Four feral dogs chase sasquatch
Account
On a clear night in August 1972, the 12-year-old witness was reading late in his bedroom when feral dogs chased something into his backyard. He heard heavy bipedal footfalls, a violent impact against the house corner and window, a grunt, and then a short deep growl directed at the dogs, followed by silence. The intruder then fled over a cedar fence as the dogs pursued, leaving a strong foul odor. Next morning the witness found a flattened flowerbed and trellis, a toppled lumber stack, and a tuft of hair of uncertain origin on the fence.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Build src
- huge, much more mass than any normal person
- Gait src
- clearly bipedal
- Posture src
- erect
- Other features src
- manlike, but clearly was not a man
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
August 1972
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
between midnight and 12:30 am
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| Place |
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
Stated
BFRO report #5770
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
39.68, -119.67 (± 29 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 5770 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 |
reading in bed at home
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| Witness's word for it |
The "Thing"
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| Source classification |
Class B
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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
- Dr. Wolf H. Fahrenbach (BFRO)
Tuft of coarse oily dark black hair with brownish-red highlights found on top of cedar fence plank, witness uncertain if from entity or dog, left in place with no analysis.
Measurements: about three inches long
Flattened flowerbed and wire trellis under bedroom window, scuffed ground with no distinctive prints, toppled stack of two-by-fours, and fence impact where entity went over.
Witness-estimated heights of simultaneous impacts on house corner and window.
Measurements: primary about five and a half feet, secondary about seven feet above ground
Source timeline
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BFRO report #5770 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- Three boys encounter sasquatch in eroded terrainCited as “report #5697” · August 1972 · Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
- “a couple of additional reports”Not in the Anomadex yet