Incident #991768
Fairview, Fleming Cty, Kentucky
Oct 1980
Account
J.L. Tumey heard something knocked over on the back porch of his trailer, went out front door with pistol and ran around the back and saw what looked like a big man running towards the woods. Emptied the pistol at him. Went back for more bullets, approached old stable behind the trailer, creature ran out towards the woods. Two more shots fired, but Tumey doubts it was hit. Dark night, couldn't see much. Packages from freezer found around porch and in yard, and frozen chicken, hot dogs and bread missing. Next day Johnny Burke and Estill Helphenstine found tracks where something has slid down a bank and went up the other side. They followed along a gulley deep into the woods and found some 14" by 6" prints in wet sand, not clear, but appeared to be barefoot. Long white hairs found on the door knob and the freezer, sent by sheriff for analysis.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 10 1980
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Kentucky
- County
- Fleming Cty
- Nearest Town
- Fairview
- Latitude
- 3829
- Longitude
- 8354
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Weather and light
- Lighting
- no obvious light
Source
- Source
- Flemingsburg, KY, Times Democrat, Oct. 15, 1980, quoting J.L. Tumey, Fairview, KY, and Johnny Burke and Estill Helphenstine.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- white
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýranýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Aggressive To
- freezerýtrailer
- Arms Used
- for picking up
- Object Handled
- animal matter
- Eating
- meatýother
- Human Contact
- attempt entry
- Reaction
- fled from
- Evidence Left
- hairýfootprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Track Condition
- poor
- Material Tracks Made in
- wet sand
- Tracks Came From
- ravine
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Action on sighting
- shot