Modern Witness

Beth

Massachusetts1993
Location archiveMassachusetts
Profile overview

At a glance

Encounter period1993
RegionMassachusetts
Direct visualNo
Repeat / ongoingNo / not stated
Co-witness / corroborationNo visual corroborator stated
Primary sourceBigfoot Society
Exact locators0
Media / transcript records0
Encounter & observations

The encounter

Context

Outdoor Leadership Program participant | High.

1971-05-02 · Fouke, Arkansas

Fouke 1971

Household and companion reports that became the Fouke Monster case, with contemporary press and law-enforcement response.

Open case →

What the witness reported

  • footsteps
  • massive roars
  • proximity to tent

Original source ↗

Sources & changes

Source chronology

Research assessment

Research assessment

Corroboration & evidence

Reported co-witness / corroboration

No visual corroborator stated. This is not coded as independent testimony unless the co-witness's own source is recovered.

Evidence mentioned in source matrix

None stated. Evidence authenticity and testimony are evaluated separately.

Documentary strengths

  • Already qualified for the Observatory's public baseline witness corpus.
  • Recoverable source URL is preserved.

Limitations / controls

  • No exact source locator has yet been entered for this profile.
  • Current profile is primarily dependent on one entered source layer.
  • Reported co-witness information is not automatically independent corroboration.

What would improve the record

  • Recover an exact timestamp/page/paragraph locator.
  • Search for earlier or independent firsthand source layers.
  • Recover the co-witness's own statement where possible.