Class B First-hand BFRO #4381

Brief dusk sighting near Pillowville

October 1981 shortly after sundown, twilight Pillowville-Christmasville Communities, Carroll County, Tennessee 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and a companion were walking along a road after sundown when the witness heard movement on an elevated fence row. The witness climbed up to look across a cut corn field and saw a tall slender brown shaggy figure walking along a ditch, which stepped into a ditch bank after being shouted at. They ran back to the companion's house, and the witness returned the next day to find large human-like footprints in lime dust.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Sounds

Footsteps

Physical traces

Tracks

Described appearance

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Build src: tall and slender, athletic looking with definite waist
Hair colour src: brown
Arms src: possibly longer in proportion than a human, moving with steps
Gait src: hurried walk
Other features src: no discernible neck, body had texture assumed to be hair

Facts & provenance

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Date	October 1981 Stated BFRO report #4381 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	shortly after sundown, twilight Stated BFRO report #4381 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Pillowville-Christmasville Communities, Carroll County, Tennessee Stated BFRO report #4381 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	36.12, -88.65 (± 3 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 4381 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #4381 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Derived BFRO report #4381 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #4381 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 80% confidence
Witness was	going for a walk down the road Stated BFRO report #4381 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	something Stated BFRO report #4381 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #4381 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Tony Gerard (BFRO)

Tracks

several large barefoot human-like footprints in leftover lime dust, slightly larger than size 12 shoe, with no toes visible and ends squared off

Measurements: slightly larger than size 12 shoe

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and recorded additional details about appearance, movement and tracks.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #4381 Primary

Published 2002-05-24 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash e9f54ee322b8

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“several other sightings in the area for the years.”
Not in the Anomadex yet