Incident #992946
Honobia, Le Flore Cty, Oklahoma
1999
Account
Story quotes Linda Martin as seen footprints, and Tim Humphreys as having seen four creatures in the woods and shot one of them. Humphreys is quoted as sayinng that one of the creatures stared in the window of his home, sacring his 3-year-old daughter, and that they "had been beating on my house, scaring my kids playing in the woods, yelling and screaming and scratching. They spilled meat out of my freezer." He claims to have photographs but will not produce them. Sightings by other locals are indicated. Site is in the Kiamichi Mountains, around the communities of Honobia, Smithville, Battiest and Octavia. This would involve LeFlore, Pushmataha and McCurtain counties.
When
- Year
- 1999
Where
- State / province
- Oklahoma
- County
- Le Flore Cty
- Nearest Town
- Honobia
- Latitude
- 3430
- Longitude
- 9450
What was seen
- Individuals
- more than two, sex unknown (large)
- Total Individuals
- 4
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Photo
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
Source
- Source
- Beckjord quoting AP story from Honobia, OK, Jan. 30, 2000. Multiple incidents. Tim Humphreys quoted.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Aggressive To
- building
- Arms Action
- striking
- Arms Used
- for hitting
- Object Handled
- buildingýother
- Sound
- whistle
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 7.0
Witness
- Observer Was
- at home
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shotýphotographed