Class A First-hand BFRO #1229

Boy Scout has late night sighting above Porterville

August 1955 approximately 2:30 am, on a dark night Porterville, Tulare County, California 1 witness

Account

An 11-year-old on a Boy Scout camping trip left his tent around 2:30 a.m. to use the latrine near a small ravine. Hearing brush breaking across the ravine, he shone his flashlight and saw a tall hair-covered biped with a very large head, no visible neck, very long arms, and widely spaced glowing orange eyes. He fled back to the tent in terror and was not believed when he told others.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting Eyeshine

Described appearance

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Height src: about seven maybe eight feet tall
Build src: bigger than a man
Hair colour src: brown
Hair length src: long shaggy, 4-5 inches long and matted
Eyes src: about ten to twelve inches apart, round glowing orange
Arms src: very long, hung straight down
Gait src: teetering back and forth
Posture src: standing on its two feet
Other features src: very large head with no neck to be seen, diving helmet type, not ape-like

Facts & provenance

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Date	August 1955 Stated BFRO report #1229 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	approximately 2:30 am, on a dark night Stated BFRO report #1229 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Porterville, Tulare County, California Stated BFRO report #1229 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	36.10, -118.85 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 1229 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #1229 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #1229 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #1229 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was	leaving tent to use latrine on a Boy Scout camping trip Stated BFRO report #1229 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a creature like this Stated BFRO report #1229 · BFRO report, “Other Stories” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #1229 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

An investigator interviewed the witness and contacted long-time residents to try to locate the Boy Scout camp.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #1229 Primary

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