Incident #992341
West Rutland, Rutland Cty, Vermont
Oct 1986
Account
Susan Cook was driving west on Rte 4A at approximately 8.30 p.m. when a 7-foot, dark brown creature crossed the road in front of her car and disappeared in the brush, at approximately the same location where three young men had sighted a similar creature half an hour earlier. (2340) Next day she returned to the site with Paul Barholomew, Warren Cook and Rutland Herald reporter Tom Mitchell, and Warren found and photographed a 14-inch print about 30 feet from those found in September, 1985 (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
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Warren Cook file, quoting his daughter, Susan A. Cook, 22, Castleton Corners VT, 468-5228, and his own track find.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- medium
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- ignored
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- kept going