Series of accounts under investigation by the curators regarding reports of a large creature.
Account
Three relatives riding an ATV in a hollow in the evening stopped to watch a tall fur-covered biped about 200 feet away for about two minutes. The creature faced them, then strode across a field with swinging arms and entered the woods. The group estimated its height at 8 to 9 feet and concluded it was not a bear.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- about 8 - 9 feet tall
- Build src
- shoulder and mid drift were real broad
- Arms src
- hung down side just above knees
- Legs src
- not touching together, could see through them
- Gait src
- striding across field with arms swinging
- Posture src
- walking on hind legs
- Other features src
- fur from head to toe
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
20 April 1999
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
between 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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| Place |
Rivesville And Jordan, Marion County, West Virginia
Stated
BFRO report #1202
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
39.54, -80.11 (± 1079 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 1202 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
riding on a 4 wheeler
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| Witness's word for it |
what they thought to be a black bear walking on its hind legs
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| Source classification |
Class A
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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.
The witnesses and others revisited the area over two days afterward but reported finding nothing further.
Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
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BFRO report #1202 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference