Incident #992746
Elizabeth City, Pasquatank Cty, North Carolina
Oct 1982
Account
John Cartwright, a city boy going hunting with a friend and father, stayed in deer stand from 5 a.m. to 9, saw many deer and a bear but didn't shoot, then smelled sewer-type odour, heard twigs snapping and an 8-foot creature came in view from the waist up. It stopped for about 5 minutes to eat leaves which it selected from trees with its hands, then moved on. Chest and shoulders unbelievably massive, hair black, skin of palms black, face hairy except around eyes, neck stubby with furry ridge running up to a slightly pointed head that sloped down to the forehead like a gorilla. Saw it mostly from the back.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- North Carolina
- County
- Pasquatank Cty
- Nearest Town
- Elizabeth City
- Latitude
- 3625
- Longitude
- 7615
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO, quoting John Cartwright CIA
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on palmsýnear eyes
- Hair Colour
- black
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýhandled somethingýate
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- reaching
- Arms Used
- for eating
- Object Handled
- vegetable matter
- Odour
- strong
- Eating
- foliage
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- studiedýstayed still