Campers have a night-time encounter in Mark Twain National Forest
Account
About seven years ago a group camping near a secluded lake sat around a campfire late at night. A small bipedal figure about four feet tall emerged from the woods, ran toward the lake in moonlight, circled while waving its arms and vocalizing, then ran back into the woods. The group searched in the morning but found no tracks on the hard ground.
What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about four feet tall
- Build src
- very stalkey
- Arms src
- waving arms above head
- Hands src
- had hands like a little kid
- Legs src
- on two legs
- Gait src
- ran in circles
- Posture src
- bipedal on two legs
- Age / size src
- like a baby
- Other features src
- dark in color
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
April 1998
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| Time of day |
between midnight and about 3 a.m.
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| Place |
Riverton, Ripley County, Missouri
Stated
BFRO report #12528
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
36.67, -90.95 (± 13 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 12528 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
7
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
sitting around a campfire talking while camping
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| Witness's word for it |
like a baby bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Tony Gerard (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the reporting witness and a second witness about the incident and obtained details and a vocal imitation.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #12528 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “a man in Colaorado that had a recording”Not in the Anomadex yet