Incident #991038
Indiana
1839
Account
Four-foot-high, chesnut colored creature runs among the sand hills around Fish Lake, with great velocity and when pursued makes hideous yells. Also whines piteously.
When
- Year
- 1839
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Indiana
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- lake
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Setting
- Terrain
- shore
- Nearby Water
- lake
Source
- Source
- Philadelphia Saturday Courier, Dec. 28, 1839, quoting the Michigan City, Indiana, Gazette
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 3-4 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- divedýswam
- Speed
- very fast
- Sound
- screamýother
- Water Activity
- dive inýswimming
- Use of Water
- travel
- Position when first seen
- erect