Which county? Barren County

Estimated date? 1-3-07

Estimated time? 4:00 am

What city, or nearest city? Cave City

Length of time the encounter lasted: 10 min

How many witnesses? 1

Please describe your encounter: I was looking everything over to make sure that I got all my deer hunting things when suddenly I heard this loud screaming, so I remained in my deer stand. Then I smelt this awful smell like something was dead. It was then that I caught sight of this thing walking out of the corner of my eye. It was a round 25 yards from me.

Describe the creature with detail: Brown reddish hair, around 7- 8 feet tall.

Additional Info: When I heard the scream, everything got silent.


FOLLOW-UP REPORT: 1/17/01

Witness returned my phone call and spoke with me at great length. He sounds very credible and sincere. He is 20 years old and has been hunting for approximately 6 years. On January 3rd at 4:00 am on a rainy morning, he went to retrieve his deer stand which was 15 ft up a tree in Lazy Acre Estates. As he began removing the straps, he was startled by a high-pitched scream. It was then that he sat in the stand and remained quiet and began to survey the area. A rotten stench began to fill the air, so incredibly strong that he felt nauseous. Then approximately 25 yards away he noticed a dark hairy creature walking from left to right in front of his stand. It was walking upright swinging its arms, much more dramatically than a human would. Its hands swung down around knee level, it had broad shoulders and a bulky body. The witness could not make out any facial details nor could he approximate hair length. He said the creature paused a moment directly in front of his location then proceeded to walk quietly 40-50 yards away from his tree stand. The witness has heard similar screams, 5 or 6 times over the past 2 years, while hunting on this private property located near Mammoth Cave.

--C.Raymond, Lead Investigator