Three fishermen returning home late at night have close contact with a Bigfoot near Southwest City
Account
The witness was driving home from fishing with two companions around 12:50 a.m. when they spotted a large hair-covered figure with its head in a roadside trash can. They pulled close and watched it run on all fours then stand and walk on two legs in their headlights before it escaped behind a building toward a creek. A footprint was left behind and later photographed.
What was reported
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Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 6 ½ to 7 feet tall
- Build src
- stocky, very heavy muscular build with about 3 feet shoulder width
- Hair colour src
- reddish brown
- Hair length src
- 4 to 5 inches on lower back, 2 to 3 inches elsewhere; about 5 or 6 inches long
- Face src
- wide flat nose, black face
- Eyes src
- black around the eye area
- Arms src
- muscular arms with pronounced defined muscles
- Legs src
- very heavy muscular legs
- Gait src
- ran on four legs then stood and walked on two legs
- Posture src
- stood on two legs
- Other features src
- small ears; hair not messy and matted, described as hair not fur
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
9 September 2010
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| Time of day |
12:50 a.m.
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| Place |
South West City, McDonald County, Missouri
Stated
BFRO report #28210
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
36.52, -94.61 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 28210 with published boundary
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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 |
driving home after fishing
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| Witness's word for it |
this thing
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| Source classification |
Class A
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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
- Larry Newman (BFRO)
Single footprint left behind at trash-can site
Police photographed the footprint
Additional footprint found during follow-up site inspection
Measurements: 16 inches long and 8 inches wide
Take-out food boxes and trash by creek where food from trash can was reportedly eaten
Investigators met witnesses at the site days later, interviewed them for hours, inspected the area, and found an additional footprint.
Investigators met witnesses at the site days later, interviewed them for hours, inspected the area, and found an additional footprint.
Investigators met witnesses at the site days later, interviewed them for hours, inspected the area, and found an additional footprint.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #28210 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference
The report refers to
- “newton county 25 miles away”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “other sightings near Jay, Oklahoma”Not in the Anomadex yet