Incident #992235
High Point, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Nov 1974
Account
Three hunters jacklighting deer in late afternoon in High Point State Park heard something crashing through the woods and smelled a powerful rotten egg smell and heard growling noises. A hairy creature over 8 feet tall stepped out of the brush about 40 feet away. The hunters fled, one abandoning his gun. They returned for it later, but found no footprints.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
Where
- State / province
- New Jersey
- County
- Sussex Cty
- Nearest Town
- High Point
- Latitude
- 4118
- Longitude
- 7441
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- heavy cloud
Source
- Source
- Bob Jones file, quoting second hand story of three unnamed hunters.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- growl
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- approached
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled