Woman remembers witnessing a tall hairy figure in the Pocono Mountains
Account
The witness and a companion stopped in a car at a rural wooded intersection late at night to look at a map. A tall, slender, hairy biped crossed directly in front of their car at very close range and continued to the other side of the road. Another car arriving at the intersection also stopped and then drove away quickly, which the witness took as confirmation it was also seen.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- at least 7ft.+ tall
- Build src
- very slender
- Hair colour src
- reddish brown
- Face src
- somewhere between ape and human
- Arms src
- long arms
- Gait src
- walked
- Posture src
- completely upright
- Other features src
- hairy body, ape-like appearance
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1978–1979
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
late at night, around 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
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| Place |
Mt. Pocono, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
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| Map point |
41.12, -75.20 (± 17 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 24442 with published 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 |
driving at night and stopped to check a map
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| Witness's word for it |
a very tall figure
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Paul Conroy (BFRO)
An investigator interviewed the witness for about 30 minutes to obtain additional details.
The investigator noted plans to update the report if the old newspaper article could be located.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #24442 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “article in the local newspaper about sightings in the state of PA”Not in the Anomadex yet