Incident #991559
Fordyce, Dallas Cty, Arkansas
Oct 1974
Account
Myzell Thompson, 27, heard dogs barking in front yard and saw something moving in the brush. Got a flashlight and 30-30; in light saw creature like a gorilla at least 7 feet tall and shot at it twice. It turned slowly and walked away. Mrs. Clyde Williams said the creature had been seen several times at Holly Springs 20 miles through the woods and had also been shot at and hit there, two weeks earlier.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 31 1974
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- Arkansas
- County
- Dallas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Fordyce
- Latitude
- 3349
- Longitude
- 9225
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
Source
- Source
- Little Rock, AR, Arkansas Gazette, Nov. 2, 1974, quoting Mrs. Clyde Williams quoting Myzell Thompson, 27.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- turnedýwalked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýoutside on foot
- Action on sighting
- shot