Man recalls a vivid daytime encounter as a youth near Portland
Account
In May/June 1986, the witness was helping a companion gather firewood on a farm when they found trees stripped of bark with snapped branches. Later, while sitting by a pond, the witness saw a very tall, muscular, reddish-brown upright creature about 100 feet away at an electric fence near tobacco trailers. The creature sniffed the air and grunted while a dog barked, then ran back into the woods. The companion's father arrived with a shotgun and found footprints larger than his boot where the creature had stood.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- very tall, head and shoulders taller than trailers
- Build src
- muscular build
- Hair colour src
- reddish-brown
- Face src
- very gorilla-like face
- Eyes src
- black
- Gait src
- turned and run back into the woods
- Posture src
- stood upright, erect on two legs
- Apparent sex src
- felt to be male (no visible genitalia)
- Other features src
- large flat nose, defined brow line, conical head shape
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
24 May 1986
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| Time of day |
daytime
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| Place |
Portland, Sumner County, Tennessee
Stated
BFRO report #25592
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
36.58, -86.51 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 25592 (4 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
gathering firewood and sitting by pond
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| Witness's word for it |
The creature
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
Footprints in dirt where the creature had stood, larger than the companion's father's boot
Measurements: track larger than boot
Several trees stripped of bark with branches snapped off
Footprint found under one of the stripped trees
An investigator interviewed the witness at length as an adult and recorded additional details about appearance, height, and setting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #25592 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “a Bigfoot had been sighted in Franklin, Ky”Not in the Anomadex yet