Early evening sighting of human-like animal one mile from camp
Account
Three youths hunting squirrels with slingshots encountered a tall, dark-haired human-like animal about 15-20 yards away and watched it for about two minutes. The animal shifted position and made a cough-like vocalization, after which the youths fled to a camper. They returned the next morning with a relative and found only smashed vegetation where it had stood.
What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
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- Height src
- around 8ft. tall
- Build src
- 450-550lbs, extremely wide shoulders, very muscular
- Hair colour src
- dark, like a black bears
- Face src
- somewhat like a man's, and somewhat like a gorilla
- Arms src
- phenominally long and thick, hung far below thigh area
- Hands src
- very big, more thick than long, nearly bare
- Legs src
- rather short in comparison, very thick and muscular
- Posture src
- slumped/slouched forward slightly
- Other features src
- unproportionately large muscular buttocks; head plopped onto shoulders with 3-4 inch neck; extremely pronounced sagittal crest; nose pushed up, wide and flat; face, chest, inside elbows and hands nearly bare
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
September 1985
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
5:00 p.m.
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| Place |
Shell, Sheridan County, Wyoming
Stated
BFRO report #1244
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
44.5345, -107.7845 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Shell CDP (GEOID 5669700), matched from nearest town 'Shell'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
squirrel hunting with slingshots
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| Witness's word for it |
massive human like animal
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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smashed grass and bushes and ground disturbance where the heavy animal stood, noted on next-morning search; no tracks found
The witness and a relative returned the next morning and searched for hours, finding only smashed vegetation where the creature had stood.
The witness and a relative returned the next morning and searched for hours, finding only smashed vegetation where the creature had stood.
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone for over an hour to gather additional details.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #1244 Primary
The report refers to
- “the animal that they call bigfoot”Not in the Anomadex yet