Incident #991802
Jackson, Hinds Cty, Mississippi
Dec 1977
Account
Donald Bracey said an upright creature with hair like a gorilla, about 6 feet high and close to 300 pounds was eating something in a cluster of trees near Maddox and McRaven roads as he drove by. There was another sighting later that evening (1803) and a third the following afternoon.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 20 1977
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- winter
- 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
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- Jackson, MS, News, Dec. 22 and 23, 1977, quoting Donald Bracey, 5285 Maddox Rd. and two other witnesses.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- eating
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- kept going