Incident #992209
Center Sandwich, Carroll Cty, New Hampshire
1942
Account
Preston Elliott, 13 or 14 at the time, was cutting spruce when a 6 to 7-foot "gorilla-looking" creature came close and hung around and followed him for about 20 minutes.
When
- Year
- 1942
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- quarter hour
Where
- State / province
- New Hampshire
- County
- Carroll Cty
- Nearest Town
- Center Sandwich
- Latitude
- 4349
- Longitude
- 7126
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Ramona Hibner quoting Preston Elliott, Box 126, Center Sandwich, NH.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Legs
- long
- Later Movement
- watched observerýmaintained distance
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- approached
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- logging
- Closest horizontal distance
- close