Coon hunters observe large, hairy "monkey" in pin oak
Account
Late at night in 1963, the witness and four companions were hunting raccoons with dogs in a creek bottom south of Tyler, Texas. After the dogs treed something, the group illuminated a large reddish-furred animal in a pin oak that was howling and screaming while waving its arms and shaking limbs. After someone fired at it with a .22, it growled and the group fled with the dogs back to their vehicles.
What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- around six feet tall
- Build src
- huge
- Hair colour src
- reddish or burnt-orange
- Face src
- face not seen
- Arms src
- moving its arms violently
- Other features src
- big monkey-like
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
October 1963
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| Time of day |
around midnight
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| Place |
Tyler, Smith County, Texas
Stated
BFRO report #1063
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
32.14, -95.32 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 1063 (2 decimals, no boundary)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
5
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
hunting raccoons with dogs
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| Witness's word for it |
huge animal of some sort
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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An investigator spoke with the witness years later to document details of the 1963 encounter.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #1063 Primary
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