Class A First-hand BFRO #23400

Upright creature crosses road in the path of a car near Newington Forest

Summer 1973 summer evening about 9pm, almost dark Springfield, Newington Forrest, Fairfax County, Virginia 1 witness

Account

In summer 1973 the witness was driving on Pohick Road with her children in the evening when a tall hair-covered bipedal creature stepped into the road in front of her car. It stopped two to three yards from the hood, turned toward the headlights and stared for a few moments. It then crossed to the shoulder in one stride with a smooth gait and went into the woods.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Partial sighting Road crossing

Described appearance

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Height src: 6'-7'
Build src: 300lb-400lb, very muscular, pot-bellied, thinner almost malnourished
Hair colour src: orangy-brown
Hair length src: longer on legs and shoulders than on belly, unkept, hanging and matted
Face src: pronounced brow, thin lips with mouth closed, flat nose with big wide nostrils, big jaw
Eyes src: huge, dark, deep-set
Arms src: long, muscular, hung below knees
Hands src: curled into fists
Legs src: muscular
Gait src: smooth and fluid, crossed in one stride, arms swung forward
Posture src: bipedal
Other features src: conical head flat in back, no discernible ears, neck or genitalia

Facts & provenance

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Date	Summer 1973 Stated BFRO report #23400 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Time of day	summer evening about 9pm, almost dark Stated BFRO report #23400 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Place	Springfield, Newington Forrest, Fairfax County, Virginia Stated BFRO report #23400 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	38.74, -77.23 (± 1000 m) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 23400 (3 decimals, no boundary)
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #23400 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #23400 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #23400 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Witness was	driving down a rural road with children Stated BFRO report #23400 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	this animal Stated BFRO report #23400 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #23400 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Cathy Betz (BFRO)

Source timeline

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BFRO report #23400 Primary

Published 2008-03-18 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 982fe05dda9b

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BFRO map layer Reference

Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7

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“some in Mt Vernon”
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