Incident #991535
East Brewton, Escambia Cty, Alabama
Mar 1978
Account
Mary Gibson heard something screaming and called her brother, Luke McDaniel, who came over and heard it to. They called police and Doug McCurdy attended. Johnny Gibson, 19, also turned up. All heard screams and then saw something move into and across the road. Later, starting home, McDaniel saw in headlights a 6.5 to 7-foot creature with red eyes leaning against a tree. The screams caused a pack of bird dogs to hide under the house, and the pigs were squealing.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 06 1978
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Alabama
- County
- Escambia Cty
- Nearest Town
- East Brewton
- Latitude
- 3104
- Longitude
- 8704
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Mobile, AL, Press Register, Mar. 12, 1978, quoting Luke McDaniel, Mrs. Mary Gibson, Johnny Gibson and Lt. Doug McCurdy. Also Fort Walton Beach, FL, Playground News, Nov. 26, 1978.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýmade a noiseýcrossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Sound
- scream
- Odour
- strong
- Additional Movement
- turned aroundýwalked awayýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied