Incident #991790
Krotz Springs, Landry Cty, Louisiana
Nov 1978
Account
Jack Potter told the sheriff that when he and a girl friend were driving home on a deserted road near a stream they heard some loud growling and were confronted by a huge creature covered with reddish hair running very rapidly.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 05 1978
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Louisiana
- County
- Landry Cty
- Nearest Town
- Krotz Springs
- Latitude
- 3032
- Longitude
- 9145
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Nearby Water
- creek
Source
- Source
- Marcen Journal, Jan. 1979, quoting Willamette Valley Observer, Eugene, OR, Dec. 22, 1978, quoting Jack Potter.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- red
- Movement
- running
- Speed
- very fast
- Sound
- growl
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car