Incident #991953
Norfolk, Litchfield Cty, Connecticut
1894
Account
A 6.5 foot man jumped out of a tree and chased a man. The creature was tracked to a nearby mountain where it was observer entering a hole. Chains were stretched across the entrance but they were broken that night.
When
- Year
- 1894
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Connecticut
- County
- Litchfield Cty
- Nearest Town
- Norfolk
- Latitude
- 4200
- Longitude
- 7337
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- tree
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
Source
- Source
- New York, NY, Herald, Aug. 30, 1895.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Movement
- jumping down
- Later Movement
- chased
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- big