Incident #992268
Watertown, Jefferson Cty, New York
Jan 1975
Account
Steve Rich and Jerry Emerson said they saw a 5-foot animal going toward the woods, possibly coming from a nearby pond. Weight estimate 200 pounds.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Jefferson Cty
- Nearest Town
- Watertown
- Latitude
- 4359
- Longitude
- 7555
What was seen
- Individuals
- one small
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
Setting
- Nearby Water
- pond
Source
- Source
- Watertown, NY, Times, Aug. 2, 1977, quoting Steve Rich,9, Jerry Emerson, 9, and a boy from Massachusetts.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Position when first seen
- erect