Incident #991621
Hialeah Gardens, Dade Cty, Florida
Jan 1974
Account
Patrolman Robert Hollemeyal parked on the shoulder of Hwy 27 at the outskirts of Hialeah Gardens, during the search following the report of a creature hit by a car, and at 2.12 a.m. saw someone coming down the road towards him. He got out and shone a flashlight on a 7-foot creature with a humanoid face covered with dark fur. Its eyes seemed to glow "with a malevolent glare", it growled, made a threatening gesture with one arm and started towards Hollemeyal, who shot it twice with his .357 magnum revolver. It flinched, screamed and jumped 20 feet off the road, then ran north down the highway at an estimated 20 miles an hour.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 09 1974
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Florida
- County
- Dade Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hialeah Gardens
- Latitude
- 2552
- Longitude
- 8021
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Super Human Action
- Jumped 20 feet after being shot then fled at 20 mph.
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
Source
- Source
- Deane Bostick in True Detective, 1976, quoting Hialeah Gardens patrolman Robert Hollemeyal.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýmade a noiseýgestured
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- person
- Arms Action
- gesturing
- Sound
- growlýscream
- Reaction
- approachedýfled from
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 20 mph
- Additional Movement
- approachedýjumpedýfled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Action on sighting
- shot