Daylight sighting by a deer hunter
Account
The witness had separated from companions while deer hunting and was resting near a small meadow in thick pinyon forest. A tall, dark, hair-covered bipedal figure emerged from the tree line, crossed along the edge of the meadow in daylight, and re-entered the trees without noticing the witness. The witness did not pursue, confront, or shoot at it.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- maybe six and a half to seven feet tall
- Build src
- heavy set and muscular
- Hair colour src
- black
- Hair length src
- long hair
- Face src
- covered with hair
- Gait src
- walked like a man
- Other features src
- very dark fur covering whole body
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
November 1976
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
Morning hours
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| Place |
Pinon N.M., Otero County, New Mexico
Stated
BFRO report #8417
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
32.6156, -105.7513 (± 74 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Otero County (GEOID 35035); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
deer hunting
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| Witness's word for it |
something
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Matthew Moneymaker (BFRO)
An investigator interviewed the witness about hunting experience, lighting, distance, and certainty that the figure was not a bear.
Two group expeditions were planned to the area for the end of 2004 and start of 2005.
Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
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BFRO report #8417 Primary
The report refers to
- “the other reports for Lincoln County and Otero County”Not in the Anomadex yet