Class A First-hand BFRO #7139

Toronto Police Officer hunting moose has close encounter

14 October 2003 5:30pm, dull, rainy, daylight Searchmount, Ontario, Canada, Ontario 1 witness

Account

While moose hunting from an ATV in rainy daylight, the witness heard footsteps from a gully and saw a muscular hair-covered biped about 40 yards away. The figure grabbed a tree, ducked into dense brush, and a raspy cough followed by a deep sad howl was then heard from cover. The witness waited without further sighting and left the woods early, reporting fear.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Sounds

Howl Footsteps Unidentified sound

Described appearance

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Height src: 5'8" to 6' tall
Build src: extremely muscular, body builder V-shape
Hair colour src: black or dark brown
Arms src: seemed too long for a man, muscular bulging
Hands src: hands not paws, extraordinarily large with opposable thumb
Gait src: walked upright, stooped over
Posture src: stooped over
Other features src: no neck appearance, light gray to almost blue V on chest, washboard stomach

Facts & provenance

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Date	14 October 2003 Stated BFRO report #7139 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	5:30pm, dull, rainy, daylight Stated BFRO report #7139 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Searchmount, Ontario, Canada, Ontario Stated BFRO report #7139 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Province, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	46.7076, -84.1236 (± 5 km) Geocoded BFRO report #7139 · cgndb:FCGDC · read with 45% confidence Canadian Geographical Names Database lake 'Northland Lake', Algoma, matched from place name 'Northland Lake'
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #7139 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #7139 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #7139 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	hunting moose Stated BFRO report #7139 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a Gorilla or very close to one Stated BFRO report #7139 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #7139 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Other

large probably moose leg bone broken/snapped not cut, about a year old found near ATV

BFRO report, “Also Noticed” section

Follow-up

An investigator called the witness six days after the sighting to interview him about what he saw.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #7139 Primary

Published 2003-10-19 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 828a8b81a06f

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“a show on the Discovery channel about a man and his son in British Columbia”
Not in the Anomadex yet