Class B First-hand BFRO #48655

Recollection of seeing a huge bipedal shadow while camping that steals food near Steelville

8 August 1997 Late night, early morning Steelville, Crawford County, Missouri 1 witness

Account

The witness was camping alone in a tall tent when something large approached at night. A tall shadow with broad shoulders was cast on the tent by an outside lantern. The visitor opened food containers, ate bread, growled, overturned a cooler and carried off meat before leaving toward the river where vocalizations were heard. Large footprints and teeth marks were found the following morning.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Silhouette

Sounds

Vocalization Whoop Growl Wood knock Footsteps

Physical traces

Tracks

Interaction

Property disturbance

Described appearance

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Height src: about 8 and a half feet tall
Build src: broad shoulders
Feet src: 16 inch footprints (estimated)

Facts & provenance

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Date	8 August 1997 Stated BFRO report #48655 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	Late night, early morning Stated BFRO report #48655 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Steelville, Crawford County, Missouri Stated BFRO report #48655 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	37.93, -91.34 (± 10 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 48655 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #48655 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Stated BFRO report #48655 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #48655 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 60% confidence
Witness was	camping alone overnight in tent Stated BFRO report #48655 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	giant shadow Stated BFRO report #48655 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Source classification	Class B Stated BFRO report #48655 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Chris Callahan (BFRO)

Tracks

big footprints found on a river sand island the next morning

Measurements: 16 inch (estimated)

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Other

teeth marks found on food containers the next day

BFRO report, “Observed” section

Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness by telephone and added details to the narrative.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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BFRO report #48655 Primary

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