Incident #991276
Gallipolis, Gallia Cty, Ohio
Jun 1869
Account
Wild man, naked, hair-covered, gigantic in height, "eyes start from their sockets" reported to haunt woods near Gallipolis. One story, he attacked a man riding in a carriage, hurling him to the earth, where they struggled until the man's daughter hit the attacker in the head with a rock, at which it "slowly got up and retired into the neighbouring copse."
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1869
- Season
- summer
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Gallia Cty
- Nearest Town
- Gallipolis
- Latitude
- 3849
- Longitude
- 8212
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Source
- Source
- Minnesota Weekly Record, Jan. 23, 1869
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- handled somethingý
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- person
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- person
- Human Contact
- attack
- Reaction
- ran at
- Additional Movement
- got upýwalked awayýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sleigh-carriage
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Action on sighting
- harassed