Incident #992675
Athens, Limestone Cty, Alabama
1978 to 1979
Account
Blade, at grandparents' cabin on Elk Creek, down at the pier, saw 8 or 9-foot creature come out of the swamp across the creek, wake knee deep in the water and bend over and swing its left arm into the water, as if trying to catch fish. It then looked in his direction, turned around and walked back into the swamp, but a few minutes later came back and repeated the procedure. Blade noticed that cattle usually in the pasture next to the swamp were not in sight that day. He states that large humanlike footprints had been reported found in the region a couple of weeks earlier.
When
- Year
- 1978 to 1979
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Alabama
- County
- Limestone Cty
- Nearest Town
- Athens
- Latitude
- 3453
- Longitude
- 8706
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- marsh
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- bottom land
- Nearby Water
- creekýswamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
Source
- Source
- Ron Schaffner <[email protected]> quoting Blade (name available) 13 or 14 at time of incident. WIA
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered waterýwatched observerýwalked away
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- fish
- Arms Action
- striking
- Arms Used
- other
- Water Activity
- wadingýreach in
- Use of Water
- catch fish
- Additional Movement
- returnedýentered waterýwalked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outside
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied