Incident #991906
Cleveland, San Jacinto Cty, Texas
Oct 1981
Account
Dee Hayes was driving to work at 5.30 a.m. in Sam Houston National Forest, when her headlights on an S curve showed a creature 50 yards from the road. She stopped and watched until it entered timber. It had a gorillalike head.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1981
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- San Jacinto Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cleveland
- Latitude
- 3025
- Longitude
- 9507
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Jim Hewkin letter to John Green, Dec. 28, 1992, also Cryptozoology 11, 1992, quoting Dee Hayes.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Nose
- no snout
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- stayed stillýstudied