Incident #993008
Rivesville, Monongalia Cty, West Virginia
Apr 1999
Account
Pamela's older brother, his wife and son, 4-wheeling in"'93 hollow" between 7 and 8 p.m., saw what they thought was a black bear walking on its hind legs and stopped to watch it. It then stopped and watched them for about 2 minutes, then walked to the end of the field it was in and entered the woods. About 800 yards away, est 8-9 feet tall, very broad shoulders and midriff, arms almost to knees. (Other sigthing or sightings see 3009.)
When
- Observation Date
- APR 20 1999
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1999
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- evening (light)
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- West Virginia
- County
- Monongalia Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rivesville
- Latitude
- 3931
- Longitude
- 8006
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- field
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 3
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- BFRO from Pamela, CIA, quoting her older brother, his wife and his 6-year-old son.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Shoulders
- wide
- Torso Front
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýwatched observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- watched
- Additional Movement
- walked awayýentered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- motorcycle/ATV
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- studied