Incident #992226
Lower Bank, Atlantic Cty, New Jersey
Dec 1966
Account
Karen and Bob Meyers forgot, for the first time in about a month, to put out table scraps for the creature. They heard banging outside and Bob went out and saw a sasquatch-type creature throwing a garbage can at the side of the house. He fired a shot in the air, the creature reacted, but stayed put, so he fired at it. It fled and never came back.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1966
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- New Jersey
- County
- Atlantic Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lower Bank
- Latitude
- 3936
- Longitude
- 7433
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Snow Condition
- snow
Source
- Source
- Bob Jones, RD2, Brookwood Rd., Stanhope, NJ, tape quoting Bob and Karen Meyers, 146 Catherine St. Bridgeport, CN, 06604.
Creature description
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Nose
- no snout
- Later Movement
- picked something upýthrew something
- Aggressive To
- garbage cans
- Arms Used
- for throwing
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- fled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shot