Incident #992687
Cyrene, Pike Cty, Missouri
1990 to 1991
Account
Going camping with a friend at the back of the family farm near Cyrene, informant was going for wood on a all-terrain vehicle when he (might be she) saw a creature in a creek that looked like a large ape or bear. They stared at each other for about 30 seconds, then it jumped from a squatting osition up on an 8-foot bank and ran off.
When
- Year
- 1990 to 1991
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- Missouri
- County
- Pike Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cyrene
- Latitude
- 3920
- Longitude
- 9105
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- water
- Super Human Action
- Jumped up from creek onto an 8-foot bank.
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- From Internet, e-mail address of informant available on request, but from whom?
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observerýgot up
- Odour
- strong
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- avoided
- Water Activity
- wadingýclimb out
- Additional Movement
- went up slopeýran
- Position when first seen
- squatting
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- campingýmotorcycle/ATV
- Action on sighting
- studied