Incident #991926
Mount Vernon, Fairfax Cty, Virginia
1979
Account
Thelma Crisp apparently the only person to report a sighting, but something was heard screaming at night for many months in 100 acres of swampy woods lying between posh subdivisions where George Washington once farmed. Screams were recorded, authorities mounted searches, including helicopter, but nothing found. (Reminiscent of Puyallup, Washington 10 years earlier)
When
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- spring
Where
- State / province
- Virginia
- County
- Fairfax Cty
- Nearest Town
- Mount Vernon
- Latitude
- 3834
- Longitude
- 7706
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Source
- Source
- Washington, DC, Post, May 12, 1979, quoting Thelma Crisp.
Creature description
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Sound
- scream
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home