Incident #991801
Jackson, Hinds Cty, Mississippi
Aug 1977
Account
Donald Bracey said an upright creature with hair like a gorilla, about 6 feet high and close to 300 pounds limped across the road in front of his car on a curve near a wooded area at Maddox and McRaven roads. He saw the same thing at the same place in December, but this time there were other sightings.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Mississippi
- County
- Hinds Cty
- Nearest Town
- Jackson
- Latitude
- 3219
- Longitude
- 9017
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Jackson, MS, News, Dec. 22, 1977, quoting Donald Bracey, 5285 Maddox Rd.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- kept going