Night time sighting on I-25 within Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Account
The witness was driving south on Interstate 25 with his wife on Christmas Eve 1986 when both saw a tall, hairy figure run across the highway heading west. The driver pulled over to shine headlights toward it, but the figure had gone over an embankment and was not seen again.
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
- very tall
- Build src
- skinny
- Arms src
- long arms
- Gait src
- running
- Other features src
- hairy
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
December 1986
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
dark, around 6 pm
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| Place |
San Antonio Nm, Socorro County, New Mexico
Stated
BFRO report #66089
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
33.83, -106.93 (± 2 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 66089 with published boundary
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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 |
driving south on the interstate highway
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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
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
- Investigated by
- Matthew Moneymaker (BFRO)
An investigator spoke with the witness at length by phone about the 1986 sighting.
The investigator approached wintering bird flocks at night near Shiprock using river noise and brush for cover.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #66089 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference