Incident #991538
Athens, Limestone Cty, Alabama
Aug 1978
Account
David Copley, Ronnie Loanie and Stanley Estep were at a campfire fishing for catfish. David drove to get firewood nearby, heard strange growl, turned lights toward creek and saw large pink glowing eyes, then creature approached, 8 or 9 feet tall, slightly bowlegged, big flat nose. Fled and got the others, went back and the creature crashed through the brush almost to the driver's door. Head pointed on top, face small, lips stuck out, eyes glowed pinkish without lights on them. Bad smell. Police called but found nothing. Footprints found next day, not clear by whom.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 05 1978
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Alabama
- County
- Limestone Cty
- Nearest Town
- Athens
- Latitude
- 3449
- Longitude
- 8658
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Near or/at
- road
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Pulaski, TN, Citizen, Aug. 16, 1978, Stanly Ingram quoting David Coply, 17, Ronnie Loanie, 15 and Stanley Estep, 16.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected other colour
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Expression
- curious
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- approached
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Sound
- growl
- Odour
- mild
- Human Contact
- bluff
- Reaction
- ran at
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Number of Toes
- 5
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled