Daylight sighting off Highway 89 in the Wasatch Mountains
Account
During a family picnic in the Wasatch Mountains, a five-year-old playing hide-and-seek ran around a mound and encountered a large hair-covered figure about 30 feet away beside a tree. The two watched each other briefly before the child broke the stare and ran screaming back to the picnic area. Adults suggested a deer or bobcat and found nothing on re-check, but the child saw the figure again in the same spot while the group was leaving.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- larger than his 6'2" father
- Build src
- very large
- Hair colour src
- reddish-brown
- Hair length src
- long
- Eyes src
- Dark eyes
- Posture src
- standing
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Spring 1962
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
morning about 9:00 to 10:00 am
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| Place |
Ogden, Weber County, Utah
Stated
BFRO report #9962
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
41.50, -111.75 (± 72 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 9962 with published 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 |
playing hide-and-seek during family picnic
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| Witness's word for it |
a very large creature
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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.
- Investigated by
- TF Zamiski (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone in 2006 to document the childhood memory.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #9962 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference