Incident #991457
Oakwood, Dewey Cty, Oklahoma
1968
Account
Several people said to have seen gorilla-like creature of huge size that roamed around farmhouses and roads. Deward Whetstone, Canton, OK, reported to have found tracks 10.5 inches long and made a cast after Roger Boucher saw a creature that 'looked like a gorilla' in his car lights five miles north of Oakwood. Print had a deep split between the first two toes and showed most of the weight on the outside of the foot. Footprints like those of a giant, barefooted man also reported in Stillwater and McAlester, places far distant from Oakwood.
When
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- Oklahoma
- County
- Dewey Cty
- Nearest Town
- Oakwood
- Latitude
- 3556
- Longitude
- 9842
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Fate Magazine, Sept. 1971, from Oakwood, OK, Jan. 1969, also Loren Coleman, via Jim McClarin, from Oakwood Oaklahoman, Jan. 1969, quoting Deward Whetstone, Roger Boucher and others.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 10.5
- Greates Width
- 4.0
Witness
- Observer Was
- in car