Class A First-hand BFRO #174

Camper awakes to a very large hairy figure

5 May 1989 approximately 4:30-5:00 am Weed, Siskiyou County, California 2 witnesses

Account

The witness reports waking in the back of a truck at a campground in the pre-dawn hours and seeing a large dark form leaving the canopy window. She looked out and watched a very large, dark, hairy bipedal figure move quickly uphill into dense pine forest. Afterward she woke her companion, both noticed a dank musky odor, and they promptly left the camp.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Other senses

Odor

Described appearance

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Height src: about 7ft
Hair colour src: dark
Face src: vaguely humanoid with large protruding brows, gorilla-human mix nose, severe downturned mouth with fleshy lips, overabundance of upper lip
Eyes src: dark and intense
Gait src: walked upright with the gait of a human, moving quickly
Posture src: walked upright
Other features src: conical shaped head with pronounced saggital crest, jaw not prognathic, lack of hair around eyes, nose and mouth

Facts & provenance

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Date	5 May 1989 Stated BFRO report #174 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day	approximately 4:30-5:00 am Stated BFRO report #174 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place	Weed, Siskiyou County, California Stated BFRO report #174 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point	41.4121, -122.3810 (± 15 km) Geocoded BFRO report #174 · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Weed city (GEOID 0683850), matched from nearest town 'Weed'
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #174 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	2 Derived BFRO report #174 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section · read with 70% confidence
Figures reported	1 Stated BFRO report #174 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	sleeping in the back of a truck at a campground Stated BFRO report #174 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	VERY LARGE,dark, hairy figure Stated BFRO report #174 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #174 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

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Follow-up

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Source timeline

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BFRO report #174 Primary

Published 2000-08-04 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 3dd8ca12768e

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