Sasquatch sighting near Elkhorn City, Kentucky (1958)
Account
The guest's teenage mother and aunt were sitting outside a general store when they noticed a hair-covered figure walking on a ridge by an old sheep pasture. The store owner came out and also watched it. After watching them for two to three minutes while hunkered down, the figure stood, walked away along the ridge looking back, and disappeared into timber.
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Height src
- a foot or more taller than 6-foot-2 relative
- Build src
- wide and tall
- Hair colour src
- dark brown or black
- Hair length src
- head hair to shoulders, body fully covered
- Face src
- hairless face, no details made out
- Gait src
- walking, not running, looking back
- Posture src
- hunkered down while watching then stood
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