Incident #991779
La Place, St. John The Baptist Cty, Louisiana
May 1981
Account
Harmon and Mark Levron were hunting snakes near Ruddock (7 miles north of La Place) when they smelled something horrible, heard a huge thing crashing through branches and saw a creature running deeper into the swamp.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 24 1981
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1981
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Louisiana
- County
- St. John The Baptist Cty
- Nearest Town
- La Place
- Latitude
- 3013
- Longitude
- 9026
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- marsh
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Baton Rouge, LA, Advocate, May 28, 1981, quoting Harmon Levron and his son Mark, 16.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- fledýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Odour
- strong
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled