Incident #991944
Centralia, Braxton Cty, West Virginia
Dec 1960
Account
On a lonely backwoods road near Hickory Flats (not on map) between Braxton and Webster counties, Charles Stover rounded a curve and saw a 6 foot creature with hair all over its face and body standing by the road. He almost hit it, stopped and took another look, it was still standing there and he went on. Stover was driving for Dutch Oven Bakeries.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 30 1960
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1960
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- West Virginia
- County
- Braxton Cty
- Nearest Town
- Centralia
- Latitude
- 3835
- Longitude
- 8034
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Charleston, WV, Daily Mail, Dec. 31, 1960, quoting Mrs. Charles Stover quoting her 25-year-old husband.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stopped