Incident #991544
Paragould, Greene Cty, Arkansas
Mar 1851
Account
Mr. Hamilton and a friend while hunting saw a drove of cattle go by in apparent alarm, then saw running behind them a gigantic creature in the likeness of a man, body covered with hair, head with long locks that enveloped neck and shoulders. It looked at them for a short time, then turned and ran away at great speed, leaping 12 to 14 feet at a time. Reports of the creature, in St. Francis, Greene and Poinsett Counties, go back 17 years.
When
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1851
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Arkansas
- County
- Greene Cty
- Nearest Town
- Paragould
- Latitude
- 3604
- Longitude
- 9030
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Super Human Action
- Leaping 12 to 14 feet at a bound
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Memphis, TN, Enquirer, quoted in the New Orleans, LA, Times Picayune, May 16, 1851, quoting Mr. Hamilton.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Longer on
- headýneckýshoulders
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- watched observerýturnedýfled
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Aggressive To
- cattle
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- studied