Incident #991956
Ellington, Tolland Cty, Connecticut
Aug 1982
Account
David Buckley and John Fuller went in the barn to check the cows at Valley Farms on Rte 83 and encountered a dark brown hairy creature sitting on a feed bunk watching the cows. It had its hand down in the silage and was either playing in it or eating it. It turned and got up and walked towards the men, arms outstretched. They screamed and it ran slowly around the corner and disappeared. Est. weight 300 pounds, very muscular, dark eyes, good set of teeth.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 23 1982
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Connecticut
- County
- Tolland Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ellington
- Latitude
- 4154
- Longitude
- 7228
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- empty building
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Manchester, CN, Journal Inquirer, Aug. 26, 1982, quoting David Buckley and John Fuller.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Expression
- friendly
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got upýapproached
- Arms Action
- hangingýoutstretched
- Arms Used
- other
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Reaction
- approachedýfled from
- Additional Movement
- turnedýranýdisappeared
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- farming
- Closest horizontal distance
- under 5 feet
- Action on sighting
- shoutedýfled