Class A First-hand BFRO #642

Man recalls sighting as a youth, near Bass River State Forest

August 1970 summer night with full moon Tuckerton, Ocean County, New Jersey 2 witnesses

Account

Two scouts walking on a gravel road in a pine forest at night smelled a foul odor and heard gravel being disturbed. They then saw a large, hairy silhouette run across the road and fled back to camp. When they told their scout leader, he laughed and sent them to bed.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Road crossing Silhouette

Sounds

Footsteps

Other senses

Odor

Described appearance

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Height src: at least 7' tall
Build src: very large
Gait src: heavy stride
Other features src: like a giant hair ball

Facts & provenance

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Date	August 1970 Stated BFRO report #642 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Time of day	summer night with full moon Stated BFRO report #642 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place	Tuckerton, Ocean County, New Jersey Stated BFRO report #642 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	39.5922, -74.3331 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #642 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Tuckerton borough (GEOID 3474210), matched from nearest town 'tuckerton'
Account type	First-hand Derived BFRO report #642 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Derived BFRO report #642 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported	1 Derived BFRO report #642 · BFRO report, “Observed” section · read with 85% confidence
Witness was	walking on a gravel road while camping Stated BFRO report #642 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	a silhouette of a very large thing Stated BFRO report #642 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #642 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Investigated by: Ron B. (BFRO)

Source timeline

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BFRO report #642 Primary

Published 2000-11-13 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash fcf6e0b1c9b1

BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

The report refers to

“the siteing of the boy on the bike in manahawkin,N.J”
Not in the Anomadex yet