Incident #992286
Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York
May 1978
Account
Anonymous officer said that between May 15 and 20, at 7.30 p.m. in a field in the East Bay area of Whitehall he saw a creature similar to one he reported four years later (7 to 8 feet tall, covered with dark brown fur, No. 2287). When it saw him "it turned right around and got the hell out of there."
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Whitehall
- Latitude
- 4333
- Longitude
- 7324
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- field
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Monsters of the Northwoods, Paul Bartholomew quoting anonymous law officer.
Creature description
- Later Movement
- turned aroundýfled