Incident #991886
Manchester, Red River Cty, Texas
1976 to 1977
Account
Lonnie Hamm said his daughter screamed on the porch so he went out with his .308 rifle and saw 100 yards away across a dirt road a creature 4 to 4.5 feet high but broader than a man, bent over beside a large tree. He shot and knocked it down, but it got up, looked at him and walked off into the woods. The family did not stay in the house that night. Next day they found 12-inch footprints in the yard and muddy tracks on the porch. Stooped position made height difficult to estimate, but legs seemed shorter than arms, more like a gorilla than a man.
When
- Year
- 1976 to 1977
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Red River Cty
- Nearest Town
- Manchester
- Latitude
- 3353
- Longitude
- 9513
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Super Human Action
- Hit by .308, got up and walked away.
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male and child
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- Texas Bigfoot Bulletin, Bob Throneberry and others, quoting Lonnie Hamm, Kiomatia, TX.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 4 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- stooped
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Shoulders
- wide
- Torso Front
- wide
- Legs
- short
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got upýwatched observerýwalked away
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 12.0
- Greates Width
- wide
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
- Tracks Came From
- garden
- Tracks Went to
- empty building
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studiedýshot