Incident #991876
Lake Worth, Tarrant Cty, Texas
Jul 1969
Account
Jack E. Harris was one of may people who went monster hunting on Greer Island in Lake Worth after the newspaper report of the creature jumping on a car. He and his friends heard it squalling, saw it cross the road, then saw it running up and down a bluff behind an abandoned gravel pit. He and other witnesses claim it threw an automobile wheel and tire "more than 500 feet" at the cars.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 11 1969
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Tarrant Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lake Worth
- Latitude
- 3246
- Longitude
- 9275
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- gravel pit
- Super Human Action
- Threw wheel and tire hundreds of feet.
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Nearby Water
- lake
Source
- Source
- Fort Worth, TX, Star Telegram, July 11, 1969, quoting Jack E. Harris, 5537 Terrance Trail, Fort Worth.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- white
- Later Movement
- made a noiseýwent up slopeýwent down slope
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Used
- for picking upýfor throwing
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Sound
- shout
- Additional Movement
- went up slopeýpicked something upýthrew something
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car