Incident #991888
Hallsville, Marion Cty, Texas
1976
Account
Woman and son frightened from a blackberry field by a creature that came from the bushes, breaking trees and bushes in its rush. Zollie Owens saw two-inch trees snapped in half. No description of the creature given, but hairy biped seen later. 1887.
When
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Marion Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hallsville
- Latitude
- 3230
- Longitude
- 9434
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- berry patch
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Super Human Action
- Snapped off 2-inch trees in rush.
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female and child
Source
- Source
- Longview, TX, Journal, Nov. 28, 1976, quoting Zollie Owens, White Oak, TX, quoting unnamed Hallsville woman.
Creature description
- Movement
- running
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- bushesýtrees
- Arms Used
- for breaking
- Object Handled
- tree
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Action on sighting
- fled