Incident #991960
Rockwood, Somerset Cty, Maine
before 1978
Account
Don Wilson and Joe Smith on hunting trip 20 miles from Rockwood on the edge of a big lake, woke at 2 a.m. to see big hairy head looking in cabin window. It stayed five minutes, when it left they got guns and followed until tracks lost on hard snow. Guide told them monster had been known for 50 years and had never hurt anyone. Story suspect in my opinion because hunters took off after creature without wakening professional guide, and because arriving tracks are not mentioned.
When
- Year
- before 1978
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Maine
- County
- Somerset Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rockwood
- Latitude
- 4541
- Longitude
- 6945
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Near or/at
- water
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Snow Condition
- deep old
Weather and light
- Lighting
- bright moonlightýflashlight
Source
- Source
- Yeti Newsletter, Sep. 1978, quoting Don Wilson and Joe Smith.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light grey
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observerýturnedýwalked away
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft deep snow
- Tracks Came From
- occupied building
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- huntingýinside building
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- studiedýfollowed