Incident #992252
Wantage Township, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
May 1977
Account
The evening after Debbie Sites sighting, Richard and Barbara Sites, Edward Conklin and Kenneth Vanorton waited to see if the creature would return, and when it did they went out and fired at it with two shotguns and two .22 rifles. It stood a moment then turned and ran away down the road and through the orchard. Two other sightings were reported later, one by three women who were trying to get a picture and the other by family members who saw it walking through the fields apparently carrying something white under its arm.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 13 1977
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- New Jersey
- County
- Sussex Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wantage Township
- Latitude
- 4115
- Longitude
- 7430
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- empty building
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 4
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- yard light
Source
- Source
- Newton, New Jersey, Herald, May 17, 1977 and Morristown, NJ Daily Record, Jun. 5, 1977, quoting Richard and Barbara Sikes, daughter Debbie, 16, Edward Conklin, Hamburg, NJ, and Kenneth Vanorton, Lafayette, NJ.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turnedýran
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at homeýoutside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- shot