Incident #992329
Sandgate, Bennington Cty, Vermont
Nov 1978
Account
On a steep slope on Mount Equinox, checking the far side of a ravine through a 3-9 power telescopic sight, hunter saw a young doe walking down the slope checking back over her shoulder, then notices upright black shape walking down the opposite slope, 300 to 500 feet away. Est. 7 ft, 350 pounds, always on hind legs, hairless face. He watched it for about 5 minutes in a small clearing, where it seemed to be sniffing the wind, and even got down on all fours and sniffed the ground. Another hunter showed up and looked at it, but insisted he had not seen anything and left hurriedly. Then the creature bounded up the slope with powerful strides, "throwing his legs and arms out like a hurdler, in a way no man or bear could do. The creature was carrying a large grey stick or bone in one hand.
When
- Observation Date
- NOV 12 1978
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Vermont
- County
- Bennington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Sandgate
- Latitude
- 4309
- Longitude
- 7312
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large male
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Near or/at
- hill
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Springfield, MA, Republican, Feb. 11, 1979, quoting a hunter, 28, from Sunderland, MA.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on faceýon palms
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Neck Length
- short
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- got downýhandled something
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- deer
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Object Handled
- stick
- Reaction
- did not see
- Genitals
- male
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- ex fast
- Additional Movement
- went up slopeýran
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- scope sight
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied