Incident #992776
Manahawkin, Ocean Cty, New Jersey
Jul 1979
Account
Scot K. was riding his bike through woods in the pine barrens and stopped to wait for some friends. He heard a branch snap, then saw 40 feet awat an 8 to 9-foot creature covered with blackish brown rust-coloured hair. It was 3 to 4 inches long on forearms that were as big around Scot's leg, and it had a stride he estimated at 10 feet. They stared at each other, then it turned and stepped into the woods.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- New Jersey
- County
- Ocean Cty
- Nearest Town
- Manahawkin
- Latitude
- 3942
- Longitude
- 7417
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- trail
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO, Scott McNabb quoting Scot K. CIA.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- medium
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Legs
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observerýturned rightýwalked away
- Human Contact
- watch
- Reaction
- watchedýavoided
- Second Colour
- red brown
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- bicycling
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed stillýstudied