Brothers have early evening sighting near Lee Vining
Account
Two brothers were gathering firewood near a lake at dusk when they heard heavy footsteps and crashing in dense brush. The writer saw the bushes shaking but no animal, while the brother, 10 to 15 feet away, saw a large dark-brown head moving rapidly above the brush. They fled in their truck and crashed into a tree on the way back to camp.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- taller than 7 feet
- Build src
- large
- Hair colour src
- dark-brown
- Gait src
- moving rapidly away
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1977
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
dusk
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| Place |
Nearest Town Would Be Lee Vining, Mono County, California
Stated
BFRO report #1510
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
38.05, -119.26 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 1510 (4 decimals, no 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 |
gathering firewood at the lake
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| Witness's word for it |
a large, dark-brown head
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and added details about the animal's height and the earlier rock-throwing incident.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #1510 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference