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Bigfoot sighting near Holden, West Virginia
10 Aug 1990 · Holden, West Virginia, United States
A security guard at an abandoned strip mine near Holden, West Virginia, saw a large biped at about 3am in August 1990, then heard a scream and found broken branches.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Possible sighting by a security guard at strip mine outside Holden
- Date
- 10 Aug 1990
- Place
- Holden, West Virginia, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 37.754, -82.003
- Located within
- 2.1 km
- Time
- about 03:00, night
- Witness was
- working outdoors
- Witnesses
- 1
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 23 m (75 ft)
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- crouching, fleeing, running
- Sounds
- scream
- Traces
- broken branches
- In the account
- alone, crouched, family lore, felt fear, firearm present, flashlight, fog, large hands, nothing found after, reported years later, returned to spot, ridge or mountain, ruled out bear, scream, searched after, smell, smell lingered, smell rotten, thought bear first, told no one, 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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