Incident #992278
Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York
Sep 1976
Account
Anonymous deputy sheriff on patrol at night passing scene of earlier reports on Abair Road, saw a large figre walking along a hedgerow in a field 7t to 100 yards away, and put his spotlight on it. The hedgerow is one that at 5'8" he can hardly see over, but the creature's shoulders and arms showed above it. It had long arms and it was furry. He watched it cut down across Abair Road and through the pines down along Waite Road.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
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
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- spotlight
Source
- Source
- Monsters of the Northwoods, Bill Brann quoting an anonymous deputy sheriff.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- travelled parallelýcrossed roadýwalked away
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied