Class A
First-hand
BFRO #490
Navajo man describes sighting at a sheep herder camp in Chuska Mountains
July 1980
near dusk
Toadlena, San Juan County, New Mexico
Account
The witness was spending the summer with family at a mountain property with a cabin and livestock. Near dusk after dinner, a relative ran back frightened and the family gathered at the doorway to look toward the well. The witness saw a grayish-brown hairy figure kneeling at the well as if drinking or washing, which then looked over its shoulder revealing manlike features, frightening the witness who ran inside to hide.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Hair colour src
- grayish/brown
- Face src
- manlike
- Eyes src
- sunk in
- Posture src
- kneeling
- Other features src
- man-like and hairy
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1980
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
near dusk
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| Place |
Toadlena, San Juan County, New Mexico
Stated
BFRO report #490
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
36.2370, -108.8926 (± 15 km)
USGS GNIS populated place 'Toadlena', San Juan, matched from nearest town 'Toadlena'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
finishing dinner and socializing at cabin
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| Witness's word for it |
a Bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #490 Primary