Incident #991943
Marlinton, Pocahontas Cty, West Virginia
Oct 1960
Account
A very strange report. Doc Priestly said his car stalled and he found himself stopped close to a monster with its long hair standing straight up. Friends in an accompanying bus came back looking for him, the creature's hair dropped down and his car was working again. Later his car started to sputter and spark and stopped, there was the creature beside the road. The bus came back again, the creature fled into the forest.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1960
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- West Virginia
- County
- Pocahontas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Marlinton
- Latitude
- 3814
- Longitude
- 8005
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Source
- Source
- Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman, Flying Saucer Review, Jan.-Feb. 1973, quoting W.C. (Doc) Priestly.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- stayed still