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Class B First-hand BFRO #25670

Possible tracks found crossing field of snow 50 years ago in the City of Thunder Bay

December 1958 near noon Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Ontario 1 witness

Account

At about age 11, the witness was walking alone to a restaurant hangout around midday in winter when he noticed very large bare footprints with distinct toes in the snow of a vacant field. The prints formed a long stride and ran southwest across the entire field. He did not see the maker and did not report it at the time because of his young age.

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What was reported

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Physical traces

Tracks

Facts & provenance

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Date
December 1958
Stated BFRO report #25670 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day
near noon
Stated BFRO report #25670 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Ontario
Stated BFRO report #25670 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Province, Nearest Town, Nearest Road
Map point
48.38, -89.31 (± 3 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 25670 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #25670 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Stated BFRO report #25670 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Witness was
walking to airport restaurant
Stated BFRO report #25670 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class B
Stated BFRO report #25670 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by
Todd Prescott (BFRO)
Tracks

extraordinarily large footprints with five toeprints in snow crossing a field

Measurements: about 18 inches long and 7 inches wide with strides near 4 feet long

BFRO report, “Observed” section
Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness by phone in 2009 to confirm details and local street history.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #25670 Primary
    Published 2009-03-20 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash 7c23967904c1
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

  • “similar sighting near Armstrong called "Big Foot" on a news bulletin”
    Not in the Anomadex yet