Incident #991829
Frogmore, Beaufort Cty, South Carolina
1948
Account
O.C. Michael, Paul Robinson and Norman Graves were camping on Pritchards Island, across Skull Creek from Fripp Island when something ran through the abandoned Coast Guard barracks where they were camping at about 2 a.m. They were awakened by the building shaking, went out with flashlights and found 18-inch tracks that came out of the water, walked on the dunes and through the barracks, then re-entered the water. (Skull Creek is not a creek, but a channel between ocean islands, described as being 500 yards wide.)
When
- Year
- 1948
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
Where
- State / province
- South Carolina
- County
- Beaufort Cty
- Nearest Town
- Frogmore
- Latitude
- 3220
- Longitude
- 8031
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 3
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Nearby Water
- ocean
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
Source
- Source
- J.E. McTeer. Adventures in the Woods and Waters of the Low Country, quoting O.C. Michael, Paul Robinson and Norman Graves.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
- Tracks Came From
- water
- Tracks Went to
- water
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping