Incident #992340
West Rutland, Rutland Cty, Vermont
Oct 1986
Account
John Bradt, Kerry Bilda and George Dietrich were driving east on Rte 4A, two miles west of West Rutland when they encountered a bipedal creature, 6.5 to 7 feet tall, covered with long black hair, walking west on their side of the road. The driver swerved into the left lane to miss it, but it continued walking with no sign of concern. The three turned around and returned but the creature was no longer in sight. It was within touching distance of the car as it went by. Cheekbones were high, eyes deep set, and facial skin a light colour. Half an hour later Susan Cook saw something similar in almost the same spot but headed the other way. The Sept. 20, 1985 sighting and track location was within 100 yards of this spot. 2336.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 01 1986
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1986
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Vermont
- County
- Rutland Cty
- Nearest Town
- West Rutland
- Latitude
- 4336
- Longitude
- 7303
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Warren Cook files quoting John Bradt, Kerry Bilda and George Dietrich, West Rutland, Castleton State College students in early 20's.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- kept goingýcame back