Close range road crossing sighting of a sasquatch by motorist at 1:45am July 5 next to Pachaug River 14 crow miles east of Norwich
Account
The witness was driving slowly at night after leaving a friend's cabin when a large hair-covered biped entered the road from the right. The witness braked to avoid hitting it and watched it take three steps across the road into the woods on the left without stopping or looking. The witness then sat stunned for a minute or more before driving on.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- 8-8½ feet tall
- Build src
- extremely broad shoulders, thick with muscle
- Hair colour src
- brown
- Hair length src
- long
- Face src
- minimal hair, strong jawline
- Arms src
- hung to around knee height
- Legs src
- shorter than torso
- Gait src
- walked more like a human than any other animal
- Posture src
- bipedal
- Other features src
- coarse, matted, greasy-looking long hair covering body
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 2026
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
1:44am
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| Place |
Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut
Stated
BFRO report #81329
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
driving home after visiting a friend
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| Witness's word for it |
bipedal,8-8½ foot tall creature
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- Mike Young (BFRO)
An investigator interviewed the witness at the location two days after the incident.
An investigative group conducted a private expedition at a nearby state park during the pandemic period.
An investigator spoke with the witness several times remotely without visiting the site.
An investigator recorded a short video interview with the witness at the location.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #81329 Primary
The report refers to
- “other sightings in Pachaug State Forest over the years”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “three (3) publicly posted reports in the BFRO database from the same county”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “three (3) publicly posted reports from the neighboring county in Rhode Island”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “comment section of the BFRO Facebook Group”Not in the Anomadex yet
- “handful of incidents across the country where people deep in the woods were approached”Not in the Anomadex yet