Witness

Brendan — McGrath, Minnesota cabin

Brendan says he and his brother saw a dark-haired, humanlike figure near an unfinished cabin wall; he reports its crouching, reaction and departure.

Developing Witness Record
Research record

At a glance

Event date / window
circa fall 1978 (witness approximate)
Location
McGrath, Minnesota, near family cabin; exact location withheld/unknown
Primary provider
Bigfoot Society / Spreaker
Research status
Developing Witness Record
Linked media
1
Exact source locators
6
Research value

Why this record matters

This record combines a linked media source with exact source locators, making it easier to audit the witness account against the original material.

What is documented

Original Spreaker episode plus independently indexed timestamped transcript; source provenance recovered; Sasquatch interpretation remains attributed testimony.

Evidence boundary

This record documents an attributed public account, not independently established Sasquatch presence.

Source chronology

circa fall 1978 (witness approximate)

Brendan — McGrath, Minnesota cabin — reported event

Brendan says he and his brother saw a dark-haired, humanlike figure near an unfinished cabin wall; he reports its crouching, reaction and departure.

Exact source locators

  • 00:00:42 caller introduced
  • 00:01:58 sighting setup
  • 00:03:44 visual and reaction
  • 00:07:37 facial description
  • 00:08:26 morning/season
  • 00:13:46 other local stories explicitly secondhand
Audit trail

Evidence and provenance

The Observatory preserves this record as attributed testimony. Source links and locators are provided so the underlying material can be checked directly.

Open original source ↗

  • 00:00:42 caller introduced
  • 00:01:58 sighting setup
  • 00:03:44 visual and reaction
  • 00:07:37 facial description
  • 00:08:26 morning/season
  • 00:13:46 other local stories explicitly secondhand

Attributed SRO paraphrase and outbound official source links only; no audio, transcript or artwork rehosting.

Current limits

What remains unresolved

Reported brother co-witness is not independent corroboration; date circa 1978; later neighbor/child stories are third-party reports. No independent co-witness statement or physical evidence

Source-linked testimony

Witness dossier

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Documentation at a glance

Linked media records
0
Named media providers
0
Associated case records
0

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Associated cases

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Testimony and related media

No canonical media relationship is explicitly established for this witness yet.

Source-backed account summaries

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Media source audit

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Documented source chronology

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Research limits

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