Incident #991983
Lombard, Cecil Cty, Maryland
Aug 1953
Account
While turning a manure pile behind his mushroom house, H.S. Osborne saw a gorilla-like creature standing at the edge of his cornfield 25 feet away.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 12 1953
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1953
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Maryland
- County
- Cecil Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lombard
- Latitude
- 3943
- Longitude
- 7557
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- grainfield
- Near or/at
- empty building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Cecil, MD, Whig, Aug. 27, 1953, quoting H.S. Osborne
Creature description
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- farming
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet