Incident #991816
Casar, Cleveland Cty, North Carolina
1978
Account
Taylor Falls, hunting deer in the South Mountains saw a black, hairy creature about 6.5 feet tall, run out of tree coveer across a field. This would be the first of the "Knobby" series of sightings, but it is not clear whether it was as close to Carpenter's Knob as most of them were.
When
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- North Carolina
- County
- Cleveland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Casar
- Latitude
- 3530
- Longitude
- 8138
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- open
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- UFO Annual, no date, quoting Taylor Falls
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- running
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting