Class A First-hand BFRO #9169

While riding bicycle, teenager has afternoon, close encounter not far from Trinity River

August 1983 mid afternoon OLD RIVER-WINFREE, Liberty County, Texas 1 witness

Account

As a boy riding his bicycle home on a trail through the woods on a hot clear afternoon, the witness felt watched and then heard brush thrashing as something kept pace with him. He raced to a more open trail and looked back to see a very tall, shaggy reddish-brown creature with dark bare facial skin standing at the tree line watching him. He reported a horrible stench filling the air and an absence of normal forest sounds, saying the sighting lasted about half a minute and left him avoiding the woods for months.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Other senses

Odor Movement only

Context & caveats

Animal behaviour

Described appearance

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Height src: well over 8 feet
Build src: huge
Hair colour src: reddish-brown
Hair length src: shaggy
Face src: little or no hair with dark or black skin
Posture src: standing

Facts & provenance

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Date	August 1983 Stated BFRO report #9169 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	mid afternoon Stated BFRO report #9169 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	OLD RIVER-WINFREE, Liberty County, Texas Stated BFRO report #9169 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	29.89, -94.83 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 9169 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #9169 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Stated BFRO report #9169 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #9169 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	riding a bicycle home on a woodland trail Stated BFRO report #9169 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	reddish-brown or rusty beast Stated BFRO report #9169 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #9169 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness about the encounter.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #9169 Primary

Published 2004-08-17 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash b1608d98cdea

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“tales of bigfoot in the swamps of Louisianna and possibly a swamp thing in the Trinity River area”
Not in the Anomadex yet