Motorist sees long-haired upright animal walking across snow-covered road
Account
On a winter night around 11:30 p.m., the witness was traveling home from work near Sidney, Montana when a tall light-haired biped crossed the highway ahead at the end of a coulee guardrail section and continued north without looking toward the witness. The figure was described as well over six feet tall with hair that was darker at the skin than at the tips. The witness was traveling alone, was frightened by the encounter, and did not return the next day to look for tracks in the snow.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- well over six foot tall
- Hair colour src
- light colored
- Hair length src
- not extremely long or matted
- Gait src
- walked across the road
- Other features src
- darker at the skin than at the tips
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Winter 1979
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| Time of day |
approximately 11:30 pm
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| Place |
Sidney, Richland County, Montana
Stated
BFRO report #1695
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
47.71, -104.19 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 1695 (4 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 |
traveling home from work
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| Witness's word for it |
What has to be bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #1695 Primary
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