Incident #992739
Honey Island Swamp, St. Tammany Cty, Louisiana
1980 to 1981
Account
Father and son deer hunting in Honey Island Swamp, heard a splash as they were walking to the river (presumably a branch of the Pearl). They turned and saw about 75 yards away a dark hairy creature, very muscular, standing with its back to them at the water's edge. It then pulled a cypress stump out of the mud, which no human could have done, and threw it in the river. Apparently it smelled them, it turned and looked in their direction and then walked briskly away along the river's edge. They went to the spot and found humanlike footprints much bigger than a man's.
When
- Year
- 1980 to 1981
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Louisiana
- County
- St. Tammany Cty
- Nearest Town
- Honey Island Swamp
- Latitude
- 3015
- Longitude
- 8938
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Pulled up a cypress stump and threw it in river
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO, Rob CIA quoting a friend of his stepbrother and the friend's father.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near mouth
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- picked something upýthrew something
- Aggressive To
- stump
- Arms Used
- for picking upýfor throwing
- Object Handled
- log
- Reaction
- avoided
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- turned aroundýwatched observerýwalked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Material Tracks Made in
- mud
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied