Incident #991113
Salina, Saline Cty, Kansas
Jul 1977
Account
Woman said she was on back porch when a "gorilla" jumped over the back fence, climbed into a tree, swung from a limb until it broke, ran through the garden, peeked in a back window, went over the back fence and left. She watched most of this after running inside. Police found a large broken limb and a big three-toed footprint in her garden.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Kansas
- County
- Saline Cty
- Nearest Town
- Salina
- Latitude
- 3850
- Longitude
- 9737
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- garden
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Source
- Source
- Salina, KS, Journal, Jul 20, 1977, quoting police quoting unnamed Salina woman.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Movement
- jumping across
- Later Movement
- looked aroundýhandled something
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Used
- hanging onto somethingýother
- Object Handled
- tree
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- crossed fenceýfled
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Number of Toes
- 3
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fledýstudied