Incident #991918
Monterey, Highland Cty, Virginia
Jun 1972
Account
Charles Owens and two relatives were walking up the side of a mountain when a huge hairy biped came running down towards them. They fled in panic, one of them running into a tree and another jumping into a creek.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 29 1972
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Virginia
- County
- Highland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Monterey
- Latitude
- 3828
- Longitude
- 7938
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- John Lutz writing to SITU, July 22, 1972, quoting Charles Owens, Atlanta, GA.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- went down slope
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled