Class A First-hand BFRO #5996

Youth Group shine flashlights on Sasquatch on Tower

September 1993 approximately 9 o'clock Nordegg, Alberta

Account

A group walking back from an old cemetery at night shone lights on a tower and saw a hairy creature standing on top. The creature raised its arms, jumped from the tower and ran into brush with sounds of trees breaking. After a brief silence a loud high-pitched scream was heard and a distinct odor lingered.

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What was reported

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Described appearance

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Arms src
raised to jump, hair hanging from arms
Posture src
standing on tower
Other features src
didn't appear to have a neck

Facts & provenance

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Date
September 1993
Stated BFRO report #5996 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
approximately 9 o'clock
Stated BFRO report #5996 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Nordegg, Alberta
Stated BFRO report #5996 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Province, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point
52.4706, -116.0753 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #5996 · cgndb:IAIAS · read with 45% confidence
Canadian Geographical Names Database hamlet 'Nordegg', 27-40-15-W5, matched from nearest town 'Nordegg'
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #5996 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #5996 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
hiking back from cemetery at night
Stated BFRO report #5996 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness's word for it
this creature
Stated BFRO report #5996 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #5996 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Adrian Erickson (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator interviewed two witnesses and the camp manager and identified the tower as wooden railroad coal-loading cribbing, estimating the jump at 20 to 25 feet.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

A researcher visited in spring 1988 to investigate reports in the area.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “articles and pictures of sightings from over the years around that area”
    Not in the Anomadex yet