Very close observation of a road crossing at night near Quinwood
Account
While driving down a mountain road to work in the evening, the witness slowed for what looked like a bear. The animal stepped over a guardrail, looked at the stopped vehicle, then crossed the two-lane road in two steps and went up the mountain into the woods. The witness described it as very tall with dark matted hair and was shaken by the encounter.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- close to nine foot
- Build src
- enormous
- Hair colour src
- dark reddish-brown
- Eyes src
- large, reflected orangish color
- Other features src
- matted hair
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
15 September 2014
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| Time of day |
evening at 8:46pm
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| Place |
Quinwood, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
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| Map point |
38.13, -80.68 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 46528 (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 |
driving to work
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| Witness's word for it |
what I thought was a bear
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Russ Jones (BFRO)
An investigator interviewed the witness at length to obtain greater detail about the sighting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #46528 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “'Finding Bigfoot' television show did an episode in the county”Not in the Anomadex yet