Incident #991794
Greenville, Washington Cty, Mississippi
Jun 1971
Account
Going to her daughter's house, Mae Pearl Young went around the side of the building and encountered a black creature over six feet tall with a great big head, broad shoulders, hands on hips. She screamed but it did not move. It was gone in the morning.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 21 1971
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Mississippi
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Greenville
- Latitude
- 3224
- Longitude
- 9102
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Greenville, MS, Delta Democrat Times, Greenville, MS, quoting Mrs. Mae Pearl Young, 313 S. 7th St., Greenville, MS
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Shoulders
- wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- studiedýshoutedýkept going