Incident #991793
Winona, Montgomery Cty, Mississippi
Nov 1967
Account
Letter posted in Georgia, man wrote that at 1 or 1.30 p.m. he and his brother saw a bipedal creature the size of a huge Kodiak bear run down a steep hill towards the road, an arm held up as if signalling them to stop. Its eyes were bright red, 2 inches in diaeter, it was covered with 1.5-inch hair, weight guessed at 5 to 700 pounds, shoulders 4 feet wide, narrow waist. It tried to hide behind the shoulder of the road.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 07 1967
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
Where
- State / province
- Mississippi
- County
- Montgomery Cty
- Nearest Town
- Winona
- Latitude
- 3329
- Longitude
- 8942
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Anonymous letter to the editor of the Winona, MS, Times.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Expression
- frightened
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- went down slopeýhid
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- gesturing
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck