Incident #992277
Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York
Aug 1976
Account
Schoolteacher saw a 7 to 8-foot creature cross a road directly in front of her car at night within a mile of the Abair Road sightings. It was near an apple orchard where a quantity of parially eaten apples were found and there were indications of something large and heavy having walked through.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- 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
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- orchard
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Source
- Source
- Monsters of the Northwoods, Bill Brann quoting unnamed school teacher.
Creature description
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Eating
- fruit
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car