Incident #991468
Delaware, Nowata Cty, Oklahoma
Sep 1975
Account
This entry is a mish-mash incorporating items from several different incidents, just to get them in the computer, including description of a second creature. Actions relate to the first creature, footprints linked to neither one. Witnesses besides Ken Tosh and Marion Parret included his wife, his sister-in-law, Gerald Bullock, and others. On one occasion Tosh and two companions shot at the creature with two shotguns and a .22 rifle, but "it didn't even holler. It just ran off." Sounds attributed to the creatures include a strange whistle, laughing, bawling like a baby. Sometimes two creatures apparently were communicating with different calls. Smell likened to rotten eggs or neglected dirty diapers. Deputy Sheriff Bob Arnold investigated but saw no physical evidence. He said witnesses seemed scared.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
Where
- State / province
- Oklahoma
- County
- Nowata Cty
- Nearest Town
- Delaware
- Latitude
- 3647
- Longitude
- 9538
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- rolling hills
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Jerome Clark in Fate, Dec. 1976, quoting Kenneth Tosh, 30, Noxie, OK. Gerald Bullock and others. Also Tulsa, OK, Tribune, Aug. 11, 1977.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected yellow
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey brown
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- made a noiseýcrossed road
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- person
- Sound
- screamýother
- Odour
- strong
- Human Contact
- attempt entry
- Reaction
- watchedýfled from
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Heel Width
- 2.0
- Number of Toes
- 3
- Foot Shape
- wedge-shape
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Action on sighting
- shot