REPORT RECEIVED From:  The GCBRO Online Report Submission Form.
 

DATE:    August 1, 2001
 

TIME:     3:30 am
 

LOCATION:   Alabama, Winston County
 

TERRAIN:    Wooded
 

OBSERVED:    A CREATURE APPROXIMATELY 5 FT TALL & COVERED WITH HAIR STANDING UPRIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HWY. WHEN THE TRUCK LIGHTS HIT IT (AFTER ROUNDING A CURVE & APPROXIMATELY 40 FT. AWAY FROM THE CREATURE) THE CREATURE FROZE AND SEMI SQUATTED AND THEN WALKED (UPRIGHT) AT FAST PACE (NOT RUN) ON ACROSS THE HWY. AND UP THE BANK AND INTO THE WOODS.
 

Activities of Witness:   WITNESS WAS COMING HOME FROM XXXXXXXXXXXXX WHERE HE WORKED AS A SECURITY GUARD.  I HAVE KNOWN THIS PERSON ALL OF MY LIFE AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF HIM FABRICATING ANY STORIES. ALSO, HE WAS VERY RELUCTANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
 

Description of Creature:  CREATURE'S HAIR APPEARED TO BE MATTED TOGETHER ON ITS SIDE AS IF IT HAD BEEN IN MUD AND IT DRIED. CREATURE WAS ABOUT 4 1/2 TO 5 FEET TALL WITH DARK COLORED HAIR ALL OVER ITS BODY. APPEARED TO HAVE LONGER HAIR ON HEAD & NECK AREA.
 

Other Notes:    LOGGERS IN SAME AREA REPORTEDLY HAD MULTIPLE SIGHTINGS AND EVEN SNAPPED SOME PICTURES OF THE CREATURES FROM A LONG DISTANCE. THIS OCCURRED AROUND THE SAME TIME AS THE PREVIOUS SIGHTING.  (PHOTOS REPORTEDLY WERE UNCLEAR)
 

Additional Notes or Comments:  MORE THAN ONE DEER HUNTER IN THE AREA HAS HAD STRANGE ENCOUNTERS/SIGHTINGS.

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