Incident #991846
Knoxville, Knox Cty, Tennessee
Sep 1959
Account
Earl Taylor saw a "monster" at his window. He went to the door, it ran. He got neighbour John Rosenbaum and the sat under a tree waiting for it to come back. They heard two loud thumps on Taylor's car, ran to that side of the house, saw the creature running towards the woods, and Rosenbaum shot it twice with a shotgun from 30 to 45 feet. It was too big, fast and quiet to be a human. Deputies saw two long scratches on the hood of the car.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 23 1959
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1959
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Tennessee
- County
- Knox Cty
- Nearest Town
- Knoxville
- Latitude
- 3607
- Longitude
- 8344
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Too fast for a human.
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Knoxville, TN, Sep. 24, 1959, quoting Earl Taylor and John Rosenbaum.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- peering in
- Later Movement
- fledýreturnedýhandled something
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- car
- Arms Action
- striking
- Arms Used
- for hitting
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- fled from
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- ex fast
- Additional Movement
- fledýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýoutside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- shot