Hopkins County

Reports for Hopkins County, KY

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Website submission on 1-10-11
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Your first name: Tommie Hill

Which county? hopkins

Estimated date? january 9th

Estimated time? 630 to 700

What city, or nearest city? mortans gap

Length of time the encounter lasted: 30 mins

How many witnesses? 2

Please describe your encounter: me and my brother were in white city where theres a natural water way to look for arrowheads that may have washed up while the water was at its lowest. upon arriving we made our way to the water side with flash lights, something across the water was moving through the woods, less than 2 mins we heard a loud thud like something hit the ground, we concluded it was a deer traveling through woods because you could hear something walking, when we shined our lights the steps stopped, bout every 2 to 5 mins a loud thud sound was made with the sound of a little ice breaking, still telling ourselves its a deer we thought it was strange that it followed us down the river with very loud crashing noise being made every few mins, both of us after a while decided to head back and with our lights on the river a large rock was launched into middle of the river and we ran to our truck you tell me please what can throw a large rock that i probably couldnt throw 10 feet into middle of the river.

Describe the creature with detail: by the sounds it was large not small and apparently some strength to throw a large rock in middle of river, nobody was there but us, and i know large rocks dont fall from trees

Additional Info: crashing sounds of ice breaking, we had been in woods all day and no tree limbs hit the ground or were fallen and you could hear it following us down river, i bilieve something was tryin to make us go away and when we didnt go away it got worse till a large rock was thrown towards us and hit middle of the river

FOLLOW UP 1-12-11

I spoke to both Tommie Hill, 28, and his brother Jeff, 36, on Jan. 12th and 13th, three days after the experience took place and can add that both men seemed entirely sincere in their claims of experiencing something unusual that evening. The incident occurred in a densely forested area on White City Road, near a boat dock along the White River. The sounds first began on the other side of the river, but soon moved to the side the men were on, which suggests the possibility that more than one creature was involved. They hadn't really been scared, both men claimed, just a little nervous, even after they realized that they were unarmed and something large and heavy was moving through the woods following them. It was dark, around 7 p.m., and only 10 degrees out, and the chance that it was a person was slim. They had been in the area all day without ever having seen a single animal - an unusual note that both brothers mentioned. Nevertheless they both concluded that it must be a deer, even though following humans would be considered strange behaviour indeed for a deer. Each time they would walk the sounds of crunching ice and loud '"thuds" would ensue from the darkened woods. "Whatever it was," Jeff told me, " it sounded like it was at least twice as heavy as we were. We were walking along, two grown men, and were hardly making any sound at all on the frozen ground." When they stopped, the sounds stopped. They both had flashlights. Jeff's was more powerful than his brothers. He constantly shined the area from which they judged the sounds were coming and saw nothing. They noted, with mounting alarm, that they could see no eyeshine at all. At this point they decided to turn around and head back to the truck, still feeling "a little nervous". It wasn't until they saw the rock sail 30 feet through the air that they finally became afraid.

"It wasn't no little pebble either," Jeff said. "I thought that whatever it was had jumped into the river." Tommie estimated the rock to be larger than a man's head, 15 -20 lbs. Both men immediately broke down and made a mad dash for the truck. "I ain't never [sic] been that scared in all my life," Jeff said. When they reached the truck they wasted no time in getting out of the area. Neither men knows for sure what was in the woods that night, and both asked me what kind of animal could pick up a rock that big and throw it that far. There are none, of course. They both plan to return to the location to search for footprints and other evidence this coming weekend (15th -16th), and promise to send word and pics should they find any. The case is inconclusive at best, but something followed the two brothers and threw that rock. Both men took that action as a clear warning to get out of there, and were happy to oblige.

The general area in which the incident took place is thickly wooded and heavily watered, and has a long history of hairy monster sightings and other unexplained phenomena.

- Bart Nunnelly, Lead Investigator

FOLLOW UP continued...

Friday Sighting 1-14-11 10pm

Witness Shain M. and a passenger drove down White City Road towards the White River where Tommie had his encounter the previous weekend. While they were driving, spotlighting with a flashlight, they caught a brief, but frightening glimpse of a 9’ tall, grey, angry-looking Sasquatch in the creek (see interview below for more details).

Saturday Sighting 1-15-11 Noon

Shain M. and friend Dwayne went looking for tracks. S.M’s wife and two children joined them. The two children where throwing rocks in the creek. While searching the area, they did find two tracks. The tracks were approximately 13” long in some mulch. As Shain M. is observing the tracks, he catches a brief glimpse of 2 grey sasquatches far off in the distance walking through the trees. He tries to record them with the cell phone, but it was unsuccessful.

Sunday Investigation 1-16-10

Myself, Parker Duvall, Dana Fry and Wille Pierce conducted the investigation. We spoke to the witness, Shain, who caught a glimpse of a grey, 9’ tall Sasquatch while driving on a road leading up to the area where Tommie had his sighting a week prior. It was standing in a creek, next to the road. The witnesses where spotlighting using a flashlight. Shain said the sighting only lasted 3 seconds so it was hard to obtain a lot of detail. It had long grey hair which covered its entire body except for its face. It did have a long beard, broad shoulders, and its mouth was raised up on one corner as if it was smirking. It looked “angry”. It had a square, leathery looking face. He couldn’t remember the skin color, or much else regarding the face. It was estimated close to 1,000 lbs. When I asked about the eyes, the witness said he could not see the eyes. There was no eye shine and because it did not raise its hand to block the light, nor did it turn its head to avoid the light (typical of most reports), one explanation is that it simply closed its eyes when the flashlight hit it. Frightened, the witness immediately sped away. Another passenger, who also witnessed the creature was so terrified, he vowed to never return, nor was available for comment. Shain is a veteran and a family man who appeared very sincere and credible. During our investigation, a few possible tracks where found, including a few grey hairs from those tracks (awaiting analysis), and howls where heard at various times throughout the investigation. The tracks were not castable. The ground was still frozen and covered with leaves making it difficult to find tracks. Possible eye shine, a few tracks, hairs and a tree formation were observed, but nothing conclusive. There has been a history of reports around this region and it’s an area worthy of further investigation.

- Charlie Raymond, Lead Investigator

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Website submission 4/11/08
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Your first name: Brad Law

Which county? Hopkins

Estimated date? Mar 28, 2007

Estimated time? 12pm

What city, or nearest city? Nebo

Length of time the encounter lasted: 2 minutes

How many witnesses? 2

Please describe your encounter:
It was late as me and my girlfriend were driving west on rose creek road in Nebo (near the race track) as i seen a dark object laying on the side of the road. i assumed it was a dead deer but as we approached it the animal got up and walked on four feet in the middle of the road.... the back across the road and eventually nearly swiping my girlfriends car... we immediately turned around to look again and found the animal running across a bean field on two legs rather then four... i know a lot of weird people that make up funny stories but this was the real deal.

Describe the creature with detail: 6' tall... completely black, long furry legs, big belly, ugly face. Very scary and intimidating

Additional Info: took very large steps, walked on 2 feet, ran on 4 feet... spotted in nebo near 2 big lakes close to the race track.

Mortons Gap - Summer, 2000

A couple out fishing at night is startled by loud snapping noises in nearby trees. Scared, they hurry to their truck only to see a large BF attacking the vehicle. It hit the truck 3 times, then ran back into the darkened trees. Terrified, the two eventually made it back to the safety of the vehicle when the creature let out a high-pitched, blood curdling scream. It was posed that this might be the same monster that was featured in a 1979 edition of local newspaper about a 3 day flurry of sightings in the Hopkins Co. area.

White Plains, KY - Nov. 1995

One evening around 9 pm campers were disturbed by loud moaning sounds coming from forest in an area known as 'Lonesome Woods'. An 8ft. tall, hunched, hairy BF then seen drinking from nearby stream. Witnesses say that as it ran away on two legs over a ridge it sounded like a truck driving over the branches. Incredibly loud exit.

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