Class A First-hand BFRO #9357

Workers have daytime sighting on Tule River Indian Reservation

1 May 2000 about 10:00am Porterville, Tulare County, California 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and a secretary stepped outside their remote office for a break and noticed a large hairy creature on the mountainside about 100 yards away holding onto a rock ledge. They watched it for about ten minutes with a clear view of its face and eyes before the secretary became frightened and they went back inside. When the witness went back outside shortly afterward, the creature was gone.

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What was reported

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Sightings

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Described appearance

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Build src: large
Hair colour src: reddish brown
Hair length src: six inch long
Face src: ape-like and flat with little hair
Eyes src: dark, whites not visible
Arms src: left arm extended upward holding onto rock ledge
Posture src: hunched down or squatting, hanging onto rock ledge
Other features src: round or oval head with noticeable ears

Facts & provenance

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Date	1 May 2000 Stated BFRO report #9357 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	about 10:00am Stated BFRO report #9357 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Porterville, Tulare County, California Stated BFRO report #9357 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	36.04, -118.74 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 9357 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #9357 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Derived BFRO report #9357 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #9357 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	taking a break outside workplace Stated BFRO report #9357 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a large hairy mammal Stated BFRO report #9357 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #9357 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

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Source timeline

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BFRO report #9357 Primary

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“Hairy Man Pictographs”
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