Incident #992957
Pineville, Berkeley Cty, South Carolina
Jul 1993
Account
Setting up camp by Santee River half mile below big dam, heard sounds of something big splashing in water, then crashing through branches climbing 50 feet up steep "cleft" towards them. They fled in car but turned back to see what it was. Long, hairy legs stepped in front of car, backing up headlights showed 7 to 8-foot, big, wet, slightly slumped creature, which stood looking at them, then turned and went in woods with three-foot strides. Next day saw footprints bigger than human. Uninhabited, swampy island across river from camp site.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- South Carolina
- County
- Berkeley Cty
- Nearest Town
- Pineville
- Latitude
- 3328
- Longitude
- 8009
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- water
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- No. of Track Witnesses
- several
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- BFRO from J.J. CIA. Second witness J.J.'s then girlfriend
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Appearance
- wet
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýwatched observer
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- watchedýavoided
- Water Activity
- dive inýwade out
- Use of Water
- travel
- Additional Movement
- turned leftýwalked awayýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Stride in Inches Average
- 36
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in carýcamping
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- studied