Class B First-hand BFRO #10501

Hikers find footprints near Pell City

5 February 2005 Pell City, St. Clair County, Alabama 2 witnesses

Account

Two people walking along a creekbank found two human-like footprints, one partial ball-only print stepping up from the creek and one full print. The full print was roughly human foot length but narrow and pressed deeply into dirt, which the witness could only replicate by stomping with a boot heel. The witnesses describe themselves as avid hunters and state the prints did not match bear or other known wildlife they have seen.

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What was reported

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Facts & provenance

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Date
5 February 2005
Stated BFRO report #10501 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Place
Pell City, St. Clair County, Alabama
Stated BFRO report #10501 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point
33.63, -86.30 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 10501 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #10501 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #10501 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
walking along a creekbank
Stated BFRO report #10501 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #10501 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Stan Courtney (BFRO)
Tracks

Two human-like footprints in dirt on creekbank, one ball-only partial print stepping up from creek and one full print, described as human-foot-like and not recognized as known wildlife

Measurements: about size 9 or 10 in shoe sizes, about 3 1/2 in wide, approx. 2-3 deep in the dirt

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Tracks

Follow-up restates dimensions of the first footprint

Measurements: about eight inches long and three and a half inches wide

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

An investigator spoke with the witness by phone.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2005-02-06 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash b18c6fd32405
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  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
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The report refers to

  • “many reports from around the area of strange creatures”
    Not in the Anomadex yet