Incident #991773
Shelbyville, Shelby Cty, Kentucky
Jul 1985
Account
Mark Bohannon was driving in downtown Shelbyville at 5.30 a.m. when he heard a scream and slowed near a stop light. Out jumped a 6-foot, hairy creature he took for a gorilla. It turned around and ran. He called police.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 19 1985
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1985
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Kentucky
- County
- Shelby Cty
- Nearest Town
- Shelbyville
- Latitude
- 3813
- Longitude
- 8514
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- empty building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- street light
Source
- Source
- Lexington, KY, Herald, July 27, 1985, quoting Mark Bohannon, Shelbyville, KY.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- turnedýran
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car