Modern Witness

Dave

Minnesota1992
Location archiveMinnesota
Profile overview

At a glance

Encounter period1992
RegionMinnesota
Direct visualYes
Repeat / ongoingNo
Co-witness / corroborationFamily hunting party nearby
Primary sourceMy Bigfoot Sighting
Exact locators0
Media / transcript records0
Encounter & observations

The encounter

Context

1992 · Minnesota

1992 reported encounter

close sighting during hunting trip

What the witness reported

  • close sighting during hunting trip

Original source ↗

Sources & changes

Source chronology

1992

Reported encounter period

Minnesota. close sighting during hunting trip

Recovered source

My Bigfoot Sighting

Source supporting this witness profile: My Bigfoot Sighting

Open source/record ↗
Research assessment

Research assessment

Corroboration & evidence

Reported co-witness / corroboration

Family hunting party nearby. 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.
  • The source matrix codes a reported direct visual.

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.
  • A dedicated case record may be added if the event details can be resolved from public sources.