Incident #991966
Brunswick, Sagadahoc Cty, Maine
Jul 1973
Account
Looking for animal children had seen the day before, Neota Huntington coasted car to site, saw the creature standing by the road, but it ran in the woods. She told neighbours, returned and sat in the car while others went in woods, and saw the creature again peering at her through the crotch of a tree 20 feet away. When she called others it disappeare in the woods.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 26 1973
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- evening (light)
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Maine
- County
- Sagadahoc Cty
- Nearest Town
- Brunswick
- Latitude
- 4356
- Longitude
- 7004
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Portland, ME, Press Herald, Jul. 28, 1973, quoting Mrs. Neota Huntington, Durham, ME.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- ranýentered woods
- Additional Movement
- returnedýwatched observerýfled
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in carýsasq. hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- studiedýshouted