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Bigfoot sighting near Hope, Arkansas

May 1978 · Hope, Arkansas, United States

A witness aged 5 or 6 reported a hairy creature bending over a fence behind her family's farmhouse near Hope, Arkansas, in 1978, before it ran off.

Facts

Reported as
Woman experienced terrifying close encounter as a child and later as a teenager
Date
May 1978
Place
Hope, Arkansas, United States
Point
33.666, -93.568
Located within
157 m
Witness was
playing
Witnesses
1
Creatures
1
Described as
reddish hair, long length, biped
Behaviour
fleeing, watching
In the account
alone, childhood memory, eyes seen, face seen, farm or orchard, felt fear, human like face, large hands, likened to ape, livestock or pets nearby, long arms, looked at witness, near home, near water, on or by road, reported years later, smell, smell musky, walked upright, witness fled, witness froze, witness yelled
Account
firsthand
Sources
1 independent (4 listings)

Sources

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