Incident #992699
Lafayette, Macon Cty, Tennessee
1983 to 1984
Account
Six-year-old walking in woods behind grandparents' house, came over a hill on a trail and saw 30 feet away at the bottom of the hill a black creature 7 feet or more, with a white streak down the right side of its head and vivid green eyes. Witness fled and it followed, apparently curious.
When
- Year
- 1983 to 1984
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
Where
- State / province
- Tennessee
- County
- Macon Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lafayette
- Latitude
- 3632
- Longitude
- 8602
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- hill
- Near or/at
- trail
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Unnamed witness, about 6 at the time, quoted by Mary Green. WIA <[email protected]>
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected green
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- went up slopeýmaintained distance
- Human Contact
- followed
- Second Colour
- white
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled