Incident #991900
Neylandville, Hunt Cty, Texas
Aug 1978
Account
Wayne Matlock, Anthony Wilson and Ray Rutherford were walking about midnight on the same road where Harvey Garrison had seen a creature two nights before. They heard a noise and tried to see an animal behind a small tree. The thing jumped up from behind the tree and they ran. The thing was well over 7 feet tall.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Hunt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Neylandville
- Latitude
- 3316
- Longitude
- 9601
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Commerce, TX, East Texan, Sep. 20, 1978, quoting Wayne Matlock, Anthony Wilson and Ray Rutherford, junior high students from South Sulphur, TX.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- jumping up
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Closest horizontal distance
- under 5 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled