Incident #991573
Jonesboro, Craighead Cty, Arkansas
May 1988
Account
Jackie Newberry was driving a school bus with a coach and 15 students returning from a baseball game. On Hwy 349 near Westside School as the bus was starting up a hill a black furry creature 6 or 7 feet tall came out, crossed the road in front of the bus and disappeared in the woods. About 9.15 p.m. James Locke, a student, and Mike Kinard, the coach, also mentioned. Westside High School and Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church are close together.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 17 1988
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1988
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Arkansas
- County
- Craighead Cty
- Nearest Town
- Jonesboro
- Latitude
- 3551
- Longitude
- 9045
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- many
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Jonesboro, AR, Sun, May 19, 1988, quoting Jackie Newberry, James Locke and Mike Kinard, all from Weiner, AR.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýentered woods
- 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