Incident #992302
Kinderhook, Columbia Cty, New York
May 1982
Account
Mike Maab was fishing in Kinderhook Creek when he looked up and saw an 8-foot, red-brown creature standing watching him from across the creek. It had small, beady, red eyes and black fingernails. After a couple of minutes it shambled back into the woods.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Columbia Cty
- Nearest Town
- Kinderhook
- Latitude
- 4224
- Longitude
- 7342
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Monsters of the Northwoods, Bruce Hallenbeck quoting Mike Maab.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observerýwalked awayýentered woods
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied