Incident #992740
Oil City, Caddo Par, Louisiana
Nov 1987
Account
Duck hunting by boat on Black Bayou (near or part of Caddo Lake), informant landed to check a pond on the far side of a levee. He then caught a glimpse of a 6 ft., shaggy, dark brown creature est. 200 yards away near the levee. It was walking towards him but at about 100 yards apparently smelled him, looked towards the tree he was hiding behind for 3 or 4 seconds, then fled over the levee. Informant ran full tilt 50 yards to the levee, and saw the thing 200 yards beyond just entering a hardwood forest.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1987
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Louisiana
- County
- Caddo Par
- Nearest Town
- Oil City
- Latitude
- 3245
- Longitude
- 9359
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- high bank
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Ran 200 yards in time he ran 50 yards
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- bottom land
- Nearby Water
- lakeýpond
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators report, no name given, but e-mail <[email protected]>
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýfledýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- fled from
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 40 mph
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- huntingýon small boat
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studiedýstayed still