Incident #992929
Whitehall, Washington Cty, New York
Jan 1989
Account
Rob Townshed and friend walking in the woods a mile from the friend's house saw tracks 20" long and branches broken down from 15-foot height. Felt as if they were being watched and went back to the house. Next morning about 6.30 a.m. Rob woke up and saw a large, brown creature, est. 10 feet tall, wandering around about 20 feet from the house. After about 5 minutes it walked towards the house and went up a bank. As it passed it banged on the house wall, very hard, waking Rob's friend.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1989
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- Whitehall
- Latitude
- 4344
- Longitude
- 7324
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- yard
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Tracks
- found previously
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- twilight
Source
- Source
- BFRO from Rob Townshend CIA, and male friend
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 10 ft
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- approachedýhandled somethingýwent up slope
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Aggressive To
- building
- Arms Action
- striking
- Arms Used
- for hitting
- Object Handled
- building
- Reaction
- ignored
- Evidence Left
- footprintsýbroken tree
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
- Number of Tracks
- few
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stayed stillýstudied