Incident #991738
Dahlongea, Lumpkin Cty, Georgia
Sep 1974
Account
Les Alexander, Bob Martin and Chris Stevens camped in Blackburn State Park, saw at 4.30 a.m. an 8-foot creature helping itself out of garbage cans. It made a high-pitched howl. Rangers at Henry Johnson State Park said local residents had seen the creature and it was called a Billy Holler Bugger. Dogs would not track it.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 02 1974
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
Where
- State / province
- Georgia
- County
- Lumpkin Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dahlongea
- Latitude
- 3432
- Longitude
- 8358
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- camp
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Yeti Newsletter quoting Les Alexander, Bob Martin, Chris Stevens, from St. Petersburg, FL
Creature description
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- eating
- Sound
- scream
- Eating
- garbage
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping