Class A First-hand BFRO #7224

Ongoing Encounters with "Fang" on old family land

October 2003 dusk, about 600pm Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio 2 witnesses

Account

The witness and the witness's younger son were hiking at dusk in thick woods. They found very fresh footprints beside a thicket too dense to enter. As it got darker they reported smelling the creature.

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What was reported

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Physical traces

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Facts & provenance

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Date
October 2003
Stated BFRO report #7224 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
dusk, about 600pm
Stated BFRO report #7224 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio
Stated BFRO report #7224 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
41.13, -81.17 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 7224 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #7224 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
2
Derived BFRO report #7224 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
hiking with son
Stated BFRO report #7224 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
the creature I have dubbed "Fang"
Stated BFRO report #7224 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #7224 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Tracks

Footprints found in the woods by a thicket too dense to enter

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

An investigator communicated with the witness by phone and email for almost two months and was invited for an on-site visit to speak with other family members.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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