Class A
First-hand
BFRO #971
Small. Child-like Bigfoot seen crossing road
8 August 1995
around 1:30 am
Sumter County, South Carolina
2 witnesses
Account
The witness was traveling by car with a companion at night when a small hairy creature crossed the road ahead of them. The creature paused in the middle of the road to look toward the vehicle, then leapt into an adjacent swamp and disappeared. It was described as about five feet tall with dark brown hair and an unusual gait that was difficult to imitate.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- about 5 foot tall
- Hair colour src
- dark brown
- Hair length src
- long
- Face src
- long hair on face
- Arms src
- long hair on arms
- Legs src
- long hair on legs
- Gait src
- not like a man and not like a monkey
- Age / size src
- proportionate in size to a 10 or 11 year old boy
- Other features src
- ape like, quite silky
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
8 August 1995
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
around 1:30 am
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| Place |
Sumter County, South Carolina
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| Map point |
33.9204, -80.3415 (± 15 km)
Towns named in the place text ('Sumter'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Sumter', Sumter)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving in a car
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| Witness's word for it |
small childlike bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #971 Primary