Historical Witness

Delaware County Ohio hiker #1

Ohio1989
Location archiveOhio
Profile overview

At a glance

Encounter period1989
RegionOhio
Direct visualYes
Repeat / ongoingNo
Co-witness / corroborationYes – second hiker
Primary sourceBFRO county archive
Exact locators0
Media / transcript records0
Encounter & observations

The encounter

Context

Hiker; outdoor experience: High.

1989 · Ohio

1989 reported encounter

white Bigfoot seen by hikers

What the witness reported

  • white Bigfoot seen by hikers

Original source ↗

Sources & changes

Source chronology

1989

Reported encounter period

Ohio. white Bigfoot seen by hikers

Later BFRO archive

Aug 1989 white Bigfoot

Source supporting this witness profile: BFRO county archive

Open source/record ↗
Research assessment

Research assessment

Corroboration & evidence

Reported co-witness / corroboration

Yes – second hiker. This is not coded as independent testimony unless the co-witness's own source is recovered.

Evidence mentioned in source matrix

BFRO Class A retention. 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.