Class A First-hand BFRO #2198

Creaure heard running away by campers.

July 1982 between 5 and 6 pm Mendocino County, California 2 witnesses

Account

The witness stayed behind from dinner with a bloody nose and, while at a restroom, heard slow footsteps moving in brush hidden by high bushes. After telling other campers at dinner, the group returned and found large manlike footprints in hard ground. When footsteps were heard again, the witness and another camper chased the source uphill, heard it running away, and found only toe-prints.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Physical traces

Facts & provenance

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Date
July 1982
Stated BFRO report #2198 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
between 5 and 6 pm
Stated BFRO report #2198 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Mendocino County, California
Stated BFRO report #2198 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Location Details
Map point
39.3077, -123.7995 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #2198 · gnis:1659106 · read with 40% confidence
Towns named in the place text ('Mendocino'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Mendocino', Mendocino)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #2198 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #2198 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #2198 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 70% confidence
Witness was
cleaning up after a bloody nose before dinner at camp
Stated BFRO report #2198 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
the creature
Stated BFRO report #2198 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #2198 · 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.

Tracks

several shallow manlike footprints much larger than human in solid dirt

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Tracks

one set of toe-prints found where the source had been running away

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 1998-07-13 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 6ba611fe914a
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

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