Nighttime sighting by mother and son in Lynx, near West Union
Account
Late at night in December, the witness's wife reported seeing glowing eyes looking through a back window while the family watched TV. Moments later their son stepped onto the front porch and reported seeing a tall, dark, long-haired figure peeking from behind the garage. The reporter did not see the figure but later found a large faint footprint in the field beside the garage.
What was reported
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Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- 7-8 feet tall
- Hair colour src
- very dark in color
- Hair length src
- very long, hanging down over face
- Face src
- no facial features made out
- Eyes src
- very close together, glowing green, larger than human eyes
- Posture src
- standing upright as a human
- Other features src
- round head
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Time of day |
around 10 pm at night
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| Place |
West Union Near Lynx, Adams County, Ohio
Stated
BFRO report #3315
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
38.74, -83.39 (± 1000 m)
BFRO map layer point for report 3315 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
watching TV at home and stepping onto porch
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| Witness's word for it |
a big hairy thing
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
Faint impression of a very large foot found in hard clay/sand spot in field beside garage, measured and copied into notebook.
Measurements: some 16 inches in length and some 10-12 inches in width across the top
An investigator later spoke with the son about the peeking figure and his certainty it was not a bear.
Source timeline
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BFRO report #3315 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference