Incident #991729
Georgia
early 1950's
Account
Rebecca Leinberg said her stepfather, alone in a shack at night, saw what he thought was a black-faced man at the window, went outdoors and fired at him. The creature was over 7 feet tall and next morning tracks 20 inches long were found.
When
- Year
- early 1950's
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Georgia
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation
Source
- Source
- Ramona Hibner quoting Mrs. Rebecca Leinberg, quoting her stepfather.
Creature description
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- ranýentered woods
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- fled from
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shot