Incident #992269
Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York
May 1975
Account
Cliff Sparks, owner of the Skeene Valley Country Club on Norton Road, was working on a green about 11.30 p.m. when he saw "a great big hairy thing" silhouetted against the moonlit skyline. Girth large but shoulders not very wide, not much neck. It had a cone-shaped head, "lumbered" with a clumsy gait when it walked, and "crashed" through the woods when it ran off. An artist's rendition shows an apelike head and hairless hands and feet.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Whitehall
- Latitude
- 4334
- Longitude
- 7823
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
Source
- Source
- Rutland, VT, Herald, Apr. 26, 1985, and Adirondack Bits'n Pieces, spring/summer, 1984, quoting Clifford Sparks, Whitehall, NY.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on handsýon feet
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- medium
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Legs
- medium
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- ranýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- avoided
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet