Incident #991005
Dothan, Houston Cty, Alabama
May 1976
Account
Rev. Mike Ryburn, driving home from church business, on Honeysuckle Road, turning left onto Old Taylor Road, near a stream something large and dark jumped out of the woods onto the side of the road. He stopped, headlights lit it well, 5' 8 or 10", covered with dark hair, very heavy build, especially arms and legs. Face like a human but with red eyes. Made no sound, light seemed to hurt its eyes. It started towards the car and he fled, it ran alongside, reaching 70 mph, but on approaching a stream dropped back, crossed the road in one leap and disappeared into the stream area. It made scratches on the car. A couple more people have seen such a creature in the past year.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 26 1976
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Alabama
- County
- Houston Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dothan
- Latitude
- 3114
- Longitude
- 8524
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Ran a mile beside car, reaching 70 mph
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- creekýpond
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Don Worley letter from Wayne Baxley, Dothan, Alabama, quoting Rev. Mike Ryburn, Central Baptist Church, Dothan.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Movement
- jumping
- Later Movement
- chasedýmaintained distance
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- car
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- ran after
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 50+ ph
- Additional Movement
- went down slopeýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- under 5 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed stillýfled