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Bigfoot sighting near Athens, Alabama
1978 · Athens, Alabama, United States
A 13- or 14-year-old fishing at a creek pier in Limestone County, Alabama, saw an upright dark creature wade into a slough twice in the early afternoon, spring 1978 or 1979.
Facts
- Reported as
- Person fishing recounts story of his encounter with a large, bipedal creature that was wading in the water
- Date
- 1978
- Place
- Athens, Alabama, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 34.902, -87.086
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- fishing
- Creatures
- 1
- Height
- 2.6 m (8 ft)
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- standing, walking, watching
- In the account
- childhood memory, field or clearing, looked at witness, near home, near water, no neck, reported years later, returned to spot, ruled out bear, swam or waded, swamp or marsh, thought bear first, very tall, walked away calmly, walked upright
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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