Incident #991572
Jonesboro, Craighead Cty, Arkansas
May 1988
Account
Nelson Catalina returning from banquet at night had just turned left at the intersection of Hwys 226 and 49 and was going north on 226 when a 7-foot creature crossed in front of the car, leaped across a ditch and scrambled up the dirt embankment. He thought it could be someone in a gorilla suit.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 09 1988
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Arkansas
- County
- Craighead Cty
- Nearest Town
- Jonesboro
- Latitude
- 3548
- Longitude
- 9044
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Jonesboro, AR, Sun, May 19, 1988, quoting Arkansas State University basketball coach Nelson Catalina. businessman.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýjumpedýwent up slope
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- kept going