Incident #992777
Neptune, Monmouth Cty, New Jersey
1997
Account
Informant driving at night in Allaire State Park on Hospital Road near Manasquan River, a deer ran out in front of the car and he slammed on the brakes, then a 6 to 8-foot hairy animal ran out after the deer and stopped in the middle of the road. It was running on two legs and had red eyes. Informant tells of two later sightings of what may have been the same animal, while hunting in Manasquan wildlife area the following year. (2778)
When
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- New Jersey
- County
- Monmouth Cty
- Nearest Town
- Neptune
- Latitude
- 4010
- Longitude
- 7407
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators, from anonymous at <[email protected]> sighting with his family and others by himself
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- stopped still
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Aggressive To
- deer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stoppedýstudied