Class A First-hand BFRO #9281

Man has an early morning sighting near Pleasant City

17 August 2004 between 5:12 and 5:26 AM Pleasant City, Guernsey County, Ohio 1 witness

Account

Early one summer morning the witness looked out a home window before work and noticed a very large black figure moving through crab-apple trees and brush behind the house. A second, smaller black figure then moved through the same area, shaking vegetation as it ran. The larger figure stopped in thick brush and stared toward the witness at the window for less than a minute before looking toward the dog kennel and walking uphill out of sight. Fruit the witness had discarded in the yard the night before was gone the next day.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Described appearance

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Height src
8' 6" for the larger one; about six feet for the smaller one
Build src
huge
Hair colour src
black
Gait src
walked; smaller ran with a wobble
Posture src
stood up and standing upright
Age / size src
one large and one smaller juvenile-sized

Facts & provenance

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Date
17 August 2004
Stated BFRO report #9281 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
between 5:12 and 5:26 AM
Stated BFRO report #9281 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Pleasant City, Guernsey County, Ohio
Stated BFRO report #9281 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
39.93, -81.61 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 9281 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #9281 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #9281 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported
2
Derived BFRO report #9281 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
getting ready for work and looking out the window
Stated BFRO report #9281 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
a figure that was huge and black
Stated BFRO report #9281 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #9281 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Measurement

Investigator tape-measure reconstruction of larger figure's height based on where witness indicated top of head

Measurements: 8' 6"

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Structure

Possible bedding area of dead and matted grass connected by trail to viewing location

Measurements: 10 x 15 feet

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Other

Large animal trail with broken weeds and trampled grass where larger figure moved

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Photograph

Photo showing an investigator standing where the larger figure was reported standing

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Photograph

Photo of possible bedding area

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Measurement

Investigators visited the witness's property to interview the witness and examine trails, a possible bedding area, and measurement locations.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Structure

Investigators visited the witness's property to interview the witness and examine trails, a possible bedding area, and measurement locations.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Photograph

Investigators visited the witness's property to interview the witness and examine trails, a possible bedding area, and measurement locations.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Other

Investigators visited the witness's property to interview the witness and examine trails, a possible bedding area, and measurement locations.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

Investigators visited the witness's property to interview the witness and examine trails, a possible bedding area, and measurement locations.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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