Army Vet recalls daylight sighting near Prescott
Account
The witness was driving on a dirt road near Prescott at dusk when a large ape-like animal appeared moving parallel to the road just inside the tree line. The witness braked to a stop and watched it walk through a gap in the trees about 100 meters away for about 10 seconds before it disappeared into the forest. The animal was described as tall, very muscular and reddish-brown with longer arm hair and little or no neck, and it never looked toward the car.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- tall
- Build src
- very muscular
- Hair colour src
- reddish-brown
- Hair length src
- longer on arms
- Face src
- side of face black
- Arms src
- swinging while walking
- Hands src
- swung up close to shoulder height
- Gait src
- covered ground quickly
- Age / size src
- very large
- Other features src
- little or no neck
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 1981
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| Time of day |
turning into dusk
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| Place |
Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona
Stated
BFRO report #28946
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
34.55, -112.54 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 28946 with published 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 |
driving up a dirt road
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| Witness's word for it |
a reddish- brown ape like 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.
- Investigated by
- Sandra M. (BFRO)
An investigator met the witness at the trailhead, drove the same road and interviewed him to recreate the sighting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #28946 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference