First-hand
Bigfoot Society EP 831
Sasquatch sighting near Tellico Plains, Tennessee (1987)
1987
late afternoon near dark
Tellico Plains, Tennessee
1 witness
Account
A young man went alone to climb and rappel a ninety-foot bluff with a cave opening. While hanging on the rope it jerked tight and he saw a small dark juvenile swinging from it, then a much larger black adult with amber eyes appeared, screamed, threw the young one to a tree and slid down. The pair walked upright into cover while the adult beat the ground and vocalized, and the witness fled to his truck.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
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- Height src
- nine feet (adult), about four foot tall (juvenile)
- Build src
- broad, huge
- Hair colour src
- black
- Eyes src
- amber, orangeish
- Gait src
- walking upright like human
- Posture src
- standing straight up and down
- Age / size src
- adult and young
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
1987
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
late afternoon near dark
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| Place |
Tellico Plains, Tennessee
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| Map point |
35.36, -84.29 (± 10 km)
Show's sighting map pin 'Tellico Plains, Tennessee', matched to this account (score 1.0)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
2
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| Witness was |
rappelling alone down a cliff
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| Witness's word for it |
this black creature
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 831 Podcast Interview
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Bigfoot Society map layer Reference
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Bigfoot Society map layer Reference