Video footage shot at dusk shows a primate in a tree in the background
Account
A group filmed their campfire in upstate New York in 1997 without noticing anything unusual at the time. Years later while transferring the tape, a viewer noticed a dark figure moving in the trees in the background. The footage is described as showing a smaller ape-like figure about five feet tall climbing and swinging between trees with great agility, and follow-up review describes a second larger bipedal silhouette nearby.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 5 to 5-1/2 feet in height
- Build src
- very strong upper body
- Hair colour src
- dark in color
- Face src
- conical shaped head
- Arms src
- hangs by one arm
- Posture src
- bipedal
- Age / size src
- baby
- Other features src
- no tail
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
23 May 1997
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
at dusk
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| Place |
Modena, Ulster County, New York
Stated
BFRO report #7514
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
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| Map point |
41.67, -74.09 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 7514 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Figures reported |
2
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| Witness was |
drinking around a campfire
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| Witness's word for it |
big monkey
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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1997 dusk campfire video reported to show two silhouetted bipedal figures in background trees
Measurements: large figure on film approximately 10-14 seconds; smaller figure approximately 40 seconds
Investigators reviewed the tape frame by frame, spoke with the filmer for months, checked weather records, and concluded it was not hoaxed.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #7514 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
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