While riding horse, young teen has day time sighting not far from Palatka
Account
Around 1947-48 on a hot summer day, the witness was riding a horse through pine woods to visit a neighbor when a large dark hairy figure was seen at a distance by a pine tree. The figure appeared to make repeated up-and-down movements with its arms raised and paid no attention to the witness. The horse stopped, pointed its ears forward, and refused to approach, so the witness watched briefly from a safe distance.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Build src
- large
- Hair colour src
- dark, black
- Arms src
- raised in the air
- Other features src
- hairy from head to toe
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Time of day |
daytime
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|---|---|
| Place |
Palatka, Putnam County, Florida
Stated
BFRO report #4795
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
29.77, -81.68 (± 12 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 4795 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 |
riding a horse to visit a neighbor
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| Witness's word for it |
a lone, large, dark figure
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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.
An investigator summarized the account, noted a bear could not be ruled out, and assessed the witness as sincere and credible.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #4795 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference