Incident #991992
Carroll Cty, Maryland
1959
Account
Policeman on duty saw a Bigfoot-type creature cross a dirt road in front of his car and step over a barbed-wire fence. He yelled at it to halt and it turned and approached him. He fired at it with no effect, then he fled.
When
- Year
- 1959
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Maryland
- County
- Carroll Cty
- Latitude
- 3930
- Longitude
- 7650
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Super Human Action
- Stepped over barbed-wire fence
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Digest, quoting INFO Journal, Mar.-Apr. 1979, quoting policeman.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýcrossed fence
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Additional Movement
- turned aroundýapproached
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Action on sighting
- shoutedýshotýfled