Two people observe a large bipedal creature under a security light.
Account
Late at night, a young man and his girlfriend were talking beside a parked car at her home when both saw a large hair-covered biped appear under an outside light about 100 feet away. The creature was first crouched, then stood, stared briefly, stepped over a low fence and disappeared into a soybean field while nearby horses were heard running. A next-morning search found only indistinct impressions after rain.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- eight feet tall
- Build src
- large
- Eyes src
- distinctive
- Posture src
- crouched over, then stood up
- Other features src
- covered with hair
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1978
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 11 o'clock PM
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| Place |
Sullivan County, Indiana
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| Map point |
39.0953, -87.4059 (± 15 km)
Towns named in the place text ('Sullivan'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Sullivan', Sullivan)
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| Account type |
Investigator summary
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
talking beside parked car at home
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| Witness's word for it |
a sasquatch
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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Indistinct dirt impressions found in bean field next morning after overnight rain
A next-morning search of the bean field found dirt impressions that were not distinctive after overnight rain.
A deputy took a short report on the night of the sighting but developed no further information.
The writer located the youth reporter and secured a tape-recorded statement of the account.
A next-morning search of the bean field found dirt impressions that were not distinctive after overnight rain.
Ten years later the writer re-interviewed the youth reporter, who retold the account in precise detail consistent with the original.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #2470 Primary