Class A
First-hand
BFRO #5326
Nighttime sighting by motorist near Sandy Creek
September 1996
around 10 pm at night
Sandy Creek, Oswego County, New York
1 witness
Account
Late at night the witness was driving on a narrow wooded road when a hairy figure darted from the roadside and crossed in front of the vehicle. The witness braked hard and briefly saw the figure from the side and rear in the headlights as it went up a bank into the woods. The figure was described as tall, powerfully built and long-haired with no visible neck.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- somewhere between 6 1/2 and 7 feet tall
- Build src
- very strongly built
- Hair colour src
- mainly black with patches of brown
- Hair length src
- very long
- Other features src
- head seemed attached directly to shoulders, no visible neck
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
September 1996
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| Time of day |
around 10 pm at night
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| Place |
Sandy Creek, Oswego County, New York
Stated
BFRO report #5326
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
43.6434, -76.0863 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Sandy Creek village (GEOID 3665068), matched from nearest town 'Sandy Creek'
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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 at night
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| Witness's word for it |
this thing
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #5326 Primary