Incident #991046
Rising Sun, Dearborn Cty, Indiana
May 1973
Account
George Kaiser was walking through the farmyard to a tractor when he saw the creature standing 25 feet away. It did not notice him for a couple of minutes as he stood watching, but when he moved it leaped a ditch and ran down the road at great speed. Footprints were found by the ditch.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 19 1973
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- evening (light)
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Indiana
- County
- Dearborn Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rising Sun
- Latitude
- 3857
- Longitude
- 8452
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- farm field
- Near or/at
- road
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman in Flying Saucer Review, Jan-Feb 1973, quoting George Kaiser.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- No hair on
- on faceýon hands
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- made a noiseýturned aroundýjumped
- Sound
- grunt
- Reaction
- did not seeýfled from
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Additional Movement
- ran
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Number of Toes
- 4
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- farming
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied