YEAR: 2017

SEASON: Winter

MONTH: January

DATE: 1/15/2017

STATE: Georgia

COUNTY: Macon County

LOCATION DETAILS: To be kept confidential

NEAREST TOWN: Ideal

NEAREST ROAD: Highway 96

OBSERVED: We were cooking a hog mid day on a smoker and across the road in a big field about 300 yards away, there was a huge hairy creature standing beside a white oak and looking at us. I grabbed my phone and took a picture and then it disappeared. After it was gone. Myself and my father in law walked up to examine the area. There were tracks and judging by a mark on the tree and looking at the photograph. This creature was estimated 8 feet tall. The owner of the property says he sees it all the time.

ALSO NOTICED: Heavily used game trail that the bigfoot used to enter and exit on. A pile of brush leaning against the tree.

OTHER WITNESSES: Father in law.

TIME AND CONDITIONS: 12 noon. Overcast and about to storm.

ENVIRONMENT: Fields, livestock, swamp, creeks,

Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator David Bakara:

I spoke with the witness by phone. He, the property owner, and his father were cooking a hog on a cooker around 11:30 am. The property is located among large pastures and fields for livestock. These fields include slight rolling hills and a few stands of oaks for livestock shade. The witness looks toward one of the fields, and at a distance of 300-400 yards, sees a very large dark figure apparently watching them cook this hog. The witness stated he asked the property owner "what is that"? The owner response was "oh, that, I see him all the time". The witness had his cell phone and took a photo, this is a screen shot of that photo:



The witness was somewhat surprised that his friend quickly ended the conversation and seemed unwilling to further discuss the matter.. when the witness looked back, the figure was gone. At no time did the witness see the figure walk to or from the spot. It was there and 40 seconds later, it was gone. After the figure was gone, the witness and his father walked out to the spot it was standing and by using the height of tree branches, they estimated its standing height at 8 feet. Tracks were evident but not good enough to cast or photograph.

About BFRO Investigator David Bakara:

David has three daughters and a wife that shares his interest in research, both having developed a deep respect for nature and knowledge of the outdoors and wildlife. Attended Northern Florida Expedition 2011, 2012 Washington Exp., and 2012 North Florida exp. Prior US Navy and currently works as a Leasing Agent, spending his time off in the woods as often as he can investigating Bigfoot reports.