Incident #991156
Mason, Ingham Cty, Michigan
May 1978
Account
James Jenks got up about 1 a.m. to see why his dogs were barking and saw in the yard of the next farm a huge hairy animal walk into a grain shed. He got a shotgun and waited a quarter hour, when it came out, dashing with large bounds, and went up the driveway towards the woods, disappearing in the darkness.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 31 1978
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Michigan
- County
- Ingham Cty
- Nearest Town
- Mason
- Latitude
- 4235
- Longitude
- 8426
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- empty building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- yard light
Source
- Source
- Wayne King intv. with James Jenks, Mason, MI, a farmer in his mid 30's.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered building
- Additional Movement
- left buildingýfled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýoutside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied