Incident #991568
Benton, Saline Cty, Arkansas
Aug 1978
Account
Mrs. Mildred Wilton called Benton police after hearing something rattling a chain link fence in her back yard. She looked out and saw what looked like a gorilla a foot taller than the 4-foot fence. Police found a large footprint which was not identified.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 30 1978
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Arkansas
- County
- Saline Cty
- Nearest Town
- Benton
- Latitude
- 3434
- Longitude
- 9235
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Source
- Source
- Marcen Journel, Jan. 1979, Maryland Center for Investigation of Unconvential phenomena, quoting Benton, AR, police quoting Mildred Wilton.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 5 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Number of Tracks
- 1
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home