Incident #991051
Galveston, Cass Cty, Indiana
Oct 1973
Account
Jim Mays, Kokomo, was fishing at a lake called The Pits northwest of Kokomo when he felt he was being watched, turned and saw a large figure 20 feet behind him in the woods. Looked somewhat like an ape, but he spoke to it and it moved away. A few minutes later he felt a light touch on his shoulder, turned and saw a hairy hand and a towering figure, which took a big step then fled in a strange leaping run. He shouted and ran after it as far as the road, where it disappeared. Soon a glowing bronze light source rose into the sky from the woods. This is one of the reports where investigators assume a sasquatch UFO link.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Indiana
- County
- Cass Cty
- Nearest Town
- Galveston
- Latitude
- 4035
- Longitude
- 8612
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- lake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- Don Worley, UFOlogy, Fall, 1976, etc. quoting Jim Mays.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- fledýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Used
- other
- Object Handled
- person
- Human Contact
- touch
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Action on sighting
- shoutedýchased