Class A First-hand BFRO #8595

Man has early morning sighting near Sly Park

Fall 2003 approximately 5:30am, just before dawn Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, California 1 witness

Account

The witness was driving northbound on Sly Park Road before dawn when the high beams revealed a large animal standing on two legs beside the road. The animal dropped to all fours, crossed to the opposite side into roadside brush, then watched the vehicle from the brush where its face was seen close to the passenger window. The witness later estimated its height at about eight feet based on the roadside drop-off and concluded it was not a bear.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Partial sighting Road crossing

Described appearance

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Height src: approximately 8 feet tall
Build src: large
Hair colour src: brown
Face src: large brown head with dull black nose area
Eyes src: large reddish brown eyes
Arms src: shorter than legs
Legs src: longer than arms
Gait src: ran on all fours
Posture src: standing on two legs
Other features src: no ears seen, snout indiscernible head-on

Facts & provenance

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Date	Fall 2003 Stated BFRO report #8595 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Time of day	approximately 5:30am, just before dawn Stated BFRO report #8595 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, California Stated BFRO report #8595 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point	38.72, -120.58 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 8595 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #8595 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #8595 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #8595 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	driving northbound toward Highway 50 Stated BFRO report #8595 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a large animal Stated BFRO report #8595 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #8595 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

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BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

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BFRO report #8595 Primary

Published 2004-05-03 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 43ff1c1fbb1c

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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The report refers to

“reports indicating concentration in Desolation Winderness North of Highway 50 between Pollock Pines and Echo Summit”
Not in the Anomadex yet
“the animal going down on all fours to escape an oncoming vehicle”
Not in the Anomadex yet