Footprints found in a backyard lead to a possible nighttime sighting near Slatington
Account
On the night of Jan. 13, 2014, the witness spotlighted a distant field from home and saw red eye shine that reacted to the light. After retrieving a relative, the two drove to a pond with tall reeds about 300 yards away and again picked up eye shine high in the reeds. They watched the eyes blink and move low through a creek embankment from left to right, but could see no body because of distance. The witness recorded about a minute of phone video and estimated eye height the next day at 7.5 to 8 feet based on reed height.
What was reported
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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
- about 7.5-8 foot range (eye height estimate)
- Eyes src
- red eye shine
- Posture src
- low to ground
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
13 January 2014
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night
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| Place |
Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Stated
BFRO report #43853
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.7536, -75.6108 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Slatington borough (GEOID 4271144), matched from nearest town 'Slatington'
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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 |
spotlighting a field from home and driving to pond to investigate
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| Witness's word for it |
the thing
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| Source classification |
Class B
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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
- Istvan Steve Ujvari (BFRO)
One-minute phone video of the eye-shine encounter, recording stopped due to lack of memory.
Measurements: 1 minute
Single track found at the pond reeds site the next day.
Picture of the single track found at the site.
The witness with a relative and later with an investigator returned in daylight to examine the reed bed and recreate the events.
The witness with a relative and later with an investigator returned in daylight to examine the reed bed and recreate the events.
The witness with a relative and later with an investigator returned in daylight to examine the reed bed and recreate the events.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #43853 Primary
The report refers to
- “this area is a hot spot”Not in the Anomadex yet