Incident #991800
Tylertown, Walthall Cty, Mississippi
Apr 1977
Account
Sandy Mangum, Jeff Fairburn, Robert Graham, Ken Beard, Gary McBeth and Alfred Kelly, going to swim in Magee's Creek, found tracks on the creek bank leading into the woods. Teacher Dot Bennett also saw them and noted that they stop in the woods "in the middle of nowhere." Prints varied from 18 to 19.5 inches in length.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 24 1977
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Mississippi
- County
- Walthall Cty
- Nearest Town
- Tylertown
- Latitude
- 3107
- Longitude
- 9008
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- trees
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Source
- Source
- Tylertown, MS, Times, Apr. 28, 1977, quoting Sandy Mangum, Jeff Fairburn, Robert Graham, Ken Beard, Gary McBeth and Alfred Kelly and Mrs. Dot Bennett.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.5
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Number of Tracks
- 6
- Track Condition
- very good
- Number of Toes
- 3
- Size of Toes
- toes more of a size than human's
- Longest Toe
- middle
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Tracks Came From
- shore
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Observer Was
- outside on foot