing
- Face src
- could not make out facial features
- Hands src
- really long, no thumbs seen, human-like but yellowed skin, hair on top to just over knuckles and back to wrist
- Feet src
- twice as wide and almost twice as long as witness's foot, toes visible
- Gait src
- bobbed up and down in an ape-like manner
- Posture src
- standing, one hand on large tree limb
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
May 1983
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| Time of day |
daytime
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| Place |
Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio
Stated
BFRO report #5311
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.05, -83.56 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 5311 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Witness was |
visiting a friend's farm property
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| Witness's word for it |
manlike figure appearing totally black
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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large footprint in mud near puddle with visible toes
Measurements: twice as wide and almost twice as long as witness's foot
plaster cast attempted in track but fell apart and was not preserved
An investigator spoke by phone with the witness and later with the friend and his wife, and checked library records to confirm residency.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #5311 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference