A family reports strange incidents in the woods behind their property near Shaw Air Force Base
Account
Late at night the witness heard loud walking with dragging footsteps downhill near a path and, with a parent, approached and fired shots without deterring it. They later staked out the area, heard weird noises, and smelled a foul odor. The next morning they found human-like footprints sized to the witness's foot and groups of bent and broken trees.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- bout 6 foot or taller
- Feet src
- similar to a human's, as big as my foot
- Gait src
- dragging their feet
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
January 2004
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
about 11:00pm-12:30Am, dark
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| Place |
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
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| Map point |
33.9408, -80.3955 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Sumter city (GEOID 4570405), matched from nearest town 'sumter'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Witness was |
letting dogs inside and investigating noises with a parent
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| Witness's word for it |
what ever it was
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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Couple of human-like footprints in leaves, described as as big as the witness's foot
Measurements: size 13 shoe; about 10 yards back into the path
Group of bent-over and broken trees found deeper in the woods
An investigator spoke to the witness and a parent, who remembered the experience as written.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #7865 Primary
The report refers to
- “one other sighting in this area that you have on your sightings near shaw AFB”Not in the Anomadex yet