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Bigfoot sighting near Clarksville, Virginia
16 May 1970 · Clarksville, Va, Virginia, United States
A 15-year-old camper at Buggs Island Lake, Virginia, saw a standing furry creature about 20 ft away near a trash bag around midnight in May 1970; it squealed and fled.
Facts
- Reported as
- Youth catches standing figure in flashlight glow during camp-out
- Date
- 16 May 1970
- Place
- Clarksville, Va, Virginia, United States
- Point
- 36.639, -78.558
- Time
- about 00:00, night
- Witness was
- camping
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1, with young
- Distance
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Height
- 1.2 m (4 ft)
- Described as
- slim, reddish hair, biped
- Behaviour
- fleeing, standing, vocalizing
- Animals
- dogs reacted
- In the account
- ape like face, at camp, face seen, flashlight, food source nearby, growl, likened to ape, looked at witness, near water, nothing found after, reported years later, searched after, swamp or marsh, walked upright, witness fled, witness yelled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 1 independent (4 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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