Incident #992965
Van Etten, Chemung Cty, New York
Sep 1999
Account
Joe Sabin and brother driving west on Rt. 224 about 9 p.m. encountered fire trucks coming towards them, lights and sirens going. A 7 ft. creature, not fat, ran across the road between them and the fire trucks, so fast "it is capable of catching a deer or anything else it wants." Black, stooped at shoulders, arms swinging at sides. Came out of swamp and into woods.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 13 1999
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1999
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- New York
- County
- Chemung Cty
- Nearest Town
- Van Etten
- Latitude
- 4219
- Longitude
- 7635
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- marsh
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- farms and woods
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Joe Sabin, Horseheads, N.Y., with brother. Intv. by Bill Brann.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- medium
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- crossed roadýentered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- kept going