Incident #992765
Saltville, Smyth Cty, Virginia
1958 to 1959
Account
On a one-lane road in a forested area, about 3.30 to 4 a.m., a creature jumped from a high embankment, landing beside the car on the passenger side and pressing its face against the window. It had taffy coloured hair, with a white blaze down its neck and underbelly. It stood on two large, well-muscled back legs and grasped for the car with its shorter front legs. Father stepped on the gas, but the creature kept up for a while. On a straight stretch he got away. The car had three scratches on the passenger side, from the front door to the rear, all the way down to bright metal. The were sure it was no known animal. No size indicated.
When
- Year
- 1958 to 1959
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Virginia
- County
- Smyth Cty
- Nearest Town
- Saltville
- Latitude
- 3652
- Longitude
- 8145
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- high bank
- Near or/at
- road
- Super Human Action
- kept pace with car
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Paulette Boyd <[email protected]> quoting her parents.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Hair Colour
- beige
- Movement
- jumping down
- Later Movement
- watched observerýhandled something
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- vehicle
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- ran atýran after
- Evidence Left
- hand print
- Second Colour
- white
- Additional Movement
- chased
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled