Incident #991054
Martin Cty, Indiana
1977
Account
William Tharp Jr. said he saw his sister, Jackie Tharp grabbed on the arm in front of her house by a sasquatch-type creature. She screamed and it fled. Fur was like hog bristle.
When
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- morning
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Indiana
- County
- Martin Cty
- Latitude
- 3848
- Longitude
- 8431
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Source
- Source
- Ron Schaffner, The Ohio Valley Hominids, quoting Indianapolis Star, Aug. 10, 1979, quoting William Tharp Jr., about his sister, Jackie Tharp.
Creature description
- Later Movement
- handled something
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- witness
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- person
- Human Contact
- touch
- Reaction
- fled from
- Additional Movement
- fled
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Action on sighting
- shouted