Incident #991116
Lawrence, Douglas Cty, Kansas
Oct 1978
Account
Jim Swager and Fred Hadl, Lawrence painters, were hunting squirrels 2.5 miles Northwest of Lawrence when they saw the creature in a cut milo field.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 14 1978
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Kansas
- County
- Douglas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lawrence
- Latitude
- 3858
- Longitude
- 9514
What was seen
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- grainfield
- Near or/at
- trees
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Kansas City, MO, Times, Oct 17, 1978 and Lawrence, KS, Journal-World, Oct 17, 1978, quoting Jim Swager and Fred Hadl, Lawrence, KS.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- followed