Essex County, April 1978, Encounter with Creature
Account
The reporter and three companions spent about half an hour on an observation tower, where the reporter heard loud clicking and short high-pitched screams and noticed an absence of birds. While driving out of the refuge minutes later, the reporter and the front-seat companion watched a huge, very wide, all-black upright figure cross the wide road in about three steps and disappear into dense brush. The companions in the back seat did not see it, and a brief stop found only a disturbed path through the brush where it had entered.
What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 7 feet or more
- Build src
- very wide
- Hair colour src
- black
- Arms src
- longer than average
- Gait src
- smooth stride
- Posture src
- a little hunched forward
- Other features src
- all black from head to toe
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
13 April 1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
late morning around 11:00 am
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| Place |
Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts
Stated
BFRO report #6631
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
42.8126, -70.8134 (± 15 km)
USGS GNIS populated place 'Plum Island', Essex, matched from nearest town 'Plum Island'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving through refuge after visiting observation tower
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| Witness's word for it |
a very large dark figure
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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The witness later returned to the sighting area with children but stayed in the car because of biting flies and did not climb the tower.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #6631 Primary