Incident #1001248
Anthony, Dona Ana Cty, New Mexico
1968
Account
Cosette and Kenneth Willoughby driving North from Anthony saw a strange animal, much bigger than a dog, squatted in the middle of the highway eating roadkill. It looked like an ape covered with long, black wavy hair. With headlights on it it leaped up and disappeared in the darkness. Later (date unspecified) Mrs. Willoughby received a letter from a friend, Mildred Sanders, living a few miles North of the sighting location, saying that when something made scraping sounds on her house at night she put on outside lights and saw something that looked like a bear on its hind legs running away, also a creature covered with shaggy tan fur that looked like a man running off on all fours. A lot of calves missing in the area.
When
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- New Mexico
- County
- Dona Ana Cty
- Nearest Town
- Anthony
- Direction from Town
- North Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 6
- Population of Town
- 3500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 3202--
- Longitude
- 10637--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Letter from Cosette Willoughby to unidentified pub
- Source Type
- letter
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- squatting
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair curl
- shaggy
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- fled
- Eating
- other
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- meat
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Animal was eating something on the road, presumably road kill.
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Object Handled
- building
- Sound
- growl
- Human Contact
- attempt entry
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 3
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- all fours
- Hair curl
- shaggy
- Hair Colour
- beige
- Movement
- running
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Reaction
- fled from
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Animal ran like a man on all fours, not like a quadruped.
- Position when first seen
- on all fours
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2