Two Motorists Have An Early Evening Sighting North of Mt. Gilead
Account
The witness and a companion were driving home in the evening when they saw a large dark figure run across the highway ahead of them. Both occupants observed it, but the driver could not relocate it after slowing down. The figure was described as very tall and robust with long arms and a non-human gait resembling the Patterson film footage.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- over 6-8+' tall
- Build src
- large robust build
- Hair colour src
- black
- Arms src
- too long
- Gait src
- just like the classic bigfoot film footage on TV
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 2002
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
Evening 8-9 PM EST
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| Place |
Mt. Gielad, Morrow County, Ohio
Stated
BFRO report #9537
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.59, -82.82 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 9537 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
returning home from Galion
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| Witness's word for it |
a large black thing
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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An investigator conducted telephone and in-person interviews with both witnesses and visited the sighting site.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #9537 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “a number of sightings from over the years”Not in the Anomadex yet