Class B First-hand BFRO #9918

Pre-dawn screams on the Mescalero Reservation

November 1987 between 6am and 7am Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico 2 witnesses

Account

About 20 years ago, the witness and a cousin were walking early in the morning toward the paved road to hitchhike to work. From the treeline across the road they heard frightening noises that seemed to follow them, stopping when they stopped and moving when they ran, with branches snapping audible. With no nearby houses for refuge, they flagged down a passing truck and got in.

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Facts & provenance

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Date
November 1987
Stated BFRO report #9918 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
between 6am and 7am
Stated BFRO report #9918 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Mescalero, Otero County, New Mexico
Stated BFRO report #9918 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
33.1346, -105.7999 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #9918 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Mescalero CDP (GEOID 3547920), matched from nearest town 'Mescalero'
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #9918 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Stated BFRO report #9918 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
walking to paved road to hitchhike to work
Stated BFRO report #9918 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
that thing
Stated BFRO report #9918 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #9918 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Matthew Moneymaker (BFRO)
Follow-up

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BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2004-12-02 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 88c7835b9534
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “stories now and then about bigfoots in the area”
    Not in the Anomadex yet
  • “other reports for Lincoln and Otero Counties”
    Not in the Anomadex yet