Incident #992877
Kokadjo, Piscataquis Cty, Maine
Jun 1973
Account
Philip Pruitt and brother driving through heavily wooded area north of Kokadjo on a private road, saw what they thought was a black bear, "stooped over or on all fours" running toward the road. When it crossed the road it stood upright and ran swiftly like a human, moving its arms like a human runner. Was 6 feet tall, covered with dark hair. Crossed road, entered forest on the right, then looked over its shoulder at them.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Maine
- County
- Piscataquis Cty
- Nearest Town
- Kokadjo
- Latitude
- 4545
- Longitude
- 6925
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO Curators from Philip A. Pruitt - [email protected] - 205-425-6348, and brother
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- got upýcrossed roadýentered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- watched
- Additional Movement
- watched observer
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- kept going