Incident #991764
Crofton, Christian Cty, Kentucky
Mar 1979
Account
Truck driver only caller to state police, but others have called the sheriff's office or Crofton police to report a huge hairy creature running in front of vehicles on the Pennyrile Parkway, between the 12 and 20-mile markers. None have identified themselves and police who have responded have seen nothing.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 02 1979
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Kentucky
- County
- Christian Cty
- Nearest Town
- Crofton
- Latitude
- 3707
- Longitude
- 8727
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Madisonville, KY, Messenger, Mar. 8, 1979, quoting Stan Jones, Kentucky State Police, quoting an Alabama truck driver. Also Hopkinsville, KY, Kentucky New Era and Evansville, IN, Press, Mar. 3, 1979.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- running
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- close