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Bigfoot sighting near Charlestown, Rhode Island
Jul 1978 · Charlestown, Rhode Island, United States
A mother and her son saw a white ape-like figure beside a fallen oak on a narrow road by Indian Cedar Swamp in Charlestown, Rhode Island, one night in the late 1970s.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Mother and son see sasquatch closeup from road
- Date
- Jul 1978
- Place
- Charlestown, Rhode Island, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 41.432, -71.652
- Time
- about 21:00, night
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Duration
- 8 s
- Height
- 2.0 m (6 ft)
- Described as
- white hair, long length
- Behaviour
- standing, watching
- In the account
- broad shoulders, childhood memory, face seen, felt fear, headlights, in vehicle, likened to ape, long arms, looked at witness, no neck, on or by road, raining, reported years later, swamp or marsh, told no one, witness fled, witness froze
- 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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- Bigfoot sighting in Connecticut, United States
- Close range road crossing sighting of a sasquatch by motorist at 1:45am July 5 next to Pachaug River 14 crow miles east of Norwich
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