Incident #992775
Burlington Cty, New Jersey
Dec 1993
Account
Irwin patrolling at night (why would a summer ranger be patrolling in December?) noticed a large figure emerge from the woods and stand like a human, over 6 feet tall, covered with black fur that looked wet and matted. It turned its "deerlike head" and stared through the windshield with "piercing red eyes," according to a Forest Service report of the incident.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
Where
- State / province
- New Jersey
- County
- Burlington Cty
- Latitude
- 3945
- Longitude
- 7440
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- road
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Source
- Source
- BFRO from Regan Dickson <[email protected]> quoting John Irwin, summer park ranger in Wharton State Forest, NJ.
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- wet
- Hair Colour
- black
- Nose
- long snout
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stayed stillýstudied