Incident #991105
Arcadia Valley, Crawford Cty, Kansas
1869
Account
Letter tells of repeated sightings of a wild man or gorilla which frightened the women and children and pulled down fences. The men could not catch and would not shoot, it was so close to human form. It was usually erect but sometimes on all fours. Once it approached tha house of William Armsworth but was driven away with clubs by one of the men. It had a stooping gait, long arms with immense hands or claws, a hairy face and a most ferocious expression. They called it Old Sheff.
When
- Year
- 1869
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Kansas
- County
- Crawford Cty
- Nearest Town
- Arcadia Valley
- Latitude
- 3724
- Longitude
- 9446
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
Source
- Source
- Osage City, KS, Journal Free Press, Aug 6, 1969, reprinting from St. Louis, MO, Democrat, Aug 15, 1869 a letter from M.S. Trimble, Arcadia Valley, KS. County, dated Aug 15, 1869.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Expression
- horrifying
- Arms
- long
- Later Movement
- approached
- Additional Movement
- fled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Action on sighting
- harassed