Incident #992212
Salisbury, Merrimack Cty, New Hampshire
Oct 1987
Account
Walter Bowers Sr. said he was hunting pheasants near Mill Brook in Salisbury when he saw a 9-foot creature standing in a field. It walked off towards a nearby swamp and he left.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1987
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- New Hampshire
- County
- Merrimack Cty
- Nearest Town
- Salisbury
- Latitude
- 4323
- Longitude
- 7143
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- field
- Near or/at
- marsh
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
- Nearby Water
- creekýswamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Concord, NH, Monitor, Nov. 13, 1987, quoting Walter Bowers Sr., Webster, NH.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- ran
- Reaction
- watched
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- studiedýfled