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Class A First-hand BFRO #10918

Hunter has early morning encounter 8 miles north of Riverdale

Fall 2004 morning, around 10 o'clock West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey 1 witness

Account

A deer hunter sat in a tree stand on a crisp clear morning while noticing a strong foul odor. While walking back along an old logging trail around 10 a.m., the hunter saw a very large upright hairy animal step onto the trail, pause and look, then calmly walk away bipedally. The hunter ran the opposite direction, dropping gear, and later returned to find no tracks but noted a freshly broken branch.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Sounds

Unidentified sound

Other senses

Odor

Described appearance

In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.

Height src
about seven or eight feet tall
Build src
about four or five hundred pounds, very broad shoulders
Hair colour src
dark with short brown / lighter hair on neck, head and chest
Hair length src
long and shaggy on lower body, short on neck and head
Face src
minimal facial hair with shiny face
Gait src
casually and calmly walked off
Posture src
upright and bipedal
Other features src
no neck

Facts & provenance

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Date
Fall 2004
Stated BFRO report #10918 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Season
Time of day
morning, around 10 o'clock
Stated BFRO report #10918 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey
Stated BFRO report #10918 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
41.08, -74.32 (± 1347 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 10918 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #10918 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #10918 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #10918 · BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Witness was
hunting deer from a tree stand
Stated BFRO report #10918 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
I don't know what it was
Stated BFRO report #10918 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #10918 · BFRO classification label

Evidence & investigation

What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.

Investigated by
D.A. Brake (PhD) (BFRO)
Tree damage

Large branch with clean fresh break found just off trail where animal exited

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Tree damage

The witness returned the next day with the landowner to retrieve dropped gear, looked for footprints without success, and noted a freshly broken branch off the trail.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

The witness returned the next day with the landowner to retrieve dropped gear, looked for footprints without success, and noted a freshly broken branch off the trail.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Follow-up

An investigator spoke with the witness by phone to document the sighting.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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  1. BFRO report #10918 Primary
    Published 2005-03-11 Retrieved 2026-09-25 Version 1 Hash e0021b806449
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

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