Class A First-hand BFRO #5507

Man sees reddish brown figure near Phillips jump off road

24 November 2002 8am PHILLIPS, Price County, Wisconsin 1 witness

Account

During deer season in November 2002, the witness was walking a road near Phillips looking for deer when he saw an upright figure coming toward him. He first thought it was a black bear but, viewing it through a rifle scope from about 200 yards, concluded it was man-like and not a bear or human. When the witness crouched, the figure stopped then ran on two legs into an alder swamp, leaping over water and moving quickly through difficult bog ground.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Road crossing

Described appearance

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Height src: man height
Build src: built like a large man
Hair colour src: blackish brown, reddish brown
Hands src: no hair on hands, dark gray skin
Gait src: walking upright, ran on 2 legs hunched over
Posture src: upright, hunched over like a man slugged in the guts
Age / size src: large
Other features src: dark gray skin on hands, seemed very dark at distance

Facts & provenance

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Date	24 November 2002 Stated BFRO report #5507 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	8am Stated BFRO report #5507 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	PHILLIPS, Price County, Wisconsin Stated BFRO report #5507 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	45.77, -90.51 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 5507 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #5507 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #5507 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #5507 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	walking a road looking for deer Stated BFRO report #5507 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	A LARGE BLACKISH BROWN OBJECT WALKING UPRIGHT Stated BFRO report #5507 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #5507 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Other

disturbed moss where the thing stepped through water, no tracks found

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #5507 Primary

Published 2002-12-20 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash d05cc38dd6cf

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“my grandmothers big swamp”
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