Incident #992916
Toccoa, Stephens Cty, Georgia
Jun 1978
Account
Informant, girl, 12, walking with 13-year-old twins, boy and girl, in mountainous area with scattered houses. Entering a wood they saw a 7-foot, bulky creature lumbering towards them, about 30 to 40 feet away. It had a very large head. They turned and ran, it chased, but only came within about 15 feet and stopped at the edge of the woods. Twin girl did not see it.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Georgia
- County
- Stephens Cty
- Nearest Town
- Toccoa
- Latitude
- 3437
- Longitude
- 8325
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- field
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO from anonymous woman, 12 years old at time.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- stooped
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- chased
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Odour
- mild
- Human Contact
- bluff
- Reaction
- ran after
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled