Incident #992703
Seneca Rocks, Pendleton Cty, West Virginia
Jan 1008
Account
Scott Fadely driving on Rte 55 near Seneca Rocks in snowy conditions saw a large, upright creature just off the road. It stepped into the road and he had to swerve to avoid hitting it.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1008
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- West Virginia
- County
- Pendleton Cty
- Nearest Town
- Seneca Rocks
- Latitude
- 3849
- Longitude
- 7923
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Snow Condition
- snow
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Ron Schaffner <[email protected]> quoting Scott Fadely. WIA
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- kept going