Incident #992035
Sykesville, Carroll Cty, Maryland
Jun 1973
Account
Truck driver on Rte 32 just outside Sykesville saw a large object by the road. As he approached it stood up. Appeared to be a 7 to 8-foot ape, caked with mud from the waist down.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 08 1973
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
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
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Strange Magazine, 1988, Mark Opsasnich, Monsters of Maryland, quoting Baltimore, MD, Afro-American, June 11, 1973, quoting an unidentified truck driver.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- watched observerýranýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Action on sighting
- kept going