Incident #991867
Bourne, Kendall Cty, Texas
1957
Account
A. J. Kocurek Jr. wrote that at a private lake 35 miles north of San Antonio he had watched across the lake an eighth of a mile away a creature 8 or 9 feet tall, covered with longish grey to white hair, with a "rounded cat's face", for about 5 minutes. He was using an 8x scope, and saw it move a rock wieghing 300 to 400 lbs.
When
- Year
- 1957
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Kendall Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bourne
- Latitude
- 2956
- Longitude
- 9830
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- cliff
- Near or/at
- water
- Super Human Action
- Moved 300 to 400 lb. rock.
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- shore
- Nearby Water
- lake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- A.J. Kocurek Jr., San Antonio, TX, letter to Grover Krantz
Creature description
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- light
- Face Appeared
- catlike
- Later Movement
- handled something
- Object Handled
- rockýstick
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- scope sight
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied