Incident #991281
New Richmond, Clermont Cty, Ohio
Jan 1959
Account
Truck driver said only that he saw a "hulking creature" climb from the Ohio River onto the shore, "I can't describe it. I've never seen anything like it before." However later that night across the river in Kentucky there was a description of a "huge man-like thing."
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 30 1959
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1959
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Clermont Cty
- Nearest Town
- New Richmond
- Latitude
- 3857
- Longitude
- 8417
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- shore
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Cincinnati Post and Times-Star, Jan. 30 and 31, 1959, quoting anonymous truck driver.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Movement
- swimming
- Later Movement
- went up slope
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Water Activity
- wading
- Use of Water
- travel
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Action on sighting
- kept going