Incident #992326
Highgate Springs, Franklin Cty, Vermont
Sep 1975
Account
Resting on a hilltop beside Missisquoi Bay, man, brother and son saw a tall, dark, wide-shouldered figure about a mile and a half away walking casually along a tractor trail. It seemed in slow motion, but covered a large distance in a few minutes before turning into the woods.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Vermont
- County
- Franklin Cty
- Nearest Town
- Highgate Springs
- Latitude
- 4457
- Longitude
- 7308
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Nearby Water
- lake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Monsters of the Northwoods, quoting letter to Warren Cook quoting unnamed man, his brother, and his son.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Shoulders
- wide
- Legs
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked awayýturned leftýentered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- over half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied