Incident #991115
Kansas City, Leavenworth Cty, Kansas
Sep 1978
Account
Douglas Cty man driving home on Kansas turnpike near Bonner Springs when a creature appeared at the side of the road, stepped on the road 50 yards in front of the car, looked at car as it halved distance, then moved back into the shadows.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 28 1978
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Kansas
- County
- Leavenworth Cty
- Nearest Town
- Kansas City
- Latitude
- 3905
- Longitude
- 9440
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Topeka, KS, Capital-Journal, Sep 30, 1978, Douglas Cty sheriff's dept. quoting unidentified informant.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- watched observerýturned aroundýwalked away
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Additional Movement
- disappeared
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- approachedýstudied