Incident #991869
Ranger, Stephens Cty, Texas
Aug 1964
Account
Leroy Yarbrough and Jerry Oakes took fuzzy stills and movies of a hairy black figure walking on two legs. Pictures did not establish that it was not a person in a costume.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 01 1964
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1964
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Stephens Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ranger
- Latitude
- 3229
- Longitude
- 9840
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Photo
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Fort Worth, TX, Star Telegram, Aug 2, 1964, and letter from Thomas R. Adams to Ivan Sanderson, Mar. 19, 1969, quoting LeRoy Yarbrough, 22, and Jerry Oakes, 23, of Arlington, TX.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- photographed