Incident #991131
Munroe, Munroe Cty, Michigan
Aug 1965
Account
Christine Van Acker was driving home with her mother, Rose Owens, on Mentle Rd., when a hairy beast jumped on the side of the car, reached in her open window and grabbed her by the hair, beating he head against the door until she fainted. Her mother ran for help, but the thing left. A magazine article, (True, June 1966) says the mother shouted when she saw the creature moving in the woods and the daughter jammed on the brakes and skidded, hitting it and stalling the engine. The two passed an independent lie detector test but failed a police one.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 15 1965
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1965
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Munroe Cty
- Nearest Town
- Munroe
- Latitude
- 4155
- Longitude
- 8323
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied machine
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Source
- Source
- Detroit News, Aug 16, 1965 and later, quoting Christline Van Acker, 17, and her mother, Mrs. Rose Owen, Monroe, MI.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- handled something
- Aggressive To
- witness
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- person
- Human Contact
- attack
- Reaction
- ran at
- Additional Movement
- fled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Action on sighting
- shoutedýfled