Class A First-hand BFRO #847

Daytime sighting from a farm house in the hilly area of Newton farm, outside South Kent

November 1968 mid to late afternoon, between two and four o'clock South Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut 1 witness

Account

As a child, the witness watched from a second-floor farmhouse window as a tall, hairy biped crossed the front yard uphill, repeatedly glancing back and briefly meeting his gaze before disappearing around the house. Frightened, he ran to his parents, and a relative and a companion went outside and found oversized footprints that they followed by car across a plowed field until the tracks led uphill toward the forest and disappeared.

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What was reported

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Described appearance

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Height src
eight to nine feet tall
Build src
lanky but muscular
Hair colour src
black
Face src
hairy with tannish yellow skin and flat mushed-out nose
Eyes src
large with bright eerie yellow glow
Arms src
long, swinging enormously
Feet src
about seventeen inches long and six inches wide
Gait src
fast walk with huge stride, never breaking stride
Posture src
upright walking
Other features src
dome-shaped head on thick short neck, more humanlike than monkeylike

Facts & provenance

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Date
November 1968
Stated BFRO report #847 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
mid to late afternoon, between two and four o'clock
Stated BFRO report #847 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Place
South Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Stated BFRO report #847 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
41.7248, -73.4771 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #847 · gnis:208267 · read with 45% confidence
USGS GNIS populated place 'Kent', Northwest Hills, matched from nearest town 'South Kent'
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #847 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #847 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #847 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
playing indoors near second-story window
Stated BFRO report #847 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
a hairy nine-foot creature
Stated BFRO report #847 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #847 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Investigated by
Kevin Withers (BFRO)
Tracks

Oversized footprints found around farmhouse, through back gate and across plowed field, followed across fields and stone walls to forest edge

Measurements: about seventeen inches long and six inches wide; stride at least six feet long

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

Researcher searched database for yellow-eyes reports and noted scientists generally view eyeshine as reflected light.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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