There were two guys in the pickup. One was Frank Porter (pseudonym), a college student from Lancaster Pennsylvania. He read an Internet copy of the Baltimore Sun article on the Arundel Mills incident and decided to investigate the matter. The other fellow is unnamed but accompanied Frank for the adventure. Frank and his friend came up to Clark Road after an unsuccessful attempt to enter the construction area (they were asked to leave by police).

The chap in the SUV identified himself as "Rich." He said he learned of the sighting through the Sun article which had been posted on the BFRO website and was investigating it on their behalf⁽¹⁾. He set up parabolic microphone equipment for several hours.

-11:40 PM- I approached the man with the flashlight and asked what he was looking for. He told me he saw a large, dark shape running thru the area near the trees. He was excited and convinced that he saw something (a search of the area by Frank and his friend revealed nothing). I discovered that the occupants of the old van, Jerry Workman (passenger), and Chuck Vance (driver), were the two construction workers who made the animal sighting yesterday. I questioned the two workers on the incident for about 10 minutes (details below-M.A.F.).

-11:50 PM- An Anne Arundel County police car pulls up and parks on Clark Road behind other vehicles. I walked over to the vehicle and introduced myself. The driver, a policeman in his early thirties, appeared to be off-duty. He was dressed in shorts and a tee-shirt. I mentioned the incident of the previous night and the man identified himself as Officer DiPietro. Before I could continue, he asked, 'What are you guys doing up here? Has anyone seen anything?' Externally he seemed calm but there was a trace of anxiety in the tone of his questions. I explained who I was, handed him a business card, and asked if he would mind answering some questions about the incident. He said that he was not supposed to talk about it before consulting with the Police Department's Public Information Office. I backed off and tried to keep the conversation going in more general terms. As the situation became more relaxed, he seemed very curious about what I might have learned from Chuck and Jerry. He asked, "What did the two guys from West Virginia tell you? What did they say?" I answered him with a synopsis of the details the two workers had given me moments earlier. "Did they say anything else?" DiPietro asked. I said I couldn't think of anything else. At this point he appeared to confide in me and said, "Now I'll tell you this, just between you and me, this thing was huge and it didn't move when I shined the light on it."

Taking his comment as an opportunity for more information, I asked, "Did you smell anything unusual." "No." he replied.

"What color where the eyes [of the animal]?" I continued.

"Red." he answered quickly.

"Did you notice any limbs?"

1. The Bigfoot Field Researcher's Organization (BFRO) consists of a nationwide network of individuals who investigate Bigfoot reports. Their website can be found at: http://www.bfro.net/index.htm

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