Class A First-hand BFRO #24146

Man Has Face to Face Encounter Outside of Willits

8 July 2008 about 7:30-8 PM, still light Willits, Mendocino County, California 1 witness

Account

The witness was driving north on Highway 101 north of Willits in daylight when a large hair-covered biped entered the roadway and ran across the lanes in front of the car. The witness braked and then stopped as the animal paused at the road edge about 25 feet away, turned its upper body and stared for about five seconds. The animal then bounded up a steep embankment on all fours and left.

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What was reported

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Described appearance

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Height src
about 7 feet tall
Build src
very muscular, about 500 pounds
Hair colour src
black
Face src
like untanned leather, almost yellow to ripe banana, flat with minimal nose, hairless forehead with bony ridge, closed tight lips, rounded chin
Eyes src
dark brown with bloodshot whites and reddish glow from iris
Arms src
huge and long, massive
Legs src
very muscular and proportional
Gait src
ran fast on hind legs then dropped to all fours to pick up speed, bounding
Posture src
leaning forward with back parallel to ground when on all fours
Age / size src
very large
Other features src
round head with wool covering ears completely, no hair on face itself

Facts & provenance

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Date
8 July 2008
Stated BFRO report #24146 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
about 7:30-8 PM, still light
Stated BFRO report #24146 · BFRO report, “Time And Conditions” section
Place
Willits, Mendocino County, California
Stated BFRO report #24146 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
39.51, -123.39 (± 1000 m)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 24146 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Derived BFRO report #24146 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses
1
Derived BFRO report #24146 · BFRO report, “Other Witnesses” section
Figures reported
1
Derived BFRO report #24146 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
driving north on Highway 101
Stated BFRO report #24146 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
very large creature
Stated BFRO report #24146 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #24146 · 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
Brandon Kiel (BFRO)
Tracks

footpath and individual step marks on steep embankment still clearly delineated a week later

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Photograph

flagged footpath and stride indentations photographed for the report

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Tracks

An investigator visited the site a week later, corroborated the area description, found the footpath markings still delineated, tried the climb, and flagged and photographed the marks.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section
Photograph

An investigator visited the site a week later, corroborated the area description, found the footpath markings still delineated, tried the climb, and flagged and photographed the marks.

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

An investigator visited the site a week later, corroborated the area description, found the footpath markings still delineated, tried the climb, and flagged and photographed the marks.

BFRO report, “Follow-Up” section

Source timeline

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