Class A First-hand BFRO #27568

Daylight sighting of a Bigfoot outside Muscle Shoals

January 2005 near 4 o'clock evening Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama 2 witnesses

Account

Two companions were deer hunting near their camp in the late afternoon when they heard loud popping sounds, heavy footsteps, and a foul odor. A large hair-covered biped stepped out of the treeline across a logging road and stared at them without moving or making noise. After a brief stare the creature stepped back into the woods and the witnesses fled and have avoided hunting deep in that area since.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Sounds

Wood knock Footsteps

Other senses

Odor

Described appearance

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Height src: 9 to 10 feet tall
Build src: very massive and upright
Hair colour src: dark brown
Hair length src: somewhat long
Face src: no nose or mouth was noticed
Eyes src: stared with squinting eyes
Feet src: not noticed, hidden by ground foliage
Gait src: walked on two legs
Posture src: just stood there
Other features src: large melon shaped head; body covered with similar hair

Facts & provenance

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Date	January 2005 Stated BFRO report #27568 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	near 4 o'clock evening Stated BFRO report #27568 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama Stated BFRO report #27568 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	34.70, -87.78 (± 2 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 27568 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #27568 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Derived BFRO report #27568 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #27568 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	deer hunting Stated BFRO report #27568 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	this thing Stated BFRO report #27568 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #27568 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Thomas Bruns (BFRO)

Follow-up

An investigator had a long conversation with the witness about the sighting and assessed the witness as honest and credible.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #27568 Primary

Published 2010-04-11 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 1bc2e23be6c6

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BFRO map layer Reference

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