Class A First-hand BFRO #16962

Possible early morning sighting along country road near Pickens

Summer 1981 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. PICKENS, Pickens County, South Carolina 1 witness

Account

Around mid-summer 1981, the witness was riding a bicycle home in the early morning hours ahead of a companion. Near an intersection he looked back and saw a whitish object moving quickly from one side of a barbed-wire fence to the other into woods, knocking branches aside. He did not get a clear view and first thought of a horse, but on revisiting the site the next day concluded a horse could not have moved that way through the dense cover.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Described appearance

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Hair colour src
whitish

Facts & provenance

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Date
Summer 1981
Stated BFRO report #16962 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Time of day
3 a.m. to 4 a.m.
Stated BFRO report #16962 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
PICKENS, Pickens County, South Carolina
Stated BFRO report #16962 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
34.52, -82.39 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 16962 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #16962 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #16962 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #16962 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was
riding bicycle home late at night
Stated BFRO report #16962 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
SOMETHING WHITISH IN COLOR
Stated BFRO report #16962 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #16962 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Don Tart (BFRO)
Follow-up

An investigator met the witness at the site, mapped the location, discussed the account, and took site photographs.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2006-12-15 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 1ad5f199422a
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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

  • “other reports of sightings in this general area of upstate SC”
    Not in the Anomadex yet