Incident #992253
Green Township, Sussex Cty, New Jersey
Jan 1978
Account
Marilyn Henderson rode her horse from Sultana Stables through several fields into the Wittingham Fish and Wildlife Management area. About a quarter mile from the stable she came on "monstrous" footprints in the snow and followed them on horseback. They came from the woods, circled a field and returned to the woods. Gary Gray, owner of the stables, also saw the prints, like human prints but much bigger. Officials argued the prints were made by deer sleeping in the snow. Marilyn Henderson said there were no tracks of deer or anything else around them when she found them.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 28 1978
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- New Jersey
- County
- Sussex Cty
- Nearest Town
- Green Township
- Latitude
- 4105
- Longitude
- 7445
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- field
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
- Snow Condition
- snow
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Newton, NJ, Herald, Jan. 29, 1978, quoting Marilyn Henderson, Byram, NJ.
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
- Greates Width
- 12.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 96
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Material Tracks Made in
- snow
- Tracks Came From
- trees
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- horseback