Fisherman has daytime sighting west of Mt. Vernon
Account
The witness was fishing along Spring River in the evening and moved downstream around oak trees. He claims to have watched a single large, reddish-brown, hair-covered figure walk from the stream across an open field into the woods for several minutes. He did not follow it because he was alone, and a return visit the next day found no definitive footprints.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- 7-8 foot tall at least
- Build src
- probably over 600 pound
- Hair colour src
- reddish brown
- Hair length src
- long
- Gait src
- slowly walking, not in any rush
- Other features src
- matted or curly looking
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
19 July 1997
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
evening just before sunset
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| Place |
Mt. Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri
Stated
BFRO report #12470
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
37.12, -93.89 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 12470 (3 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
fishing
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| Witness's word for it |
a 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
- Stan Courtney (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and recorded additional details about the sighting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #12470 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference