Class A First-hand BFRO #15355

Early morning sighting by bat survey crew

29 July 2006 around 2:30 in the morning Ridgeview, Boone County, West Virginia 3 witnesses

Account

While checking nets during a late-night bat survey, the witness and two coworkers heard a whoop and then saw a tall hair-covered biped cross a dirt road in front of them. The creature looked at them, took two steps up an embankment and disappeared. The group fled and later returned with two more people to find large footprints in mud and trampled vegetation before leaving the site.

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What was reported

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Sounds

Physical traces

Described appearance

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Height src
probably around 7 feet
Build src
large
Hair colour src
black
Hair length src
short
Face src
brown
Posture src
bipedal

Facts & provenance

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Date
29 July 2006
Stated BFRO report #15355 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
around 2:30 in the morning
Stated BFRO report #15355 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place
Ridgeview, Boone County, West Virginia
Stated BFRO report #15355 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
38.21, -81.71 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 15355 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #15355 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
3
Stated BFRO report #15355 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #15355 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
checking survey nets during late-night bat survey
Stated BFRO report #15355 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
a large bipedal creature
Stated BFRO report #15355 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #15355 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Tracks

Two distinct footprints in mud, much larger than shoes, with heavy indentations

Measurements: much larger than any of our shoes

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Other

trampled down grasses and broken twigs where entity walked

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

Two investigators visited the sighting location two weeks later, camped overnight and listened until early morning without hearing anything unusual.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. Published 2006-07-29 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash d387265d7476
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  2. BFRO map layer Reference
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