Incident #992981
Broken Bow, McCurtain Cty, Oklahoma
May 1971
Account
On fishing trip to Broken Bow Reservoir, teenagers David Holley and A.C. climbed to the top of an island, found large area trampled down, with trees around broken off 9-10 feet up. Noted strong smell. On way down heard something shadowing them, smell was worse. They began to run, jumped over 10-foot dropoff, heard grunting growl and heavy breathing, then saw face like a gorilla above them. Fled wildly through brush to beach, creature crashing behind them. Got in boat and creature burst out on beach, screamed and entered water, splashing it with swinging long arms. 8-9 feet tall, heavily built, covered reddish brown hair except eyes, nose and mouth. Head conical, not much neck.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oklahoma
- County
- McCurtain Cty
- Nearest Town
- Broken Bow
- Latitude
- 3415
- Longitude
- 9440
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- high bank
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Nearby Water
- lake
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- David Holley e-mail > [email protected] < (Founder, with son John David, of Sasquatch Unlimited), with friend A.C.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- near eyesýnear mouth
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Expression
- angry
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- chasedýmaintained distance
- Aggressive To
- observers
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Sound
- growlýscream
- Human Contact
- bluff
- Reaction
- ran after
- Water Activity
- wade in
- Additional Movement
- went down slopeýentered water
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled