Incident #992718
Annapolis, Anne Arundel Cty, Maryland
1978 to 1979
Account
Anonymous witness, 11 or 12 at the time, and a friend were in the woods behind the witness' house on Weems Creek in Admiral Heights, Annapolis, when they saw an 8 or 9-foot hair-covered, hunched creature in reeds 100 yards away. Watched 20 seconds before it saw the and ran quickly into the woods. Where it ran, kids sank to knees in mud. Location is near where creek enters Severn River.
When
- Year
- 1978 to 1979
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- Maryland
- County
- Anne Arundel Cty
- Nearest Town
- Annapolis
- Latitude
- 3856
- Longitude
- 7631
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- marsh
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Ran quickly through knee-deep mud
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- riverýswamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO, witness confidential, 11 or 12 at the time.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- stooped
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got upýfledýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outside
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied