Incident #991889
Alice, Jim Wells Cty, Texas
Oct 1976
Account
James Mapes said he was riding his motorcycle at San Diego Creek a half mile from his home when he saw an 8 to 9-foot creature tearing through the brush climbing a 70-degree slope up from the creek. He sat and watched until it was gone. He also saw a dark brown head with white glowing eyes about 3 feet above a shed near a pen where the horses were acting agitated. This was just two days before he wrote the letter, but not enough information for identification.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Jim Wells Cty
- Nearest Town
- Alice
- Latitude
- 2745
- Longitude
- 9804
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Near or/at
- high bank
- Super Human Action
- Climbing through thick brush as no human could
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- creek
Source
- Source
- Letter from James Mapes, 929 Wilson, Alice, TX, Dec. 3, 1977.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- climbing hill
- Later Movement
- went up slopeýwent in field
- Speed
- very fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- ex fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- motorcycle/ATV
- Action on sighting
- studied