Young adult has daylight visual encounter of bipedal creature while driving near Rhinebeck
Account
The witness was driving on a curvy back road in the evening when he saw a large dark figure crouching near a bag in the road behind his car. After losing sight of it, he turned around and drove back, then saw a tall black hairy figure walking upright on the side of the road ahead. He watched it for several seconds as it leaped up an embankment and disappeared into tall grass.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 7 to 7.5 feet
- Build src
- very broad shoulders
- Hair colour src
- black
- Hair length src
- short
- Arms src
- swung in exaggerated fashion front to back
- Hands src
- palms faced upwards during back swing
- Gait src
- walking upright
- Posture src
- slouching
- Other features src
- head disproportionately smaller than large body
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
22 June 2009
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| Time of day |
6:30 in the evening
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| Place |
Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York
Stated
BFRO report #26205
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
41.95, -73.88 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 26205 (5 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 a rehearsal
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| Witness's word for it |
big, black thing
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Brian Spinner (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone twice several months after the encounter and checked the geography with a satellite view.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #26205 Primary
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