Incident #991879
Fort Worth, Tarrant Cty, Texas
Nov 1969
Account
Charles Buchanan was sleeping in the back of his pickup across from Greer Island while he had fishing lines out in Lake Worth. About 2 a.m. he was picked up, sleeping bag and all, and then dropped by a huge, smelly, hairy creature. He thrust a bag of barbecued chicken at it, and it took that in its mouth, made guttural noises, splashed into the water and swam for the island. It ran through trees, toppling 4" saplings.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 07 1969
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Tarrant Cty
- Nearest Town
- Fort Worth
- Latitude
- 3246
- Longitude
- 9725
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied machine
- Near or/at
- island
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- shore
- Nearby Water
- lake
Source
- Source
- Fort Worth Press, Nov. 9, 1969, also Sallie Ann Clark, quoting Charles Buchanan.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- picking up
- Later Movement
- picked something up
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- observerýtree
- Arms Used
- for picking up
- Object Handled
- personýanimal matter
- Sound
- other
- Odour
- strong
- Human Contact
- touch
- Reaction
- approachedýfled fromýdid not see
- Water Activity
- swimming
- Use of Water
- travel
- Additional Movement
- walked awayýswam
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truckýfishing, shore
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact