Class B First-hand BFRO #16995

Man in the Citico Creek area has an unknown animal circle his camp for several hours

July 2006 around 10 p.m. to 2 or 3 a.m. Tellico Plains, Loudon County, Tennessee 1 witness

Account

The witness was camping alone in a hammock in the Citico Creek area late at night when he heard heavy movement coming down a steep overgrown hillside across the trail. The source moved parallel to the trail, crossed to his side, and circled his camp intermittently for several hours despite a fire being built to scare it off. He never saw the source because vegetation made a flashlight useless, but judged from the heaviness of the sounds that it was not a known animal. He left at sunrise.

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Facts & provenance

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Date
July 2006
Stated BFRO report #16995 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
around 10 p.m. to 2 or 3 a.m.
Stated BFRO report #16995 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Tellico Plains, Loudon County, Tennessee
Stated BFRO report #16995 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
35.3665, -84.2981 (± 15 km)
Geocoded BFRO report #16995 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Tellico Plains town (GEOID 4773260), matched from nearest town 'Tellico Plains'
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #16995 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Stated BFRO report #16995 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
camping alone in a hammock
Stated BFRO report #16995 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
IT
Stated BFRO report #16995 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #16995 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

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BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

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  1. Published 2006-12-17 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 5d3e60ff46d0
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The report refers to

  • “Black Mountain Monster”
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  • “expedition to North Carolina”
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  • “articles where people had encounters around the N.C. and T.N. border”
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  • “here and on other sights”
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