Incident #993004
Balding, Union Cty, Arkansas
late 1980's
Account
In truck loading oil at night close to Felsenthal Wildlife Refuge, driver smelled strong gamey smell, turned on headlights and saw large apelike creature staring at him. Enormous, with red eyes. He drove off with loading hose still attached.
When
- Year
- late 1980's
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Arkansas
- County
- Union Cty
- Nearest Town
- Balding
- Latitude
- 3305
- Longitude
- 9210
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- occupied machine
- Near or/at
- marsh
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- swamp
- Nearby Water
- swamp
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- BFRO, 3rd-hand story from Wilreich CIA, quoting oil truck driver
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Odour
- strong
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- fled