Class B First-hand BFRO #4887

Family has strange experience in Golden Trout Wilderness

September 2002 approximately 4 PM Ponderosa, Tulare County, California 5 witnesses

Account

A family staying at a remote pack station heard a high-pitched whooping call for many minutes that seemed to approach and then pass toward a wilderness trail. The daughter went to the access road to meet the caller and saw a large, hair-covered, unclothed being with a long beard, long arms and a big mouth walking quickly past. She said it did not see her and was not vocalizing when seen. The next morning the family found a few possible wide-toed prints in the dust at the spot she indicated.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Sounds

Described appearance

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Height src
bigger than me (>7 foot)
Hair length src
long beard
Face src
big mouth
Arms src
long
Gait src
long stride and lumbering type, walked quickly
Clothing src
wearing nothing
Other features src
covered with hair all over

Facts & provenance

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Date
September 2002
Stated BFRO report #4887 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
approximately 4 PM
Stated BFRO report #4887 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Ponderosa, Tulare County, California
Stated BFRO report #4887 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
36.11, -118.53 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 4887 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #4887 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witnesses
5
Derived BFRO report #4887 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported
1
Stated BFRO report #4887 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
at pack station for horseback riding
Stated BFRO report #4887 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
The thing
Stated BFRO report #4887 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #4887 · 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.

Tracks

few possible prints with wide-set toes in powdery dust

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section
Tracks

The reporter's family returned the next morning with the daughter to locate the sighting spot and noted a few possible wide-toed prints in the dust.

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section
Follow-up

The reporter's family returned the next morning with the daughter to locate the sighting spot and noted a few possible wide-toed prints in the dust.

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section

Source timeline

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