Incident #992966
Houston, Jackson Cty, Indiana
Mar 1998
Account
Setting up camp backpacking in Hoosier National Forest, went to investigate sounds in a ravine and saw a 7-foot creature peering out from behind a clump of trees close to a stream. Dark hair, conical shaped head, dark eyes. Observer shouted and it retreated into stream. Observer kept shouting and follwing with flashlight until after two or three minutes it ran off down the creek.
When
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1998
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Indiana
- County
- Jackson Cty
- Nearest Town
- Houston
- Latitude
- 3900
- Longitude
- 8620
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
- Nearby Water
- creek
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
Source
- Source
- BFRO confidential report
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hikingýcamping
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- shoutedýharassed