Incident #991807
Drexel, Burke Cty, North Carolina
Jan 1972
Account
Deputy Joe Colvin and volunteer Jerry Pruitt parked with lights off, Pruitt heard something, lights were turned on and showed a big grey object, like a 6-foot man with a fur coat pulled over his head. In the later story Colvin said it was a bear shading its eyes with its paws.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 14 1972
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- North Carolina
- County
- Burke Cty
- Nearest Town
- Drexel
- Latitude
- 3546
- Longitude
- 8136
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Letteer from E.M. Murray, Rt. 1, Box 207A, Elon College, NC 27244, also Drexel, NC, News Herald, Jan. 14 and 26, 1972, quoting Deputy Joe Colvin and volunteer deputy Jerry Pruitt.
Creature description
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked awayýentered woods
- Arms Action
- shading eyes
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- studied