Incident #992860
Fallston, Harford Cty, Maryland
early 1970's
Account
Fallston man had something raiding his garbage cans, on a concrete pad surrounded by a 6-foot fence. He heard a noise late at night, went out with a .22, an saw that there was something outside the fence, so shot in the air. A big ape stood up, head and shoulders above the fence, turned and ran to the woods, tearing up freshly planted bushes in its path. Ground too hard for prints except where bushes uprooted. He cast one print (not described except for "big") and gave the cast to the neighbour who showed it to Bill Asmussen.
When
- Year
- early 1970's
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Maryland
- County
- Harford Cty
- Nearest Town
- Fallston
- Latitude
- 3931
- Longitude
- 7626
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- garbage dump
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Bill Asmussen - [email protected] - quoting a neighbour quoting a man from Fallston, MD.
Creature description
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got upýturnedýfled
- Aggressive To
- shrubs
- Object Handled
- other
- Eating
- garbage
- Reaction
- fled from
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- handled somethingýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- crouched
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Tracks Came From
- yard
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Action on sighting
- shot