Class B First-hand BFRO #11432

Possible sighting during BFRO's West Virginia expedition, Spring 2005

13 April 2005 3:30-4 p.m. Pocahontas County, West Virginia 1 witness

Account

The witness was alone at a riverside base camp in the afternoon when she saw two dark, slender bipedal figures walking on the opposite river trail around a bend. When she reached the riverbank moments later they had vanished with no place to hide except a steep vegetated canyon wall. A radio check confirmed the hiking group had not passed anyone, and when group members later stood at the same spot they looked much smaller and bulkier than the figures.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Described appearance

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Height src
much larger than humans at same spot
Build src
pretty slender, lanky
Arms src
gaps of air between arms and torso
Legs src
more space between arms and legs
Gait src
lazy walk
Posture src
bipedal walking
Age / size src
one taller, one shorter
Clothing src
no clothes, sneakers, or hats observed
Other features src
tree-trunk dark, no light skin

Facts & provenance

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Date
13 April 2005
Stated BFRO report #11432 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
3:30-4 p.m.
Stated BFRO report #11432 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Stated BFRO report #11432 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County
Map point
38.11, -80.18 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 11432 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #11432 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #11432 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
2
Stated BFRO report #11432 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
waiting alone at base camp
Derived BFRO report #11432 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
figures
Stated BFRO report #11432 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #11432 · 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.

Investigated by
Bill Scott (BFRO)
Tree damage

Freshly broken mountain laurel limb about twenty feet up the steep slope near the sighting location, about 1.5 inches in diameter.

Measurements: about 1 1/2 inches in diameter; about twenty feet up

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Tree damage

An investigator and another member found a freshly broken laurel limb high on the steep slope near the sighting location.

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

The river hiking group walked back to the bend to stand where the figures had been for scale comparison.

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

An investigator and another member found a freshly broken laurel limb high on the steep slope near the sighting location.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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