Recollections of numerous encounters at a logging camp during the Great Depression
Account
The reporter recounts stories his parents told about a logging camp in the early 1930s shortly after their 1932 marriage. After an initial close approach to another woman in camp, a large hairy human-like creature was seen repeatedly in the evenings, at times leaning on a parked truck and running upright faster than dogs. The father prevented others from shooting it because it looked too human.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- bigger that a man
- Gait src
- would run up right and very fast
- Posture src
- head down in its shoulders
- Other features src
- hair all over its body; looked something like a gorilla; looked too much like a human
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
1932
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about dusk
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| Place |
ST.Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
Stated
BFRO report #24102
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
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| Map point |
39.7595, -94.8211 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of St. Joseph city (GEOID 2964550), matched from nearest town 'ST.Joseph'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
staying at logging camp cabins in the evening
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| Witness's word for it |
this thing
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| Source classification |
Class B
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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
- Ron Boles (BFRO)
An investigator had a long conversation with the reporter about the truck height and encounter details, and the reporter checked recollections with a sibling.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #24102 Primary