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Bigfoot sighting near Bethany, Missouri
Aug 1979 · Bethany, Missouri, United States
A witness aged about 11 fishing at a pond near Ridgeway, Missouri, saw a tall upright creature roar from a woodline about 100 yards away at sunset in August 1979.
Facts
- Reported as
- Woman recalls encounter she had as a youth on rural property north of Bethany
- Date
- Aug 1979
- Place
- Bethany, Missouri, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 40.400, -94.025
- Located within
- 5.4 km
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- fishing
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 91 m (300 ft)
- Duration
- 25 s
- Described as
- slim, brown hair, biped
- Behaviour
- standing, vocalizing
- Sounds
- roar
- In the account
- alone, childhood memory, face seen, felt fear, felt watched, human like face, livestock or pets nearby, long arms, near home, near water, repeat location, reported years later, told no one, very tall, walked upright, witness fled
- 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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- Brothers observe tall animal during early morning visit to hunting area near Lineville
- Investigation into some footprints leads to a possible visual encounter
- Artifact hunter describes an unusual daylight encounter in a public hunting area near Van Wert
- Hunter describes combination of rock clacking and bird-like vocals in public hunting area near Van Wert
- Possible sasquatch howls heard around 3:30am by resident 6 miles NW of Chillicothe
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