Incident #992952
Irvine, Estill Cty, Kentucky
Jul 1993
Account
Informant hiked up Bear Mountain to try new binoculars, in a hollow leading to a briar thicket saw a dark brownish figure sitting on a log 250 yards away. Through binoculars could see it was seated on the log beating on the side of the log with a rock in its hand. Made a tapping noise. Estimated 2.5 feet across shoulders, hands four fingers and a thumb, skin dark grey. Large round dark ekyes, flared nostrils, long jaw. Seemed to sense informant, stood up, turned and stared, head waving from side to side. Hunched a bit with arms dangling at knees. Turned and dashed off through the thicket.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Kentucky
- County
- Estill Cty
- Nearest Town
- Irvine
- Latitude
- 3740
- Longitude
- 8355
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- bushes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO report, source confidential
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyes
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- other
- Later Movement
- got upýturned
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Arms Used
- other
- Object Handled
- rock
- Sound
- other
- Reaction
- watchedýfled from
- Additional Movement
- fledýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Action on sighting
- studied