Man recalls his daylight sighting while hunting in the Monongahela National Forest
Account
The witness was deer hunting in a wooded area in the late afternoon when a tall, hair-covered biped walked across about 30 yards away from right to left. The creature continued down to the witness's elevation, around a hill and down a logging road through a meadow until out of sight over 2-3 minutes. The witness later searched the meadow without relocating it and later found leaf impressions showing a long stride.
What was reported
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Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
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- Height src
- Approximately 6’-7’ tall
- Build src
- lanky and thin, about 180-200 lbs
- Hair colour src
- light brown
- Hair length src
- about two inches long, longer on head draped to shoulders
- Face src
- pug face, flattened, seen in partial side view
- Arms src
- extended below the knees
- Hands src
- details of fingers could not be seen due to hair
- Legs src
- long-legged
- Gait src
- human-like walk with long stride, arms swinging opposite legs
- Posture src
- bipedal
- Other features src
- higher waistline than a human, shoulder width 14-18 inches
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
23 November 1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
4:15pm
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| Place |
St George, Tucker County, West Virginia
Stated
BFRO report #24945
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
39.1666, -79.6968 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of St. George CDP (GEOID 5471284), matched from nearest town 'St George'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
deer hunting
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| Witness's word for it |
Animal
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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
- Cathy Betz (BFRO)
leaf impressions without clear footprint
leaf-litter and grass-matted impressions showing long stride but inadequate for foot size
Measurements: stride length between 5’-6’ long
The witness asked at a deer check station the next day about unusual sightings and none were reported.
An investigator spoke with the witness by phone for over an hour about the sighting.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #24945 Primary