Incident #992962
Warren Cty, New Jersey
Jun 1996
Account
Driving at 1 a.m. on Shades of Death Road 2.5 miles past Drakes Acres, driver and passenger saw shadowy figure the size of a bear cross the road in front of them, very fast, then noticed it running parallel to the road at the same speed as the car. Car was going 35 mph, figure was similar in shape to a person. Red glowing eyes looking at them.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1996
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- New Jersey
- County
- Warren Cty
- Latitude
- 4055
- Longitude
- 7450
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Super Human Action
- Paced car at 35 mph
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlightsýno obvious light
Source
- Source
- Website re `Jersey Devil' > home.adelphia.net/~leuter/ quoting unnamed witness. motorist and passenger
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- medium
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- turnedýranýmaintained distance
- Speed
- very fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- watched
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 30 mph
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- kept going