Class A First-hand BFRO #7473

Family finds tracks and has close visual encounter

January 2003 Approx. 4-5 PM Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma 1 witness

Account

In January 2003 a relative was chopping wood near the woods edge in the early evening when he noticed a large hairy figure a short distance away, visible from the waist up through a clearing. He froze, dropped the wood, and fled into the house, arriving badly shaken and initially unable to speak before stating he had seen Bigfoot. The figure was reported to have turned and left into denser woods without aggression or sound.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Described appearance

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Height src
7-8 feet tall
Hair colour src
reddish brown with areas of gray
Face src
unique face
Posture src
slight hunch

Facts & provenance

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Date
January 2003
Stated BFRO report #7473 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
Approx. 4-5 PM
Stated BFRO report #7473 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Stated BFRO report #7473 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town
Map point
35.28, -97.34 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 7473 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #7473 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #7473 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #7473 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
chopping wood and breaking kindling near woods edge
Stated BFRO report #7473 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
Bigfoot
Stated BFRO report #7473 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #7473 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Cast

A researcher and a partner took plaster casts of footprints and interviewed relatives in 1976.

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Tracks

A researcher and a partner took plaster casts of footprints and interviewed relatives in 1976.

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Tracks

A relative found large barefoot tracks by a pond that a researcher cast and attributed to a juvenile.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Cast

A relative found large barefoot tracks by a pond that a researcher cast and attributed to a juvenile.

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

A researcher and a partner took plaster casts of footprints and interviewed relatives in 1976.

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

A relative found large barefoot tracks by a pond that a researcher cast and attributed to a juvenile.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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