Incident #1001255
Carlsbad, Eddy Cty, New Mexico
Apr 1978
Account
Families of Anita and Gene Bryan and Gail and Mike Waldrop camping at Rocky Creek recreation area in the Guadalupe Mountains near Sitting Bull Falls. Men fishing, women asleep in the car, men heard something walking around the camp and Bryan saw something move near their station wagon. Drove their pickup in front of the car, and heard loud and horrifying scream in the nearby brush. Decided to leave, and as they drove away Mike Waldrup saw a creature about 8 feet tall, solid black, hairy, with white eyes, standing by a tree watching them. Returning later the men found no footprints in the hard ground.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 28 1978
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- New Mexico
- County
- Eddy Cty
- Nearest Town
- Carlsbad
- Direction from Town
- West Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 35000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 3209--
- Longitude
- 10438--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- campsite
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Cover
- some trees
- General
- some
- Undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Carlsbad, New Mexico, Current Argus, quoting Mrs.
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- MAY 3 1978
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUL 1978
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eye color
- pale
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Jim O'Hearn, Carslbad Current Argus
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, fishing, shore
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1