Incident #992033
Sykesville, Carroll Cty, Maryland
Jun 1973
Account
Three separate sightings close to each other in time and location: Howdy Gassaway saw the creature emerge from the woods at 4.30 p.m. on the railway track between his house and the river. As it stepped onto the path beside the tracks they looked at each other, then it ran west towards a railway tunnel and he went east. He estimated height at at least 8 feet. William C. Rozier saw the creature coming down the track and hid in the bushes until it walked by, less than 20 feet away. He mentioned 7 feet. Tom Williams, checking an electric meter west of the railway tunnel at 5 p.m. thought he had seen a werewolf. He specified fangs and bristled hair. Numerous large but poor footprints were found around the tunnel.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 04 1973
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Maryland
- County
- Carroll Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sykesville
- Latitude
- 3922
- Longitude
- 7525
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- railroad
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- valleyýwoods
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Strange Magazine, 1988, Monsters of Maryland, Mark Opsasnich quoting Howdy Bess Gassaway, William Rozier and Tom Williams. Also Carroll County, MD, Times, Jun. 14, 1973.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- ran
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- studiedýdeparted slowly