Incident #993000
Benton, Saline Cty, Arkansas
Oct 1994
Account
In woods at night with 410 shotgun, saw 7 ft. very heavy creature covered with long brownish-orange fur with a dark face, standing still in the brush. It grunted and moved towards him. He fired and saw the fur fly, it yelled and moved forward, he backed up and fired twice more. Fled to house and got rifle, but it was gone.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1994
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Arkansas
- County
- Saline Cty
- Nearest Town
- Benton
- Latitude
- 3434
- Longitude
- 9236
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trees
- Near or/at
- trail
- Super Human Action
- Hit twice with shotgun, kept coming
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- woods
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
Source
- Source
- BFRO from M.V. CIA
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- made a noiseýapproached
- Aggressive To
- witness
- Sound
- gruntýshout
- Human Contact
- bluff
- Reaction
- approached
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shotýfled