Incident #991780
La Place, St. John The Baptist Cty, Louisiana
Aug 1977
Account
Man from Lucy (across the Mississippi from La Place) said he saw a 7-foot creature covered with brown hair and walking on two feet cross a strip of land after going through a logoon, then enter the Mississippi River. Story states the creature "HAD A LONG TAIL."
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Louisiana
- County
- St. John The Baptist Cty
- Nearest Town
- La Place
- Latitude
- 3003
- Longitude
- 9030
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- bottom land
- Nearby Water
- pondýriver
Source
- Source
- Baton Rouge, LA, Advocate, May 28, 1981, quoting a man from Lucy, LA.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Water Activity
- wadingýswimming
- Use of Water
- travel
- Position when first seen
- erect