Incident #992817
Westchester, Cook Cty, Illinois
1979
Account
Skipping school, Tom Mackie and a friend were walking into the woods when they saw a very large, black, hairy animal running away from them down the path, arms swinging, much faster than a man could run. (Mackie claims to have other sightings to tell about, in a different location.)
When
- Year
- 1979
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Illinois
- County
- Cook Cty
- Nearest Town
- Westchester
- Latitude
- 4151
- Longitude
- 8754
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Ran faster than a human.
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO from Tom Mackie CIA
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- fled
- Speed
- very fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outsideýwalking
- Action on sighting
- studiedýfled