Class A First-hand BFRO #5316

Daytime sighting by hiker near Spring Creek.

October 2002 about 6:00 pm, getting dark Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas 1 witness

Account

The witness and a companion walked a creek in the late afternoon, and the witness climbed a steep bank to continue on land. From the bank the witness saw a large hair-covered biped in dense woods that moved away very quickly. The companion remained in the creek bed and did not see it, and both left the area along the creek as light faded.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: 8 to 9 foot tall
Build src: as wide as a refrigerator
Hair colour src: brown
Hair length src: short and uniform
Face src: couldn't see well
Eyes src: dark, couldn't make them out
Arms src: long, swayed heavily back and forth
Hands src: had hair on them
Legs src: covered with hair, so massive
Gait src: walking extremely fast with extremely wide steps
Posture src: front body slightly hunched over
Other features src: real long head shaped like an egg

Facts & provenance

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Date	October 2002 Stated BFRO report #5316 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	about 6:00 pm, getting dark Derived BFRO report #5316 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section · read with 85% confidence
Place	Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas Stated BFRO report #5316 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	36.21, -94.23 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 5316 (5 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #5316 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #5316 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #5316 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	following a creek on foot Stated BFRO report #5316 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a monster Stated BFRO report #5316 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #5316 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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BFRO report #5316 Primary

Published 2002-11-14 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash f545e46f4049

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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