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Bigfoot sighting near Fairfield, New Jersey
16 Oct 1971 · Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
Two teenagers saw four black creatures about 75 yards away in a swampy woodland near Fairfield, New Jersey, around noon in October 1971, and they fled.
Facts
- Reported as
- Small group observed in a remote part of Essex County Swamp, around noon
- Date
- 16 Oct 1971
- Place
- Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 40.896, -74.292
- Located within
- 1.9 km
- Time
- about 12:00, daylight
- Witness was
- walking
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 4
- Distance
- 69 m (225 ft)
- Height
- 2.4 m (8 ft)
- Described as
- heavy
- Behaviour
- standing, watching
- In the account
- bare face, broad shoulders, conical head, face seen, long arms, looked at witness, multiple, near water, ruled out bear, swamp or marsh, very tall, witness fled
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 3 independent (6 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- Oregon BigfootRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
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- Group observes animal in daylight, one mile from Federal Hill near Riverdale
- Bigfoot sighting near North Arlington, New Jersey
- Woman has daytime sighting near West Orange
- Possible sighting by motorist at dusk outside Livingston
- Possible Wood Knock Interaction at Wildcat Ridge near Rockaway
- Man recalls incident during childhood -- possible vocalizaitons near Split Rock Reservoir Dam
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