Class B First-hand BFRO #6775

Child has daylight sighting along Meramec River

June 1982 about 20 minutes before dark to about an hour after dark Steelville, Crawford County, Missouri 6 witnesses

Account

While camping with family and friends, the witness's young son ran from a dirt road saying he saw a tall hair-covered man. Later that evening the group heard heavy walking and loud limb-snapping in the adjacent woods and noticed a dead-like smell. The next day they found a bulldozed trail with broken limbs and saplings where the sounds had come from.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Sounds

Physical traces

Other senses

Described appearance

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Height src
way taller than a 6'2' man
Hair colour src
black
Posture src
standing
Apparent sex src
male
Clothing src
no clothes, covered with black hair

Facts & provenance

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Date
June 1982
Stated BFRO report #6775 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
about 20 minutes before dark to about an hour after dark
Stated BFRO report #6775 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Steelville, Crawford County, Missouri
Stated BFRO report #6775 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
38.11, -91.16 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 6775 (4 decimals, no boundary)
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #6775 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
6
Stated BFRO report #6775 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Stated BFRO report #6775 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
camping with family and friends
Stated BFRO report #6775 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
a big black man
Stated BFRO report #6775 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #6775 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Stan Courtney (BFRO)
Tree damage

bulldozed trail through heavy brush with broken limbs and saplings found the next morning

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the father by phone but had not yet contacted the son.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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