Incident #991010
Lawrenceville, Lawrence Cty, Illinois
about 1953
Account
Five teenagers driving to a gravel pit to swim when creature started across the gravel road, stopped in the headlights and stared at the car, then went on across the road and crashed into the woods. Arms hung below knee. Head was pointed.
When
- Year
- about 1953
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- Lawrence Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lawrenceville
- Latitude
- 3844
- Longitude
- 8741
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 5
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Nearby Water
- pond
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Lawrenceville, IL, Daily Record, June 30, 1988, quoting Darwin Hart, 50, Rte. 1, Claremont, IL.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- thin
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey brown
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýwatched observer
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Additional Movement
- crossed roadýfledýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed stillýstudied