Class A First-hand BFRO #5609

Child has encounter while looking at the night sky

1 July 1985 mid to late eve Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana 1 witness

Account

In 1985 the witness stood in a large backyard bordering pine forest late in the evening to look for a comet when an extremely loud scream came from the forest edge. While running toward the house the witness saw a very large upright creature standing in shadows at the tree line that seemed to move after the witness slipped. The witness ran inside to report it to a relative and returned the next day to sit in the branch level with where the creature's head had been.

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Described appearance

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Build src
very large
Posture src
upright standing

Facts & provenance

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Date
1 July 1985
Stated BFRO report #5609 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
mid to late eve
Stated BFRO report #5609 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Stated BFRO report #5609 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point
31.39, -92.35 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 5609 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #5609 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Stated BFRO report #5609 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #5609 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
standing in backyard looking for comet
Stated BFRO report #5609 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
a very large upright creature
Stated BFRO report #5609 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #5609 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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