Incident #992734
Russellville, Logan Cty, Kentucky
Oct 1972
Account
Bow hunting for deer, Phillip Wilkins came down from a portable deer stand and walked to the edge of a 50-acre soybean field that was surrounded by woods on three sides. Standing 30 feet from him and about 20 feet from the woods was a 7 to 8-foot creature with a short neck and arms almost down to its knees. Weight estimate as much as 500 pounds. It made no move as he walked away. Next day he looked for tracks but the ground was too hard. A mile from any road.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Kentucky
- County
- Logan Cty
- Nearest Town
- Russellville
- Latitude
- 3651
- Longitude
- 8706
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- farm field
- Near or/at
- trees
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- bright moonlight
Source
- Source
- BFRO post by Philip M. Wilkins <[email protected]>
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Neck Length
- short
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly