Incident #991941
Vesuvius, Rockbridge Cty, Virginia
1986
Account
Wayne Johnson, Jay Taylor and Eddie Thompson, driving on Rte 2 near St. Mary's Creek (not on map) saw creature walk across the road ahead, stop and look at them, then enter woods. A quarter hour later they saw it or another in a meadow about half a mile away.
When
- Year
- 1986
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Virginia
- County
- Rockbridge Cty
- Nearest Town
- Vesuvius
- Latitude
- 3754
- Longitude
- 7912
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot on the East Coast, quoting Wayne Johnson, Jay Taylor and Eddie Thompson.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýcrossed roadýstopped stillýwatched observer
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards