“I am a tow truck driver with lots of experience. I am used
to driving long distance, mostly at night. I am able to stay alert
and clear headed on these night runs. I was on the Audubon Parkway
coming from Henderson and headed towards Owensboro. As I neared the
bridge that crosses the Green River I saw something big leaning over
the guardrail.
This NOT an actual photo of the creature.
It was leaning from the outside the guardrail on the grass side towards
the inside of the guardrail towards the highway. As my bright lights
hit the figure it immediately went from a bent over position to a full
upright position and it was big. I estimate it at 8 feet tall, at least.
It had the shape of a human, but unbelievably big.
It only took me a few seconds to pass on by it, but it was no animal
I have ever seen. It was not a bear (which we have very few sightings
of in this area). I feel like it was leaning over the guardrail to get
something or pick up something, possibly roadkill?”
Describe the creature with detail:
“The
creature was at least 8 foot tall. It had dark brownish hair with a
red tint. Now this may sound funny, but even though it had hair all
over its body, it was not thick hair. Not like I would have envisioned
how hairy a bigfoot might be, or like some pictures I have seen of supposed
bigfoots. Its hair looked sparse in areas, almost like a “mangy”
look, like some animals with mange sometimes appear.”
Additional Info: “I cannot say I saw eye-shine even though my
bright lights hit the creature for a few seconds. I did not see it turn
or walk away. I did not turn around and go back as I was towing another
vehicle at the time.”
Follow-Up:
5-8-2017
On
5-8-2017, Don Neal received a call from a fellow researcher (David Wolfe)
who had heard about the sighting. David took this initial report as
a favor to the KBRO. As this witness said to David, he was almost certain
that what he saw was not a human being. It was way too big, tall and
broad to be a man.
On
5-9-2017 Don Neal spoke to the witness directly.
On Thursday morning 4/20/17 around 2:30am the witness was traveling
East on the Audubon Parkway from Henderson, KY towards Owensboro, KY.
The witness operates a tow truck and was at the time of the sighting
hauling a vehicle behind him. As he neared the bridge which crosses
the Green River he noticed a huge dark figure on the right hand side
of the road (South) leaning over the guardrail. Its body was on the
South side of the guardrail and it was leaning over the railing towards
the highway side. The witness was driving approximately 65 MPH and he
immediately hit the "off' button on his cruise control and watched
the huge figure as it was lit up by his specially equipped bright head
lights which assist him in his towing business. Although he did not
stop his vehicle, it had started slowing down as he passed this creature
and at his closest, it was within 20 feet of his passenger side window.
In this section of the Parkway there are no parkway lights or street
lights, it is a fairly dark section of the parkway. The witness states
that as soon as his bright lights hit the creature it went from leaning
over the guardrail to a straight upright position which he estimates
at some 8 foot tall. The creature turned towards the oncoming driver
yet the witness said he saw no eye-shine or eye-glow.
His recollection of what he saw in that 3 to 4 seconds span as he was
passing the creature. It was no shorter than 8 feet tall. It was not
really muscular, or even as large as one might think for its height.
Although the witness knows it was fully covered in dark brown colored
hair, he stated, "It was a fine hair, not thick like beard hair."
Although the witness states that he did not get a clear and plain view
of the facial area, he remembers that it appeared more human than animal.
The witness states that the creature never moved to walk or run away,
but simply watched him and his vehicle pass by. The witness also states
that he immediately got the impression (feeling) that the creature was
startled or surprised that he had came upon the creature so suddenly
and caught it in the open.
Researcher’s
Note: At the location of this sighting, the driver was coming around
a curve in the road and his lights hit the creature as he hit the straightaway.
This often explains a Bigfoot being caught suddenly in vehicle lights
according to many other previous reports.
Finally the witness stated to this researcher that he does not know
for sure why he got this feeling, but he "felt" that this
creature was an older or aged individual. Although there is no proof
to verify that statement, I found it interesting to repeat what the
witness said.
- Don "Biggyfoot" Neal, Lead Investigator
Henderson
County Witness - July
2011
Dustin
was practically run out the woods by a possible Squatch. His wonderful
and experienced Coon dog was completely ruined from this incident and
would never hunt again; in fact the man had to give the dog away. His
girlfriend who was with him during this sighting is today his wife,
backed his every word.
-
Don "Biggyfoot" Neal, Lead Investigator
The
Spottsville Monster Seen Again?
Witnesses:
Chris and Tyler (last names on file)
City: Spottsville, KY
Road: Chaney Road (exact location on file)
Date: 12-23-12
Time: 10:38pm
Encounter:
As the vehicle topped a small hill just before a bridge crossing, the
2 young men in the front seat saw bright yellow eye shine directly ahead
in the road. Two things immediately caught their attention, one was
the huge size of the eyes, second was the height of the eyes. Both individuals
were temporarily stunned as to what they were seeing. They began to
slow down and try to see what this was ahead in the road. It was extremely
dark and all they could see was the distinct eye shine and that this
tall shadowy outline of a figure was at least 7 to 8 feet tall and covered
in what appeared to be either jet black hair or fur. All of these following
events mentioned are happening in mere seconds according to the witnesses.
Quickly the eye-shine seemed to suggest that the creature looked at
the vehicle, and looked away, twice, as if it was confused momentarily
as to what to do as the vehicle was getting closer to it. Then the figure
seemed to take only 2 steps (from the Left to the Right, or East to
West) and was instantly out of the road and gone from sight. The driver
was so shocked that he sped away from the location. After about an hour
passed and they tried to understand what they had just seen, they built
up enough courage to go back to the same spot. They discovered that
the creature was most likely almost on the bridge itself when they first
saw its eye shine, then they noticed that the direction the creature
had exited was at the foot of a steep embankment almost 6 feet high.
This means that in 2 steps the creature had seemed to walk up the steep
incline and disappear from their sight. Both witnesses were extremely
amazed at this possible feat and related that to me several times. Neither
witness were believers in Bigfoot before this event, but both stated
that as soon as they saw this shadowy figure, that was the first thing
that entered their minds as it appeared to be exactly like pictures
and drawings of Bigfoot they had seen in the past.
Personal
Notes: I spoke by speaker phone to both of these witnesses Chris and
Tyler at the same time. They were constant in their answers to my questions
and never varied in their stories. They both were adamant that neither
believed in Bigfoot before this sighting and were never expected to
see anything like this. The young lady was in the back seat and never
saw what happened, they both said they believe that was because it was
dark, and happened so fast that she didn't get to see what they saw,
but she knew they were really afraid of something all of a sudden. Chris
lives in this area and travels these roads constantly, and had never
seen anything like this before.
This
portion of Henderson County is ripe with a history of Bigfoot stories
and reports.
-
Don Neal, Lead Investigator
Investigation 6-29-11
GENEVA
MAN SEES BIGFOOT AGAIN!
Jason Skaggs, 26, claims that he has seen the 'Geneva Giant' again,
the latest in a string of Bigfoot sightings that he's had in the last
few years. Just before 11 pm. on Saturday, June 18th, 2011, Skaggs was
travelling north on his motorcycle down Trigg Turner Rd. in Geneva,
KY. when the beast appeared again. A couple of days later I interviewed
him at both his paren't house on Hwy. 136 and the site of the alleged
appearance of the giant, where it had apparently crossed the road less
than a hundred yards in front of him. "I just had switched on my
bright lights when I saw it," Skaggs told me. "It crossed
the road, from right to left, in 2 or 3 steps. It was dark, but I could
see that it was really big, covered in dark hair, and walked on two
legs... I knew immediately what it was." He also stated that when
it got to the other side of the road and the edge of the woods it "just
stopped", like it was waiting for him to go by. "I just gunned
it," he said, "and drove by as fast as I could on the other
side of the road." The encounter took place only a few yards from
a culvert crossing a small creek on Trigg Turner, about ten feet from
the end of the gaurdrail. I accompanied him to the site and had him
show me exactly where the incident took place. The heavy underbrush
rendered a search for possible footprints fruitless, but I did note
an area of flattened grass where Skaggs said the thing had stood as
he passed. The creek was swollen with muddy water from a recent thunderstorm,
with more on the way. I photographed the scene and the witness and asked
if he was sure of what he'd seen. He was. "I got pretty damned
nervous when I saw it," he said, "being on a motorcycle. I
thought that thing could just reach out and grab me if it wanted to.
It's a whole different thing to see it from a truck or something. This
was scary. I called mom as soon as I got home," he said. His parents'
home is only about a mile down the creek and "It was heading in
that direction." His parents called me the next day and allowed
me to set up a couple of trail cams in the woods on their property in
hopes of getting the first ever picture of the "Geneva Giant'.
If that happens readers of this website will be the first to see them.
Eyewitness,
Jason Skaggs, at scene of the encounter.
Spot where creature stopped at edge of woods.
Creek in sighting area.
- B.M.Nunnelly, Bigfoot Investigator
Website submission on 3-12-11
Your first name: Kaleb
Which county? Henderson
Estimated date? March 12
Estimated time? 9:00
Nearest city? Henderson
Nearest Road(s): no roads we are at a golf course
Length of time the encounter lasted: 5 minutes
How many witnesses? 3
Please describe your encounter:
We were fishing and my friend heard a noise. He went to go look, heard
it again and looked up and it was standing on the far side of the pond.
We got our stuff and walked fastly to our house before we approached
the fence I ( kaleb ) turned around and it was standing on the golf
course hill looking at me with bright green eyes. It was around 7 to
8 in a half feet tall with long black fur.
FOLLOW UP: 3-13-11
I spoke to Kaleb, 12, on March 13th and he was still shaken from the
encounter he and his two friends had on 'The Hills' golf course just
off Hwy 60 in Henderson. The course contains several lakes of varying
sizes and they had decided to go fishing in one of them around 9:00
p.m. on the evening of March 12th when the experience allegedly took
place. They hadn't been there long when they began hearing sounds coming
from the darkness across the pond. Both the other boys, Chase D., 12,
and Noah C., also 12 (full names on file), heard the noises and one
of them started off to check them out. He didn't get far when a huge
creature stood up from a small washout at the edge of the course. Kaleb
described the creature to me the next day as huge, "much thicker
than a man, especially at the shoulders." It was 7 to 8 ft. tall
and covered in long, dark hair". Most alarmingly, its eyes were
glowing a bright, flourescent green. "Lot's of animals have eyeshine,"
I told him, "Are you sure it's eyes weren't reflecting the light
from your flashlights?" "None of us had flashlights,"
he said. "We only had one small lantern sitting down beside us.
It was really weak and that lake was huge. This thing's eyes were a
bright flourescent green." The creature vocalized again, which
sounded like a cross between a "...hard, blowing sound and a howl",
and then began to walk quickly in the boys' direction. Of course they
wasted no time in evacuating the area. As they were running in the direction
of his house, Kaleb looked back and saw the thing standing on the green
beside the lake, eyes still glowing. Kaleb claimed that they all got
a good look at the creature even though the closest the thing ever came
to the boys was estimated at 20 yards, or 60 ft. of distance, at night.
"We must've walked right by it," he told me. "We walked
right by that washout on our way to our spot. We sure didn't see it
then." The Hills, a somewhat exclusive subdivision and golf course,
is situated on higher ground near the Ohio river, which was in flood
stage when the incident took place. This was not the first time Kaleb
had seen something like this, I was surprised to learn. Back in 2002,
when he was only 4 years old, his dad had just gotten a new four-wheeler
and they were giving it a run on Newburgh Beach in Reed, Ky. when they
saw something on the trail ahead that looked like "a giant monkey
standing on its hind legs." This one, as he recalled, was bit smaller.
He estimated it's weight to be around 200 to 300 lbs. The thing at the
lake, on the other hand, weighed at least 500 lbs. The creature was
also being blamed by one of his friends at school for a string of livestock
disappearances from his family's property in Baskett. As recent as March
19th a full grown cow was "dragged off into the woods" from
this farm, which is situated just a few dozen yards from Mound Ridge
Rd. One leg was all that remained of the animal. At least one strange
footprint has been found there, but not photographed. The family has
had 2 trail cams out for a while now, Kaleb said, but had taken them
down to check the pics when the cow disappeared. Kaleb also claimed
that he'd seen another strange animal at around noon on December 30th,
2009 while deer hunting with another friend near some abandoned coal
mines in Zion, Ky; a huge, dog-like creature which stood almost 5 ft.
tall at the shoulders. "It was eating a dead deer," Kaleb
said. It had brownish-black fur and a huge, bushy tail. It also had
a "real long snout with sharp teeth and a huge head, like an english
bull-mastiff". Unrecognized canids are not unheard of in western
Kentucky, but the next feature Kaleb described was a first for me. "It
had big ears," he said "They were at least a foot long."
According to him the thing stood there on all fours eating, then looked
up at the two and let out a long growl/howl that frightened them both
(and his friend was 21 years old), then charged at them. His friend
raised his gun and fired - and missed. Luckily the noise frightened
the weird critter, as it then took a sharp right turn and disappeared
into the woods. His friend refused to talk about it after that, Kaleb
claimed. How is it that one young boy could be "lucky" enough
to encounter these beasts on numerous occasions when thousands of researchers
across the nation can't seem to catch even a fleeting glimpse of a single
cryptid? Is Kaleb telling the truth or simply making it all up? He certainly
seems sincere to me and it's not wise to discount all of the more outlandish
claims, despite the ages of the witnesses. I've found that children
are less apt to lie than adults, more often than not. Having said that,
efforts to contact some of the other witnesses mentioned and collaborate
the alleged events are ongoing and updates will be posted as they develop.
Please describe your encounter:
'I was sitting home alone when my mother in law Delores Long called
me to tell me our friend was back and I asked her what she ment she
said go on your back porch and listen. I stepped out side and off in
the distance I could hear this growling howl. it didn't just do it one
time and stop it was repeteated howls, I screamed as loud as I could
oh SHUT UP!!! the howling stopped only for about a minute to a minute
and a half the next time it howled it was in the woods behind my house,
I could see the outline of a figure in the pasture next door and it
was huge, My pitbull dog BB was on the porch with me and when this thing
howled she whimpered got down on her belly and crawled back into the
house and urinated all the way into the house and she refused to go
back outside for over and hour. I called my Nephew Michael and told
him what was going on and he came down to the house and then my nephew
Josh Long showed up they searched the woods, while they were searching
the woods this creature howled again and it sounded like it was off
behind Josh's dads house which is only about 2 1/2 acres behind us.
they went back there to look and could see nothing but as they were
driving back up the driveway this creature howled out again and it sounded
like it was right at the end of Josh's dad's house. and coming back
our way josh and michael took off thru the woods to try to get a look
at what was coming back this way but it hit the creek and disappeared.
This is not the only encounter we have had with this creature back in
1990 me and my fiance John who is now my husband were parking on trigg
turner road in Geneva back by some oil tanks and as we were getting
ready to leave the spot we had been parking we heard something approaching
the truck, it was like heavy heavy breathing, we started the truck and
took off. as we rounded the curve coming back to my moms house on the
end of trigg turner road we saw a herd of deer on the left side of the
road and you could tell they were on high alert so I hooked up the spot
light in the truck and begin to shine it on the deer and as I shined
the light across to the right side of the road there was something standing
in the middle of the field it was about 7 1/2 feet tall to 8 feet tall
redish brown hair all over it body and the hair hung from its arms and
it walked upright, and it had the most eerie eyes they glowed an red
orange color. When the deer spotted it they took off across the road
towards the wooded creek and this creature took off after them John
gunned the truck and I kept the spot light on it and we were running
about 30 to 35 mph and was just keeping up with it, so after spotlighting
this thing, it didn’t retreat, rather it keep pursuing the deer
and then they chased it in their truck??? when it hit the woods, we
stopped the truck and listened and you could hear a deer making the
blah blah sound like it had been caught, and I myself have had one other
encounter with this creature during a camping trip to the geneva bottems,
me and My ex husband David were camping and he was extremly on the tipsy
side so we all decided to go to bed in the camper, I had my children
on the top bunk and my ex and I on the bottom when all of a sudden something
jurked on the camper door so hard I thought it was coming off the hinges,
camper doors are flimsy and if she claims it moved the camper a foot,
it would broke the cheap handle which most campers have I tried to wake
up my ex husband but of course he was out. I could hear this creature
walking all around the camper. I was so frightened that I crawled up
on the top bunk to protect my children it had to get me first. so 3
of them in a top bunk? this went of for almost 2 hours and then it left.
The next morning when I got up I opened up the camper door and there
were large footprints outside the camper most of them were smeared or
distorted but when this creature pulled on the camper it pulled it backwards
about a foot and if the camper had not been chained to the tree it would
have rolled straight into the ohio river and we would have all drowned.
because it pulled it past the wheel chocks. I have never been so scared
in all my life and I never went back to that spot to camp again.'
Describe the creature with detail:
7 1/2 feet to 8 feet tall redish brown hair all over it body and the
hair hung from its arms and legs and it walked upright, and it had the
most eerie eyes they glowed an red orange color. and it stunk like a
molded rug, had this real musty odor to it.
FOLLOW
UP: 2-19-11
This report was actually verified a few years ago by my friend and former
B.F.R.O. investiagator, Tony Gerrard. However, I personally spoke to
Amy a few days after she submitted her report to this website, and was
able to meet both her and her son, Jason Skaggs, on the weekend of Feb.
19th, 2011. Amy, her husband, John, and her son all three appeared on
an episode of the History Channel's 'Monster Quest' early in 2010, the
same episode in which I appeared and served as primary researcher on.
Concerning her and her husband's alleged encounters with Bigfoot, she
struck me as being very sincere in her claims, with no motivation to
lie about it to anyone. She repeated her enocounter to me, adding little
and taking nothing away from the initial reports. The two were making
out at the end of an isolated country road that night when they began
hearing grunting noises. Frightened, they began driving away from the
area when the creature appeared as described, evidently stalking a small
herd of deer. John trained his spotlight on the monster, who seemed
uneffected by the light. It chased the deer into some nearby woods and
they lost sight of it. Soon after came the bleating sounds of a deer
in distress and they deduced that the thing had caught one of them.
Amy also claimed other encounters with this creature, now commonly known
as 'The Geneva Giant', going back at least 13 years previously. She
also informed me that both John's father and grandfather had more encounters
of their own with this creature, or one like it, on Martin Martin Road
not far from their current property. Back in the 70's the creature had
appeared to the men just before dusk one evening and had jumped onto
a horse-driven wagon they were in at the time. This took place on Martin
Martin Rd. at a place called 'Bird Hill'.
Jason Skaggs, Amy's son, incredibly, makes the third generation of Bigfoot
witnesses in that family, and his testimony was the most compelling.
He also appeared on 'The Hillbilly Beast' episode of 'Monster Quest'
with his parents, but most of his testimony ended up on the cutting-room
floor. He too had more than one run-in with the creature, he told me.
The first was in 2004 or 2005 while bow-fishing with a friend around
midnight one summer evening in a slough on Klondike road in nearby Smith
Mills, KY. Klondike road, incidentally, has a long history of creature
sightings - not just Bigfoot. A strange water monster was seen there,
in the exact same spot, by two teens in the 1980's, and I personally
observed an extremely large, strange-looking, red-colored bird there
back in 1998. On this particular occasion the water wasn't too deep
and the cattails weren't very tall, so the two put on hip-waders and
entered the water with their bows and hat-mounted wheat lights. They
had only been there a short while when they kept hearing something splashing
in the water beyond the line of cattails. Jason shined his light in
that direction and both of them saw a pair of large eyes that glowed
yellow and orange in the light. The eyes belonged to some type of large,
dark-colored, hairy monster that was standing in the water only a few
yards away. Then it began to approach the two frightened fishermen,
parting the cattails with its hands as it walked on two legs in their
direction. The two wasted no time in exiting the water and making it
back to the truck. Jason shined his light back and saw the creature
walking through the knee-deep water. He described the thing as seven
feet-tall and covered in long, straggly, dark-colored hair - not black,
but reddish-brown. Jason had a .12 gauge shotgun in the truck, and he
grabbed it from behind the seat as the thing stepped up onto the road.
There were three shells in the gun, he said. He unloaded all three into
the creature from only a short distance away. The thing let out a high-pitched
screaming roar but, other than this, seemed completely unneffected by
the double-ought buckshot . As the two sped away in the truck, Jason
looked back and saw the thing step up onto the road. It "hunkered
over," Skaggs claimed, then sat down in the road for a second or
two before getting up and walking to the other side and disappearing
into the water on the opposite side of the road. The encounter shook
the two, but didn't stop Jason's Bowfishing activities.
He saw the thing again while bowfishing, this time at a place known
as 'The Jenny Hole', in 2008. They were fishing in a boat this time,
and had been bothered by the sounds of snapping limbs for several hours.
It was around 3 or 4 a.m. when they finally spotted the same type of
creature standing in the trees about 15 feet from their boat. It shadowed
the boat for a good distance, keeping pace with it through the woods,
before they lost sight of it. Multiple witnesses were involved.
Jason's last sighting came in 2009 when both he and his girlfriend saw
the creature standing at the edge of the woods in a field close to the
same area of the previous sighting. It was broad daylight. As they drove
by they noticed that it was walking out further into the field, so they
turned around for a better look. They could see that it was now hunkered
down in the field, yet easily discernable. They were only able to get
a little closer before the creature stood up and walked briskly back
into the trees on two legs, where it stood and watched them for over
20 minutes before it eased away and disappeared into the trees.
Both Amy and Jason seemed to be extremely credible witnesses. Amy claimed
that the creature returned to the creek near their property every spring
and fall and invited us to put out our trail-cams in the area to prove
it. Jason seemed eager to take investigators from this website with
him on his next bowhunting expedition, and is sure that the creature
can still be encountered in the same area. His description of the creature,
especially the color of the eye-shine/glow, is consistant with other
reports that I have gathered from the same area. Even the locations
jibe with other locations, such as Klondike Rd. and the Jenny Hole,
which are known to be extremely active regarding the appearance of unknown
hominoids. In-depth investigations are being planned for the locations
mentioned in the spring of 2011. More updates will be posted for our
readers as they become available.
- Bart Nunnelly, Bigfoot Investigator
Spottsville,
KY 9-28-10
On the evening of Sept. 28th, 2010, less than two miles from Mound Ridge
Road - site of the 1975 'Spottsville Monster' scare - a lone motorist
driving down Baskett Lane (1078-N) between Baskett and Spottsville,
KY. observed a large, dark figure standing upright next to some trees
in a small thicket near Conley-Thomas Rd. It was just before dusk with
good visibilty and the figure was only about fifteen yards (45 ft.)
away. "It was big," the witness told me, "man-like and
covered with dark-brown hair." The witness, who wishes to remain
anonymous, was travelling slowly due to the many curves on the small,
country lane, and there was no other visible traffic either in front
of or behind him, so he slowed the vehicle to a stop, then backed up
to get a better look. It was still there, standing upright near the
trees, when he arrived. According to him, when the creature saw him
it squatted down. The two stared at each other for several seconds,
he said, then it stood back up into a somewhat stoop-shouldered posture
and moved slowly away into the trees on two legs. He further described
the creature he saw as between six and seven ft. tall, with a flat nose
and lips that protruded out further than the brow line, like a short
muzzle. He saw no ears. Furthermore, he claimed to know one of the long-time
residents of Conley-Thomas Rd, and this person told him that his wife
had seen a tall, hairy monster at the edge of their residence about
four years previously. The sighting had, acoording to him, greatly upset
his wife. An experienced hunter, the witness is absolutely certain the
creature he saw was not a bear or any other animal with which he is
familiar. After speaking to him I drove out to the location of the sighting
on Oct. 9th. The ground was covered with brush and not conducive to
footprints of any type and, although several well-used animal trails
ran through the thicket, no other evidence such as possible structures,
hair or scat was found. The witnessed promised to ask the woman if she
would send in a report concerning her alleged encounter to this web
site, and to call me personally should anything else happen.
Thicket near Conley-Thomas road where recent 'Spottsville Monster' sighting
occurred.
- Bart Nunnelly, Bigfoot Investigator
Website Submission 2-9-10
Your first name: Samuel
Estimated date? 2/4/10
Estimated time? 9:00 a.m.
What city? Henderson
Length of time the encounter lasted: 20 min
How many witnesses? 1
Please describe your encounter:
" I was walking in our 14 acre woods wanting to see the creature
again and did not.....while i was walking out, i heard a low grunt and
as i turned, something big ( estimated 7 or 8 feet tall ) and brown
ran away and down in the woods. I RAN OUT OF COURSE. I couldn't make
out any deatails but it was hairy."
Describe the creature with detail: Big Brown Tall Fast
Additional Info: It made a low grunt similar to a pig.
FOLLOW-UP: 4-12-10
On January 4th, 2010, 12 year-old Samuel P. (full name on file) was
walking in his family's 14 acre woodlot near Corydon, Ky. when he heard
a series of low, pig-like grunts. As he turned he saw something big
and brown run away on four legs and disappear into the woods. He could
not see much detail, only the legs, which he described as hair-covered
and thin, as the creature fled. He ran home and excitedly told his grandmother,
Dora (not her real name) what had happened. Whether she believed him
or not is hard to say, but only a couple of days later he once again
ran into the house and told her he'd found a strange footprint in the
woods. Dora accompanied Samuel to the place and saw the print for herself.
It was strange-looking enough that she went and got plaster of paris
and made a mold of the impression.
I paid a visit to the family on April 11th, 2010 and met both Samuel
and Dora. I found them to be very sincere about the whole affair and,
while talking to Samuel, discovered that, only a few days after he'd
found the track, he had seen the creature again. This time it was sitting
a good distance away with its back turned to him. It was apparently
eating something, as every few seconds it was bringing its left hand,
which was human-like, up to its mouth. According to the witness this
one was dark-colored, or black, and bigger than a man. Samuel watched
the thing for about five minutes, he told me. Once, it acted like it
had heard something, cocking its head up and looking around for a few
seconds. Having seen enough, Samuel felt it was time to leave. He started
backing away, he said, but slipped and made a noise. When he looked
back at the creature it had apparently heard because it was staring
right at him. It had a black face, he stated (whether this was due to
skin color or the entire face being covered with hair it was too far
away to tell), with a heavy brow ridge and "shiny" eyes. Sam
played it cool, walking calmly away as if he hadn't seen the thing.
Once out of visual range of the creature, however, he ran as fast as
he could back home.
Dora showed the plaster cast of the track to a local DNR official who,
she said, had no idea what could have made it. I could offer her little
more. She felt that it might be a cat print, as the eastern cougar has
been steadily making its way back into these parts for the last 40 years,
but on first glance I told her that it was far too big to be a cat print
of any kind. I brought along the only known photograph of a Spottsville
Monster cast, taken back in 1975, for comparison and the two, save for
size, were hardly comparible. I photographed the cast and left my personal
phone number with Dora, who promised to call should the creature turn
up on their property again.
- Bart Nunnelly, Bigfoot Investigator
(see pictures of casts below)
Hebbardsville, KY 11-06
(The names of the locations in this report have been intentionally altered.)
Not
long ago I learned from a local paranormal investigator friend of mine
about an old Cherokee fellow who also claimed to be a Hebbardsville
bigfoot witness. A phone interview was arranged and conducted in Nov.,
2006. The information proved correct. Not only did the witness describe
repeated, often at will, sightings of groups of these creatures since
his childhood, he also claimed to be in possession of what he was convinced
was an actual tooth, which he described as a canine, from one of these
creatures. Moreover he could describe, in great detail, the physiological
features, general attitudes and behavior of these mysterious "Hillbillies',
known to the rest of the world as 'Bigfoot'. After several more phone
interviews a meeting was arranged and, under the promise of strict anonymity,
M.F. (not his real initials) agreed to allow me to photograph the alleged
bigfoot canine for possible identification. I arrived on the 17th of
Dec., 2006. M. F. Lived only a short drive from the Hebbardsville area,
only a twenty minute drive from my own doorstep. I found the gentleman
to be pleasant, friendly, down to earth and of obvious intelligence.
He immediately pulled the tooth out of his pocket. It did resemble a
human canine, or eye, tooth, only about three times as large. I examined
it and noted the obvious authenticity and great antiquity of the object,
taking several photographs. It was complete with root system still attached.
He would allow no DNA testing, he had told me during one of our phone
conversations, because to do this would mean that at least a partial
destruction of the tooth would occur. Nor would he allow it to depart
his possession in any way. As a matter of fact, he didn't really care
at all to try and prove the existence of these things to anyone. They
had always been a fact of life to his own people. Evidence of his Cherokee
heritage was strewn about his yard, flower beds and doorsteps, and worn
proudly around his neck. They were the 'Old People of the Forest', he
told me, and their reality caused no controversy except to the whites.
It would be amusing if not for the fact that , in their ignorance, the
logging and mining of the white man was causing the rapid desecration
and destruction of the bigfoot's habitat. Land considered sacred by
the Indians since the beginning of history. There was daylight left.
He asked me if I cared to take a ride. M. F.'s story was an interesting
one. He had first been exposed to the creatures while growing up in
the Spottsville, Reed areas, although at least two earlier generations
of his family had their own tales of sightings and strange happenings.
He remembered his great grandfather recounting how he had run outside
one night after he'd heard some kind of commotion to see one of the
old people carrying off two of his full grown sows, one under each arm
like they were piglets. It swiftly made its escape even though the pigs
weighed about 200 lbs. each! Around the time of the "Spottsville
Monster" events his brother was finding strangely mutilated dead
cattle. He had lost six head that year. Literally. All six carcasses
were found with their heads torn off and missing. They only found one
head, he claimed, and it was stripped to the bone and missing the lower
mandible. None of the other meat on the carcasses was consumed. When
the family moved across the Green River to Hebbardsville the sightings
continued. In fact, he claimed that from the late 1960's until the early
to mid 70's hardly any weekend went by when he and a car load of friends
didn't park near the intersection of Ash Flats and Old Bell roads and
observe groups of these creatures, ranging in number from four individuals
up to as many as fifteen or better, engaged in the act of eating bitter
roots and grass. Countless sightings, he claimed, by dozens of different
individuals. "Were they hairy Indians?" I asked. No, he said.
They were not Indians of any type. They had black skin and an average
size of eight to ten feet tall, although he had seen one awhile back
that was at least a twelve footer. Their eyes were a dark brown color
with no visible whites or irises. They were bearded, had thin lips,
a weak chin and a flat, wide nose like individuals of African descent.
They had normal looking hands of a large size with pale colored palms,
but their feet had an opposing toe sticking out at an angle away from
the other four toes, like an ape's or chimp's. They had extremely long
arms which hung down past their knees and could run quadrupedally 35
to 40 mph. The females also possessed beards, though shorter than the
males. They were of more stocky build, had furry breasts and carried
their young beneath them clinging to their bellies. He described the
males as being covered with short, straight, usually dark hair, with
longer areas of about six inches at the beard, backs of the head and
genital areas. "Pull over here". He said as we approached
a medium sized muddy creek at the Old Bell, Ash Flats location. I pulled
over and we got out. This was the location, he told me, that he and
scores of friends had witnessed these creatures feeding countless times.
They didn't seem to mind being watched, he said. Unless someone got
out of the car. Then they would all rush into the creek and be gone
in an instant. They traveled the creeks, he claimed. The water would
wash away the tracks and they were excellent swimmers if the water was
up. After photographing the location I asked him if he could take me
to where he found the tooth. He would take me there, he replied, if
I promised never to disclose the location. It was a sacred place, he
explained. A burial place of the Cherokee people and home to other powerful
legendary beings as well as the old people. I agreed and we got back
into my four wheel drive. We traveled a short distance from the Pleasant
Hill area and stopped. "Follow me..." he said, and started
up a thickly forested ridge. Although he was nearly 60 years old he
ascended the steep terrain as nimbly as a jack rabbit and, after a short
but vigorous trek, we crested another large hill and stopped. "Look
freely." he said. "Take pictures, but nothing else".
I looked around. We stood at the rim of a forested ridge which wound
around the area like a dark circle, forming an impressive natural amphitheater.
The bottom of the 'bowl' formation was mostly clear and somehow comfortable
looking even now. All around me were graves, stacked in layers. Some
ancient beyond reckoning. Many were marked with stones onto which Cherokee
pictographs and letters were carved. I had hunted Indian artifacts nearly
all my life but had never seen a single stone in Henderson county bearing
intact Native American images or writing. Now I was surrounded by them.
"This place is called "The Great Hill" by my people."
The Great Hill. Here was buried the bodies of the famous Cherokee chieftain,
Double Head, his daughter, Corn Blossom and countless others. I snapped
pictures one after another while the sunlight faded much too swiftly.
Daniel Boone, pioneer hero of old, had written of this place. Twice
he was held captive here and twice he was freed or escaped. Two heavily
weathered stones still bore his name and short messages, carved there
by Boone's own hand during his captivity. Still other stones were carven
with images of corn stalks, deer and sun. Three stones contained the
likenesses of strange faces. No one knew who most of the graves belonged
to. Great chiefs of antiquity whose names were lost forever. Stone circles
were present. Raking back the dead leaves revealed a wealth of flint
artifacts still lying where their makers had placed them generations
ago. During heavy rains some of the graves would wash out, M. F. told
me. He had needed to re-inter some of the bones on occasion. He had
found the tooth several years ago here, at the foot of the hill, washed
up by the rushing water. No other creature of this area had teeth like
it, he felt sure. With his help I was able to sketch a facial study
of these particular humanoid's features for all to view. I would like
to express my gratitude to this man for agreeing to speak with me, sharing
some secrets and showing me such interesting, and historically significant
locations. Locations unlike any other that I have ever personally witnessed.
Location in Hebbardsville, where witnesses reportedly regularly observed
bigfoot creatures eating roots and grass. This creek, which runs along
the Green River, was a primary route of travel for the creatures according
to witnesses. (photo by B.M.Nunnelly, 2006)
- Bart Nunnelly, Bigfoot Investigator
Hebbardsville,
KY 12-19-06
On Sunday, Dec. 17th, 2006 I headed out to investigate rumors
that large, hirsute, bipedal humanoids were still being seen in Hebbardsville,
Ky. Henderson County. In the early winter of 2004 witnesses in a parked
vehicle at a place called Negro Hill, Pleasant Valley Rd. reportedly
observed two large, hairy, manlike creatures in a field below in the
act of pulling up and eating the roots of old corn stalks. One was a
dark brown color, they claimed, while the other appeared to have white
hair. Though shaken, they returned the next day to find trace evidence
in the form of uprooted stalks and prints. The area, just across the
Green River from Reed and Spottsville Ky., has a long history of hairy
monster sightings and the creature was dubbed the 'Hebbardsville Hillbilly'
by the local press and residents of Hebbardsville. It was also claimed
that a strange bed, made of grass and Switch Cane plants, was discovered
in an old, abandoned dwelling in the woods at the end of Pleasant Hill
Rd. I planned to visit said locations to have a look around and take
pictures and, with the help of my guide, Greg Tackett, family friend
and one time Hebbardsville resident, was able to arrive at Pleasant
Hill Rd. in an expeditious manner. He knew both the area and the story
well, he claimed, and promised to lead me to the exact locations in
question with no trouble at all. Moreover, I had been given the contact
info by a mutual friend of another Hebbardsville bigfoot witness who
had made some startling claims to me regarding bigfoot in the area and
had scheduled an interview with him for later that afternoon. I had
visited the area the previous day to reconnoiter, parking at the old
church on Negro Hill and looking down at the many fields, creeks, wind-breaks
and forests of the Green River bottomlands. The entire area, known as
the 'county ditch' as it takes on all the water that the highlands shed,
is littered with Indian artifacts and ancient burial mounds, mute testimony
to the two Native American tribes that once called this place home;
the peaceful Cherokee and the war hungry Shawnee just across the river.
The Shawnee, I'm told, would often steal across the river in their canoes
under cover of darkness, to raid the Cherokee, stealing their women
and children and murdering the warriors. The particularly violent history
of much of Western Ky is startling, and it is easy to see how such a
place, once called 'the dark and bloody ground', could give birth to
many dark legends which still cause locals to shudder even now. We would
have to take the long way around, Greg informed me, as the woods where
the old house was located at the far end of Negro Hill was owned by
a local logging/mining co. and posted. We planned to come in from the
bottom field where the creatures were initially sighted and work our
way eastward to the old home site, which was located on Book Lane, a
part of what is known locally as the "Ash Flats'. We found the
lane under 2 ft. of mud and water and realized that the only way to
continue was on foot. Greg, however, was undaunted and as eager to carry
on as I was and I am very grateful for his stern resolve to make good
on a promise that he had made to me months earlier. After a few minutes
trek we were in the field below the wooded hill and I was able to take
photos of the old church from below. We walked for another hour before
we made it to the house site, but, unfortunately, it was no longer there.
Evidently the logging co. had torn it down and bull-dozed the entire
area several months before, turning the once verdant forests into nothing
more than rolling grassland, a fate that still awaits much of the Hebbardsville
river bottoms. My only regret was that I had arrived too late to investigate
and photograph the alleged bf nesting place.
Negro Hill, Hebbardsville, KY. Considered sacred
ground by the Cherokee Indians. Site of recurring bigfoot activity.
The high ridge extends for miles in either direction and overlooks the
bottom land along the Green River. (photo by B.M.Nunnelly, 2006)
Old church where 2004 bigfoot witnesses were parked. Viewed from the
field below where they claimed to see 2 hairy, manlike creatures eating
the roots of old corn stalks. This hill is rich with folkloric tales
of strange happenings and unknown phenomena and played a central role
in ancient Cherokee legends as well. Also said to be the site of many
African American lynchings in pre-modern times. (photo by B.M.Nunnelly,
2006)
Close
up - Negro Hill. Signs of recent logging activity are noticeable.
Field below Negro Hill where two bigfoot were reportedly seen in 2004.
(photo by B.M.Nunnelly, 2006)
- Bart Nunnelly, Bigfoot Investigator
Henderson
County, 1975-76
From
witness interview on 1997:
1.
Subject of sighting: Possible Bigfoot
2. Date, time and location of sighting: Summer of 1975-76. Afternoon.
Pritchett Farm just off Old Henderson Rd. Henderson County.
3. Approx. distance between witness and subject: 100-150 yards
4. Describe in detail animal witnessed: Light brown, hairy being. Large
body and shoulders.Thick neck and big head.
5. Did the animal walk or run on 2 legs, 4, or both? Stood on 2 legs.
Seemed to 'wobble' as it stood.
6. Approx. height of animal: 7-8 ft. tall
7. Approx.weight of animal: 350 lbs or more
8. Did you notice any strange smells during the sighting? If yes describe:
No. Not at this sighting
9. Did the animal seem threatening at any time? No
10. Were you frightened by the encounter? Yes. Very.
11. Did you try to communicate with the animal? No
12. Did the animal try to communicate with you in any way? Yes
13. Describe the animal's skin, or hair, color and texture: Light tan
hair. Thinner hair on face.
14. Did the animal act aggressively at any time? No
15. Was the animal frightened of you? No
16. Did the animal leave any physical evidence at the scene such as
footprints, hair, etc.? No
17. Do you, or anyone you know, possess any evidence, photographic or
otherwise, to support your sighting? No
18. Describe in detail what happened during the sighting and how it
ended: A friend and I were riding my motorcycle. We stopped under a
tree and my friend started going crazy telling me to 'look'. I did'nt
see anything so I told him to point. I looked where he was pointing
and there it stood looking right at us. It made some movement like wobbling.
We were both scared so we got back on the bike and left as fast as possible.
19. Has this animal, or others like it, been seen in the area before
or since? Yes
20. Do you feel that the animal could be encountered again in the area?
Yes
21. Describe,as best you can,the animals head and face: Seemed to have
human type face. Large head.
22. Describe the animals limbs,hands and feet: Did not see. Only saw
from chest up.
23. Did the sighting take place during the day or night? Day
24. Describe the weather and/or visibility conditions at time of sighting:
Excellent
25. Do you feel that the animal you saw was a natural, though unknown,
animal or a supernatural entity? Explain reasons for this belief: Supernatural
powers.I had a feeling that it was trying to communicate telepathically
at that time. A very bad feeling. Very frightening.
WITNESS
INFO:
Full
name of witness: John C. D**** (full name on file)
Age: 37
Birth date: 12-23-61
Sex: M
Occupation: Construction
1.
Were you suffering from any form of mental illness at time of sighting?
No
2. Were you under the influence of any hallucinatory drugs or alcohol
at time of sighting? No
3. Have you ever witnessed any unusual animal sightings before or since?
If yes explain: Yes.I think I saw this thing in and around my house.
I have witnessed a black panther, or very large cat, in area. Also,
Just before the sighting, me and my entire family saw a large, flying
orange ball of light in the sky.
4. Have you or any member of your family experienced any type of unexplained
phenomenas in the past? If yes explain: Yes. My whole family has experiences
thought to be caused by this creature such as being watched and some
of them think that it does'nt have to be in a visible form to be there.
5. Does the area in which the incident took place ,to your knowledge,
have a history of unexplained phenomenas? Yes
6. What is your religious preference? (optional) Raised Christian
7. Do you have any personal theories about a possible explanation for
the phenomena that you observed? If yes explain: No
AFFIDAVIT
I,
John C.D****, do hereby attest soberly and sincerely that the above
document is an honest and truthfull account of a strange event to which
I
have been a witness.All of the descriptions contained therein are accurate
and without deception of any type,accidental or deliberate.I give this
information freely and without clause,waiving all rights and without
regard
concerning monetary gains or any other benefits,for the sole reason
of
sharing this truthfull event with others.The aforementioned event did,in
actuality,take place and was not the result of any psychopathological
delusion or hallucination of any order.I stand by and bear witness to
the
integrity of the report and the descriptions I have set down in writing
therein.I release this information to the author/investigator to use
in any
way he deems worthy,and to the public in hopes that it will contribute
to a
greater understanding concerning phenomenas of this nature.
Signed:John
C. D****
Date: 6-10-97
Spottsville,
KY 1-20-06
On
the evening of July 14, 2005, 22 year old Adam Candler was driving down
Green River Rd. #2, just off of T.S. Charner Rd. in Spottsville, KY
(Henderson Co.) when he noticed a large, dark object stooping down in
a roadside ditch. When his vehicle approached to within a few yards
the 'object' suddenly stood up and ran on 2 legs into a nearby field.
It was 7 to 8 ft. tall, he said, and looked like a man with slightly
longer arms and covered all over with black hair. Due to the passage
of several months since the sighting took place a subsequent field investigation
into the area to look for possible substantiating evidence would, most
likely, yield little -if anything. The witness did state that 2 other
members of his family and one of his personal friends have seen this
same creature, known locally as 'The Spottsville Monster' in the same
general area. Investigation is ongoing and attempts to contact these
other witnesses are currently in progress.
- Bart Nunnelly, Bigfoot Investigator
A
Strange Encounter as told by actual witness Bart Nunnely:
"There
is a place in Smith Mills, Henderson Co. KY, called Burbanks Lake, also
known locally as 'Spook Hill'. As you might guess by the name, down
thru the years it has garnered a reputation for being haunted. I believe
it to be a 'window' location as many inexplicable experiences have taken
place in this area, including various crypt id sightings like bf, water
monsters, giant birds and black panthers. UFO activity is not uncommon
here, and there are many ghost stories associated with Spook Hill as
well. Lending to this is the fact that there are 2 very old cemeteries
to be found, long since reclaimed by the forest, at the hills top. Also
situated there between the main cemetery and the slave cemetery, are
3 ancient lakes. One is fairly big and deep and all were rumored to
contain monster bass. All the male members of my family have always
been avid fishermen and,one day back in the summer of 1987, we decided
to go and fish there.This was totally against our dad's better judgment.
He had lived near the area when he was younger and had been personally
warned by Mr. Burbank never to let dark catch him there.He never said
why. Also, my older half brother had told us a scary story about a time
he and a brother-n-law had went night fishing there in a boat a few
years before. He claimed that, every time the two tried to land the
boat and come ashore to leave, the woods would erupt with the sound
of breaking branches and heavy footsteps at the point which they were
heading the boat for,forcing them to shove back out into the middle
of the lake. Every attempt to leave the lake was met by this resistance,
which frightened them both, and they were forced to spend the entire
night in the boat far away from shore. Only when dawn broke were the
two 'allowed' to leave, which they did in all haste, never to return.
This intrigued me to no end, green as I was back then, but the lure
of trophy bass enticed us all. We arrived at the lake in the early afternoon
and headed thru the trees down to the water. We had been able to procure
a one man bass boat with a small trolling motor from a friend. It could
hold two people-but barely.As there were 6 of us, four brothers and
two friends,this meant that four of us would be confined to fishing
the banks. We found the place to be absolutely teeming with water mocassins
and not one of us had brought a weapon of any type, only fishing poles.
Since everyone wanted to fish the other side of the lake we opted to
be ferried across instead of trying to walk thru the grass and trying
to avoid a possible snake bite.It took forever for the little motor
to chug everyone across the lake.By the time we were there it was late
afternoon. We fished awhile without much luck. Before we knew it darkness
was fast approaching. My older brother began to ferry everyone back
across one at a time. This took around 30-40 minutes round trip, with
five trips to be made. Complete darkens's fell with just my younger
brother and myself remaining on the far side of the lake. We had half
a gal. of kerosene and had earlier gathered what wood we could find,which
was mostly wet since it had rained there a couple of days previously,and
used it to build a small fire. We were sitting there bemoaning so much
trouble for nothing when the sound of breaking branches and heavy footsteps
erupted from the woods in front of us. It was a terrifyingly loud commotion
and we jumped up in fright. I have never before or since, been so terrified
by any type of sound. It was ,looking back, totally unlike me to react
in such a manner. Perhaps it was because, at the first limb fracture,
we BOTH knew immediately what was out there in the darkness of the haunted
woods. Worse, the sounds soon began to come from behind us and to our
right as well, and they were getting closer. We heard no grunts. No
growls. No breathing . Just the heavy footfalls and the terrific explosions
of tree limbs all around. We thought we were both going to die that
night, without a doubt. We could see nothing as it was quite dark. No
moon and heavy cloud cover. When the sounds got quite close I threw
some kerosene into the fire, determined to at least see what was about
to eat us. The kero ignited and the fire flared up, illuminating an
area of about 25 ft. in all directions. We could see nothing. The light
would only last for a few seconds then subside and plunge our surroundings
back into utter darkness.When this happened the sounds would approach
us again. Over and over I threw the fuel into the shrinking fire, washing
the woods in sudden firelight. We never did see a thing. Not even a
single eye-shine.The kerosene didn't last long. We had been yelling
and making a good sized noise of our own, to no avail. It seemed that
only the light was holding our would be attackers at bay. But the fire
was fading fast.Soon it was reduced to a tiny flame at one end of a
small, wet branch-and the noises were closing in. I picked it up and
held it up in front of me as we walked backwards down towards the waters
edge. I told my brother to get ready to swim for his life. The noises
followed us down to the lake,amazingly, even thou this area had very
few trees! It sounded like invisible branches were being broken by invisible
beings. Lucky for us,just as we were about to get wet, we heard the
sound of our brother on the boat shouting his approach. We yelled for
him to hurry. When he reached us we were in a state of agitation, to
say the least. He wanted to know who was next. Well, to put it simply,
we found out a one man boat can carry three people in an emergency."
- B.M.Nunnelly, Bigfoot Investigator
Spottsville,
KY 1975
Entire family as well as friends/neighbors have multiple encounters
with several Bigfoot type creatures over an 11 month period. Farm animals
killed and mutilated. Internal organs taken. Creatures went out of their
way to frighten family on regular basis-almost daily. Day and night
time encounters experienced. The area once heavily used by Native American
Indians with old burial mounds near house. Indian artifacts in abundance.
One reliable witness claimed creature possessed 'supernatural' abilities
and spoke to him telepathically when cornered in old barn. Also witnessed
monster disappear into thin air on 3 separate occasions. Collected trace
evidence, hair, claw and partial cast-later confiscated by police. Location:
Mound Ridge Road. It's an area of bottomland situated very close to
Green River. Click here to read an extensive detailed
report given by the actual witness!
Geneva
River Bottoms - early 1990's
Deer hunter in stand witnesses an 8' tall creature covered with black
'frizzy' hair walk beneath his deer stand just before dawn. It walked
right past him within a few feet from his stand, apparently unaware
of his presence. He claimed that it made absolutely no sound as it passed
beneath him. Scared to death, he waited until dawn and got the hell
out of there. When asked for a description of the thing he replied that
it looked like a giant hairy negro. He refused to hunt in the area after
this.
'Genny Hole' - early 1990's
Another report from this area involves a car load of teens out riding
late one night. They parked the car next to an isolated area called
the 'Genny Hole', a large, secluded lake. They were standing outside
the car when a terrible scream came from the other side of the lake,
followed by the sound of 'something huge' jumping into the water. They
could clearly hear that, whatever it was, was swimming with overhand
strokes like a human swimmer. As it was approaching very rapidly, they
were inclined to leave the scene in a very hasty manner. This also happened
in the 1990's.
Reed,
KY 1988
Artifact hunter driving down country road in broad daylight
spotted what he at first took to be a deer standing by side of road.
Then it stood up on two legs and ran off into the thick brush. Described
as being 6 or 7 feet tall, covered in brown hair and very fast. Location:
Ohio River Rd. No 2 close to the Stanley, Co. line.
Baskett, KY 1999
Motorist traveling down Hwy 60 see's two BF in bean field by side of road
in broad daylight. Both were brownish-gray in color and were positioned
with their backs towards witness. One BF was squatting down,apparently
doing something to the ground which was obscured by beans. Both were very
big
and, since the road was full of afternoon traffic with cars both in front
of and behind witness, he felt sure that other motorists must have seen
the creatures as well. None of them felt compelled to come forward however.
- Bart Nunnelly, Bigfoot Investigator
Reed, KY 1968-1971
Very active area with witness reports dating back to the 1960's and
continuing to present. BF seen on Collins Rd in 1968 and again at same
location in 1971. Less than 3 miles away on Carlinsburg Road several
witnesses see large, dark colored BF with 'glowing green eyes' as it
approached yard from tree lined field across road. Same family awakened
around midnight by loud crashing sound. They were afraid to go outside
but the following morning they awake to find that their garage door
had been ripped from the metal track and thrown into garage. On another
occasion the matriarch of the family, while out in barn checking on
dogs, became frightened when dogs began howling in misery. At the same
time something 'growling and making the weirdest noises' walked into
bottom level of barn. The sound made the hair on her neck stand up and
frightened her so badly she locked herself up in the pens until the
sounds eventually wandered away. Family claimed their house was haunted
on the inside as well. Area has history of UFO sightings, water monster
sightings and Black Panther (melanistic Puma) sightings.