Incident #992869
Bagwell, Red River Cty, Texas
Dec 1982
Account
On logging road going to town, aunt screamed, others looked up and saw 6.5-foot creature colour of brown bear, crossing road right in front of car. Hair not very long, patches missing on arms and legs. Jumped across ditch and disappeared in woods.
When
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Red River Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bagwell
- Latitude
- 3345
- Longitude
- 9310
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from John Kiminas (not clear if he is the witness). Witness and aunt, and presumably uncle.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Hair Shorter On
- armsýlegs
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýjumpedýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shouted