Incident #992031
Sykesville, Carroll Cty, Maryland
May 1973
Account
Anthony Dorsey saw only reflecting eyes, an estimated 7 feet off the ground, but next day he and Sykesville Police Chief Omer Hebert found one good footprint and two partial ones. Dorsey had gone outside at 10.30 p.m. because of the ruckus his dog was making, apparently fighting with something in the woods. He heard crashing sounds as if something was knocking trees over, and there were more crashing sounds after Officer Charles Rupp arrived. Dorsey and Hebert found a broken-off tree as big around as a human fist. Dorsey stressed that the eyes were reflecting, not luminescent as newspapers had reported.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 29 1973
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
Where
- State / province
- Maryland
- County
- Carroll Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sykesville
- Latitude
- 3922
- Longitude
- 7658
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
Source
- Source
- Monsters of Maryland, Mark Opsasnick, Strange Magazine, 1988, interview with witness, and Sykesville, MD, Herald, May 31, 1973, quoting Anthony Dorsey, 7602 Norris Ave., Sykesville.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 13.5
- Greates Width
- 7.5
- Stride in Inches Average
- 72
- Track Condition
- fair
- Number of Toes
- 5
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýoutside on foot
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly