Incident #992314
Poestenkill, Rensselaer Cty, New York
Aug 1989
Account
Driving a rural road just outside Poestenkill, Averill Park couple saw a tall, reddish-blonde creature vault a pasture fence and run upright downhill across a pasture.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Rensselaer Cty
- Nearest Town
- Poestenkill
- Latitude
- 4243
- Longitude
- 7335
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Near or/at
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Monsters of the Northwoods, letter to Paul Bartholomew from an Averill Park, NY, couple.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- beige
- Movement
- jumping
- Later Movement
- crossed fenceýranýwent down slope
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- kept going