Incident #991578
Palatka, Putnam Cty, Florida
about 1950
Account
Bailey and Girla Glisson were returning to Bardin (too small to be on road map) from Palatka at night when Bailey stopped to see why the truck was rattling. He saw nothing and when he turned to get back in "something behind me kind of squalled and came at me." Girla says it was huge, above the cab of the truck. Its arm was covered with dark reddish hair. It stunk and grunted, and left scratches in the paint from the top of the cab down to the bottom of the door.
When
- Year
- about 1950
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Putnam Cty
- Nearest Town
- Palatka
- Latitude
- 2939
- Longitude
- 8143
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied machine
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Source
- Source
- Melbourne, FL, Florida Today, Sep. 8, 1989, quoting Bailey and Girla Glisson, Bardin, FL, about 80. They tell of an experience 40 years ago.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Later Movement
- handled something
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- truck
- Arms Used
- other
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Sound
- grunt
- Odour
- strong
- Human Contact
- attempt entry
- Reaction
- ran at
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- under 5 feet
- Action on sighting
- kept going