Raccoon hunter in a corn field is knocked down by a large animal running from coon hunters.
Account
Four people were coon hunting with hounds on a full-moon night in late fall and were walking out toward the truck when the dogs bolted. The witness, left alone in standing corn, heard a loud scream approaching and was knocked down by a bent-over thing carrying a deer on its shoulder, which dropped the deer and fled. The group found the deer alive but severely injured with a twisted hind leg and broken antlers; a responding game warden shot it and released it to them, and dressing showed a dislocated hip, broken backbone and badly bruised meat.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Gait src
- ran
- Posture src
- bent over
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
October 1974
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night with full moon
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| Place |
St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio
Stated
BFRO report #3385
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
40.5476, -84.3923 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of St. Marys city (GEOID 3969680), matched from nearest town 'St. Marys'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
4
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
coon hunting and walking dogs out
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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
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injured live spike buck deer dropped by the entity with twisted hind leg, dislocated hip, broken backbone and broken antlers, later shot by the warden and dressed out
Measurements: about 150lb
A game warden responded after being radioed, examined the injured deer, recorded a fence-injury explanation, shot the deer and released the carcass to the witnesses.
A game warden responded after being radioed, examined the injured deer, recorded a fence-injury explanation, shot the deer and released the carcass to the witnesses.
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BFRO report #3385 Primary