Incident #992764
Riner, Montgomery Cty, Virginia
May 1998
Account
Driving on Dobbins Hollow Road about 6.30 p.m., rounded a curve where the road goes between a creek and a tree farm and saw a 5 to 6-foot creature standing hunched over in the middle of the road. It looke at them then ran (lurched) to the left side of the road and into the trees.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 30 1998
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- evening (light)
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Virginia
- County
- Montgomery Cty
- Nearest Town
- Riner
- Latitude
- 3704
- Longitude
- 8027
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO posting, unnamed male informant (from [email protected])
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- No hair on
- on face
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Action on sighting
- kept going