Incident #991068
Shoals, Martin Cty, Indiana
Oct 1983
Account
Couple heard horrendous screams, looked and saw two creatures walking at the edge of the woods 200 yards away. Looked like gorillas but built like humans. They walked with fluid motion, effortless. Hands hung below knees. Big one's arms bigger than any weight lifter. Screams continued until couple moved away.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1983
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Indiana
- County
- Martin Cty
- Nearest Town
- Shoals
- Latitude
- 3840
- Longitude
- 8648
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Fort Wayne, IN, News-Sentinel, May 30, 1987, quoting Art Kapa quoting a husband and wife in their 30's.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Sound
- scream
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied