Incident #992697
Overton Cty, Tennessee
Jul 1971
Account
Brenda and Cindy were coming back from picking blackberries at the back of the family farm and heard a big animal following them through a cedar woods. They turned and confronted a tall, long-armed hairy man, which looked startled, threatening, and growled. They fled. No indication if it followed.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Tennessee
- County
- Overton Cty
- Latitude
- 3625
- Longitude
- 8525
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- berry patch
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female and child
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Mary Green <[email protected]> quoting Brenda, 16, and Cindy, 10, at the time.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Length
- short
- Appearance
- glossy
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Expression
- startled
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- made a noise
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- growl
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- approached
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- berry pickingýwalking
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- shoutedýfled