Incident #991256
Kinloch, St. Louis Cty, Missouri
Aug 1968
Account
Woman said an animal grabbed her 4-year-old nephew in her backyard, she saw it and screamed and the dog went after it, it dropped the boy and fled into the woods. She said it looked like a bear. The boy said it looked like a gorilla. (He saw a model of a gorilla the next day.) Kinlock is not on a road map.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Missouri
- County
- St. Louis Cty
- Nearest Town
- Kinloch
- Latitude
- 3845
- Longitude
- 9020
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- Near or/at
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female and child
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Carbondale, IL, Daily Egyptian, Dec. 11, 1969, Loren Coleman article quoting Robert. R. Lynn, KXOK News, St. Louis, quoting 22-year-old woman.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Movement
- picking up
- Later Movement
- put something downýfledýentered woods
- Aggressive To
- child
- Arms Used
- for picking upýhanging onto something
- Object Handled
- person
- Human Contact
- pick up
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Action on sighting
- shouted