Incident #992851
Middletown, Montgomery Cty, Missouri
1976
Account
Driving on a country road north of Middletown, father of W. Flanders saw a large dark shape in a pasture, 7 to 9 feet tall, covered with black hair. As vehicle approached it moved to the cover of Coon Creek. Flanders and his father searched shortly after but found no sign.
When
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Missouri
- County
- Montgomery Cty
- Nearest Town
- Middletown
- Latitude
- 3934
- Longitude
- 9142
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Near or/at
- water
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from W. Flanders - [email protected] - quoting his father.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied