Recollection of spotting a tall figure cross a trail at dusk near Norris Lake
Account
At dusk the witness and her young son were leading family members back along a wooded trail after fishing when a tall dark hairy figure crossed the trail just ahead of them and vanished into dense vegetation. The witness described it as very tall and bulky with long hair and long arms swinging as it moved quickly in a slumped posture. Her son also glimpsed the figure, but relatives behind a bend saw nothing, and the group heard no further sounds and did not search for tracks.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 8-9 feet tall
- Build src
- very muscular and bulky
- Hair colour src
- black with some brown mixed in
- Hair length src
- fairly long, between four to six inches
- Face src
- unable to make out any facial features or ears
- Arms src
- swung in very exaggerated pendulous motion
- Hands src
- reached down to knees or directly above
- Gait src
- ran quickly across trail like a flash, walked very stiffly
- Posture src
- slumped forward, no neck seen
- Other features src
- proportions definitely not human, no skin seen
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
July 1985
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
dusk
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| Place |
Norris, Anderson County, Tennessee
Stated
BFRO report #35114
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
36.26, -83.92 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 35114 (3 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 |
walking back to parking lot after fishing
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| Witness's word for it |
bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class B
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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.
- Investigated by
- Ashlan Yost (BFRO)
An investigator interviewed the witness and relatives by phone and later hiked to the site to verify distances and height estimates.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #35114 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference