Incident #992321
Sudbury, Addison Cty, Vermont
Feb 1951
Account
John Rowell and a man named Kennedy were logging hardwood in Sudbury Swamp, between Otter Creek and Rte 22. One morning they found that an oil drum, estimated weight 450 pounds, had been carried several hundred feet into the woods, and there was huge footprints frozen in mud around a tractor.
When
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1951
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Vermont
- County
- Addison Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sudbury
- Latitude
- 4348
- Longitude
- 7313
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- empty machine
- Near or/at
- work site
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Source
- Source
- Monsters of the Northwoods, quoting Warren Cook quoting John Rowell. Also Rutland, VT, Herald, Apr. 26, 1985.
Creature description
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Heel Width
- 4.0
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- logging