Three teenagers witness a "thing" crouched on the road, stand up, take three quick steps, and jump over the reeds down a hill
Account
Late at night in 1986 the witness was riding as a passenger with two friends on a curvy road toward an old Montessori. Under a streetlight they encountered a crouched figure sitting in the middle of the road. The figure stood up, took a few large steps and leaped over roadside reeds down the hill and vanished.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- between 5' 10" and 6' 1"
- Build src
- very skinny, slender
- Hair colour src
- light grey or silver with white streaks
- Arms src
- swung down past knees, swinging when moving
- Hands src
- by its side
- Gait src
- large steps then leaped
- Posture src
- crouched then upright
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
October 1986
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
around midnight to 1:00am
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| Place |
Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio
Stated
BFRO report #6062
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
38.75, -82.98 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 6062 (5 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
riding in a car with friends late at night
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| Witness's word for it |
thing
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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broken branches where it leaped over the side of the road
Later that night the witness returned with additional people and found broken branches where the figure had leaped.
The witnesses drove back to the spot shortly after and the figure was gone.
Later that night the witness returned with additional people and found broken branches where the figure had leaped.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #6062 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
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