Incident #992218
New Jersey
1939
Account
Article indicates that correct names and location are known but concealed. Coon hunters said to have found dead hounds as they followed them chasing something, then young man who was running ahead of the others was thrown out of the high brush where the dogs were making a great racket, landing in front of the other men in a clearing. They then heard heavy footsteps running off and saw a huge, hairy, manlike creature running upright away from them towards the deeper swamps. The young man had no injuries other than being bruised and bleeding about the face. The dogs would no longer follow. There was an awful stench in the area.
When
- Year
- 1939
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- New Jersey
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- open
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- bottom land
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Vestigia Newsletter, spring, 1977, quoting Kelly La Manna quoting the son of one of the coon hunters involved.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Aggressive To
- dogsýman
- Object Handled
- animalýperson
- Odour
- strong
- Human Contact
- attack
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting