Incident #992263
Dutchess Cty, New York
before 1972
Account
Young man and brother-in-law drove up mountain looking for the animal the young man had seen before, planning to shoot it with a shotgun. An 8 to 9-foot creature came out of the bushes yards behind the truck and started after it, walking with a 4-foot stick in its hand. The youth stepped on the gas and the brother-in law fired at it at least twice. (Tape mentions four people in truck with rear spotlights, does not mention shooting.)
When
- Year
- before 1972
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Dutchess Cty
- Latitude
- 4145
- Longitude
- 7345
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- spotlight
Source
- Source
- Dr. Marguerite Bird letter to Ivan Sanderson, quoting a young man friend. Also Bob Jones tape of interview with same man.
Creature description
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- chasedýhandled something
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- observer
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Object Handled
- stick
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- ran after
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shotýfled