Class A First-hand BFRO #577

Man has repeated visits at family farm

BFRO YEAR: 79, 80, 99 about 7:00pm Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama 2 witnesses

Account

In early fall 1980 around 7 p.m., the witness was in the kitchen after feeding horses while his wife brought in laundry. Both heard screaming near the corral gate, the wife ran inside frightened and horses fled, and the witness glimpsed a very tall dark furry figure moving through a lit patch while it screamed and made clicking growling noises before he went back inside and locked doors.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Scream Growl

Other senses

Movement only

Described appearance

In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.

Height src: MUCH taller than the 6 ft fence there
Hair colour src: black with maybe a little silver or grey mixed in
Other features src: light glint off of its fur

Facts & provenance

Each value names where it came from.

Time of day	about 7:00pm Stated BFRO report #577 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Muscle Shoals, Colbert County, Alabama Stated BFRO report #577 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
Map point	34.80, -87.51 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 577 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #577 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Stated BFRO report #577 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #577 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	in kitchen after feeding horses while wife brought in wash Stated BFRO report #577 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	Something Stated BFRO report #577 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #577 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

An investigator noted the witness seemed credible, educated and familiar with area and would report further activity.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #577 Primary

Published 2000-11-02 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash f965d9f1c329

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“reports for decades of sightings and incidents in the area”
Not in the Anomadex yet
“people had been hearing and seeing strange things along that part of the river for decades”
Not in the Anomadex yet