Incident #992976
New Matamoros, Washington Cty, Ohio
Mar 1999
Account
Approaching rest area a few miles north of New Matamoros, on state hwy 7 beside the Ohio River, saw a black humanlike figure walk across the highway in three steps. Witness later found that it took him 9 steps.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 30 1999
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1999
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Ohio
- County
- Washington Cty
- Nearest Town
- New Matamoros
- Latitude
- 3931
- Longitude
- 8104
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Super Human Action
- Crossed 27-foot road in three steps
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlightsýstreet light
Source
- Source
- Keating - May, 1999, quoting e-mail from truck driver (who reported incident inperson at Don's April meeting)
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- kept going