Incident #992943
Fort Gay, Wayne Cty, West Virginia
Sep 1982
Account
Informant and friends were parked at a clearing above an old cemetery on Hewlett Branch Road, foolig around outside the car. They heard dogs barking like crazy down the hill, then stop. A minute later heard something moving through the brush. Informant went forwardd, saw what he thought was a man and called out, then figure 7 feet tall, emerged at the top of the hill, huffing and grunting. covered with dark brown fur. They piled in car to flee, and as informant turned on the lights it shielded its eyes and hurried behind trees and brush.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1982
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- West Virginia
- County
- Wayne Cty
- Nearest Town
- Fort Gay
- Latitude
- 3806
- Longitude
- 8235
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hill
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 5
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- BFRO from confidential, with four other teenagers, both sexes
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- went up slopeýmade a noise
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- shading eyes
- Sound
- grunt
- Additional Movement
- fledýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Action on sighting
- fled