Class A
First-hand
BFRO #6449
Sighting by friends walking in woods near Percy Priest Lake
Summer 1987
Rutherford County, Tennessee
2 witnesses
Account
Two people were walking through the woods when they came to a clearing. They saw a sasquatch-like figure walking across the far side of the clearing that did not look toward them. The witnesses quickly fled the scene.
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- Height src
- 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 feet Tall
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1987
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|---|---|
| Place |
Rutherford County, Tennessee
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| Map point |
35.8434, -86.4172 (± 23 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Rutherford County (GEOID 47149); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
walking through the woods
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| Witness's word for it |
a sasquatch
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #6449 Primary