Incident #991942
Davis, Tucker Cty, West Virginia
1960
Account
Cutting wood for fire, young man heard a noise and felt someone poking him in the ribs, turned and saw a monster with two huge eyes that shone like balls of fire, far apart. Eight feet tall and shaggy hair all over. It stared at boys then shuffled into darkness. Next morning huge footprints found where it had been, but no one wanted to follow.
When
- Year
- 1960
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- West Virginia
- County
- Tucker Cty
- Nearest Town
- Davis
- Latitude
- 3908
- Longitude
- 7928
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- fire
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- firelight
Source
- Source
- John Keel, Strange Creatures from Time and Space, quoting letter quoting unidentified young men.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýwatched observerýwalked away
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Object Handled
- person
- Human Contact
- touch
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- big
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Action on sighting
- stayed still