Incident #992257
Margaretville, Delaware Cty, New York
Jul 1895
Account
John Cook claimed he was attacked and thrown by "a ferocious apelike being" after shooting and apparently hitting it. He said it was "about 7 feet tall, entirely nude, covered with black hair, with a long beard and with teeth which project from its mouth like fangs." That same day a group of local boys and farmers hunting the creature were reported to have found a place in the woods where a big fire was still smouldering and there were remains of Peter Thomas' horse (2256) and bones of cows, sheep and other animals, the bones split and the marrow eaten.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 27 1895
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1895
- Season
- summer
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Delaware Cty
- Nearest Town
- Margaretville
- Latitude
- 4209
- Longitude
- 7439
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Monsters of the North Woods, by Bartholomew, Bartholomew, Brann and Hallenbeck, quoting the New York, NY, Herald, Jul. 31, 1895, and the Newburg, NY, Daily Press, Jul. 29, 1895, quoting farmer John Cook. Margaretsville, N.Y.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Longer on
- other
- Later Movement
- approachedýpicked something upýhandled something
- Aggressive To
- observer
- Arms Used
- for throwingý
- Object Handled
- animal
- Sound
- other
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- ignored
- Additional Movement
- threw something
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact