Motorist has nighttime sighting of bipedal animal at roadside
Account
The witness was driving alone at night on a wooded highway. After noticing what looked like a tree beside the road, the witness saw it turn and take a few steps into the woods, describing it as huge with long matted hair. The sighting lasted only a few seconds, and the witness then drove away quickly.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- approximately 7 feet at least
- Build src
- huge and stocky
- Hair colour src
- dark
- Hair length src
- long
- Gait src
- walked like a man
- Other features src
- matted, nasty-looking hair
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
14 March 1997
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| Time of day |
around 9 PM
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| Place |
Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas
Stated
BFRO report #5228
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
36.37, -91.87 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 5228 (2 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 home on highway at night
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| Witness's word for it |
the Bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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An investigator spoke with the witness by phone and checked maps to try to identify the highway.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #5228 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference