Nighttime road crossing sighting by couple outside Poestenkill
Account
The witness and a companion were driving home late at night when they saw a tall figure covered in red hair leap over a roadside fence and run upright across a field toward woods. The witness estimated the figure at 7-8 feet tall and described it as human-like and moving upright, while the companion also watched it run upright swinging its arms until it disappeared. Both stated it was not a bear or deer and concluded it must have been a bigfoot.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- approx. 7-8 feet tall
- Build src
- very large
- Hair colour src
- red, like a red fox
- Arms src
- swinging back and forth while running
- Gait src
- running upright
- Posture src
- upright, totally human-like
- Other features src
- human-like, body completely covered with hair
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
July 1988
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
approx. 11:30 pm
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| Place |
Poestenkill, Rensselaer County, New York
Stated
BFRO report #5685
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
42.6942, -73.5532 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Poestenkill CDP (GEOID 3658794), matched from nearest town 'Poestenkill'
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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 home at night
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| Witness's word for it |
red haired figure
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #5685 Primary