Driver narrowly misses creature darting across mountainous stretch of highway
Account
The witness was driving at night on a forested highway near the Oklahoma-Arkansas border when a tall, slender, hair-covered figure sprinted across the road in front of the vehicle. The figure was seen clearly in bright headlights at close range and crossed from south to north with very long strides. The witness was certain it was neither a bear nor a human.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 7 to 9 ft
- Build src
- slender
- Hair colour src
- dark grayish
- Hair length src
- long
- Face src
- fair amount of hair
- Arms src
- very long, down to almost knees
- Hands src
- large
- Legs src
- quite long
- Gait src
- sprinted
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1998
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
approximately 2 am
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| Place |
Mena, Polk County, Arkansas
Stated
BFRO report #5607
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
34.71, -94.45 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 5607 (5 decimals, no 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 |
driving
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| Witness's word for it |
tall lanky hairy figure
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Jim Sorrell (BFRO)
An investigator met the witness in Mena and revisited the highway area to narrow the location and record GPS coordinates.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #5607 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “tv special about bigfoot”Not in the Anomadex yet