Incident #992757
Lampasas, Lampasaas, Texas
Aug 1977
Account
Rick Dowdy and another youth in a boat on the Lampasas River, very shallow in places, were returning from checking fishing lines at night, dragging the boat over a gravel bar, when something rushed down the bank knocking over mesquite trees, and a 9-foot, brown creature burst into view. It had a small head with glowing orange eyes, and hair a foot long on its long, swaying arms. They fled.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1977
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Lampasaas
- Nearest Town
- Lampasas
- Latitude
- 3105
- Longitude
- 9801
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hill
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators, from Rick Dowdy <[email protected]>
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected orange
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Hair Longer on
- arms
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- running
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Object Handled
- tree
- Human Contact
- bluff
- Reaction
- ran at
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, boat
- Action on sighting
- fled