Teen has daytime sighting near Myers Flat
Account
The witness was hunting with two friends and hid alone in berry bushes to startle them. While waiting, the witness smelled a strong odor and saw a large hairy biped stand up nearby and walk away through thick brush, hearing snapping and leaf crunch as it left. The witness ran to the friends and later returned with them to find a squatted feeding spot and small broken trees.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- more than 6 feet tall
- Build src
- medium build with big shoulders
- Hair colour src
- medium brown
- Arms src
- two long hairy arms
- Legs src
- two legs
- Posture src
- stood up and walked on two legs
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 1963
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| Time of day |
about two o'clock in the afternoon
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| Place |
Myers Flat, Humboldt County, California
Stated
BFRO report #6961
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.27, -123.87 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 6961 (4 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 |
hunting with friends and waiting in bushes to scare them
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| Witness's word for it |
this thing
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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.
small trees broken off where creature retreated
Measurements: about 4 feet from the ground
depressed area where something had squatted and stripped berries
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and added details to the report.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #6961 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference