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Bigfoot sighting near Gainesville, Missouri
1985 · Gainesville, Missouri, United States
Around midnight, four people riding in a car near Gainesville, Missouri, saw a tall red-haired figure walk across a dirt road and creek in front of the car.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Family has nighttime sighting near Gainesville
- Date
- 1985
- Place
- Gainesville, Missouri, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 36.615, -92.425
- Time
- about 00:00, night
- Witness was
- other
- Witnesses
- 4
- Creatures
- 1
- Height
- 2.3 m (8 ft)
- Described as
- reddish hair
- Behaviour
- crossing road, walking
- In the account
- childhood memory, crossed road, felt fear, footprints found, headlights, in vehicle, leaped, long arms, near home, near water, on or by road, reported years later, searched after, seen through window, 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
Nearby sightings
- Hunter remembers his lengthy daylight sighting through binoculars near Dora
- Homeowner awakens to something messing with rabbit cage and sees a tall dark figure near Brixey
- Motorist has close encounter on Mallard Point Road near Lake Norfork
- Loud calls, rock/boulder throwing disturbs campers
- Two fishermen have close-up sighting while driving home at night from Norfork Lake
- Youth hears vocalizations and is trailed while fishing on White River
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