Incident #991048
Sharpsville, Howard Cty, Indiana
Jun 1971
Account
Dale King went out in his yard and saw a great apelike creature that his Alsatian dog was lunging at it but not actually attacking, while the creature would swing at it slowly but did not touch it. He called off the dog, got his shotgun and shot after it as it moved off down the creek, but did not expect any result. It came back five more times in the next year, generating a powerful smell of rotten meat, and once it pulled loose part of an aluminum storm window. He pursued it on thee occasions and it always retreated up the wooded creek, not running but taking quick giant steps. He could not catch it. Once his mother saw it follow him back as he returned. The footprints were described only as 'shallow'.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Indiana
- County
- Howard Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sharpsville
- Latitude
- 4023
- Longitude
- 8605
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- garden
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- creek
Source
- Source
- Don Worley report re Dale King experiences
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- fighting
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Speed
- fast
- Aggressive To
- dog
- Arms Action
- striking
- Arms Used
- for hitting
- Sound
- growl
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- avoidedýapproached
- Water Activity
- wading
- Use of Water
- travel
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- fledýshot