Incident #992275
Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York
Aug 1976
Account
Driving on Abair Road, about 10 p.m., Paul Gosselin and Martin Paddock saw a large human form standing off to the side of the road. They turned, heard a scream, and drove back. Paul saw the creature standing about 70 feet from the road. It began running toward the truck, and they fled. They picked up Bart Kinney, drove back and saw the creature standing still, about 7 to 8 feet tall, 300 to 400 pounds,covered with short, coarse brown hair. They called police, who heard a scream, and a sheriff got a spotlight on the creature, at a distance, walking along the fence in a field.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 24 1976
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Whitehall
- Latitude
- 4333
- Longitude
- 7324
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- field
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woodsýhill
Source
- Source
- Monsters of the Northwoods, Bill Brann; also Glen Falls, NY, Post-Star, Aug. 30, 1976, and other sources, quoting Marty Paddock, Whitehall, NY, Paul Gosselin, 18, Low Hampton, NY, and Brt Kinney, Whitehall.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- ranýapproached
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled