Edmonson County

Reports for Edmonson County, KY

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Website submission on 6-25-10
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1. Your first name:
'Robert'
2. Which county?
'Edmonson'
3. Estimated date?
'July, 2005'
4. Estimated time?
'Around 4:00 A.M. '
5. What city, or nearest city?
'Brownsville'
6. Length of time the encounter lasted:
'Ten to twenty seconds'
7. How many witnesses?:
'two'
8. Please describe your encounter:
'A friend and I were coming home from work, taking the back roads of a region called Mohawk. At the time, we worked at a factory, on second shift. So we got off at 3:30 in the morning, we were traveling down a large hill we had just ascended and at the bottom of said hill was a small bridge that crosses a bend in a narrow creek. As soon as my car had leveled out at the bottom of the hill, my high beams caught the Sasquatch as it crossed the road. It was tall, maybe around seven to eight feet, covered in brown and grayish fur. Its limbs were elongated and ropey, like an apes and it walked with the stride of one, its palms turned inward. It crossed the road in nearly two strides and descended down into the creek bed, it only turned its head towards us as we approached, but never stopped. Once it left the arc of my highbeams, we totally lost sight of it in the night. I didn't stop to get a second look. At first, I didnt believe I had seen what I did. My mind tried to rationalize it, until I turned to my freind and saw the horrific look on his face and the way he paniced. Soon after that, we discovered that other people had seen it in that area, it was so frequent that local people had developed a nick name for the creature "Big Moe".'
9. Describe the creature with detail:
'Very tall, Muscular, ropey and elongated limbs, covered in straight brown
and gray fur. '
10. Additional Info: Area, Sounds, Etc.:
'Near a bridge that crosses a creek, in mohawk, edmonson county. '

FOLLOW-UP: 9-5-10

Spoke to both witnesses Robert, the driver, and Ricky, the passenger. Initially I had left a message for Robert to call me and he did. After his interview I asked him if he would please have Ricky call me, and in about an hour Ricky called me as well. Both witnesses seemed very sincere and credible. They mentioned that they "know what we saw" and because it was a fact, they didn't mind if their story was shared online. One of them has since purchased a gun and the other won't dare venture back to the location.

Witness # 1 (Robert)

Around 3:00 or 4:00 am they were driving home from work (in Bowling Green) on a country road in the Mohawk area (Mohawk Street). The car had just come down off a hill and as they came around a curve, and just across a bridge, the high beams hit this 7 foot tall, hairy creature crossing the road. It was approximately 15 feet or so from the car and it took only 2 steps to cross the road. The road is about 1 1/2 lanes wide. It was completely covered in dirty, brown-grey fur. It's knees and knuckles where turned inward. Its arms and legs were very long. Although powerfully built, it appeared more on the slender side, with elongated-limbs. The head was oval-shaped at the top, almost like a football on its end. It only turned its head towards the car for a second and its face was mostly covered with hair. Not much detail was noticed as it happen so quickly, but Robert thinks it had a greenish-yellow eye-shine. As they approached the spot where it went into the woods, Robert actually sped the car up and got out of there as quick as he could! They didn't stop and look. The next day, as they told their story, one of the locals said "oh, you saw Big Moe". Apparently many have had an encounter with Big Moe, including a tow truck driver, a nurse and a childhood friend. The childhood friend had told Robert that when he was a young boy fishing with his dad, his dad came up behind him and placed his hand over his mouth and pointed to the bank across the creek. A very large, hairy creature was walking thru the brush, pushing limbs out of its way with its forearms. The father and son quickly got out of there!

Witness # 2 (Ricky)

Ricky did not have as much detail as Robert. Ricky thought they both were returning late from a friend's house rather than work. He did also stress that it only took 2 steps to cross the road. He also stated it was at least 7 foot tall, covered in long, shaggy hair and walked like a man. Although, Ricky said its fur looked more "dirty" white/grey in color and he estimated it more like 30 feet in front of the car. He did not notice it turn its head and look at them because he could only see it from the shoulder's down. He agreed that Robert sped the car up and didn't stop to see where it went.

INVESTIGATION: 9-5-10

Around 1:00pm on a cool, sunny day, Dana and I drove to the exact location. In Brownsville, take Oak Hill Church Rd off of Main St to Mohawk St. Once on Mohawk Rd, we drove down a long, hilly country road to the second bridge. The forest in this region is very dense with many deep hollows. The Green River is only a stone's throw away. Plenty of deer tracks and groups of wild turkey were noted, indicating possible food sources. Upon arrival, we measured the width of the road and took photos of us taking large strides across the road. Being 6' tall myself, it took me 5 large strides, opposed to the 2 strides both witnesses said the creature took. Afterwards we spent the afternoon zigzagging our way along this creek towards the Green River. A few questionable tree formations caught our attention, but nothing definitive. While it was a beautiful hike, we basically struck out as far as evidence goes. I hope to receive some fresh reports from future witnesses so we can respond immediately. While many reports over the years actually warranted a name for this creature, a more recent sighting will help us pinpoint its current location and hopefully find some evidence.

It took Dana 7 "long" strides to cover the span of the road. She is 5' 7" tall. The bigfoot cleared it in 2.

ANCIENT WITNESSES
Edmonson County

It might be considered only logical to ask, if creatures such as the 'Spottsville Monster' and the 'Beast of LBL' have been running around Ky for so long, would'nt the indians have known about it? The answer is yes. Nearly all Native American tribes have their own oral histories of these dangerous, hairy 'man-beasts'. Unfortunately, what they did not possess was a written language, but they did convey ideas using both petroglyphs (rock carvings) and pictographs (rock paintings). In Edmonson County, Ky there is a placed called the Asphalt Rock Site, where a series of three ancient rock shelters lie beneath the shadow of a line of cliffs overlooking the Green River. In he middle of this trio, painted in dull red on the upper portion of the rear wall in what is one of only two documented pictographic sites in the entire state, is a bizarre humanoid figure which stands as one of the best examples of ancient 'Beast Man' images I have seen. The figure is depicted standing up like a man with its arms above its head and its clawed fingers spread menacingly. It has a cat-like, apparently muzzled face, hairy body and either horns or pointed ears. The lower portion of the image is heavily weathered,a testimony to its great antiquity and authenticity as an actual Native American pictograph. The only other documented pictographic site in Ky is in The Carter Caves National Park, an area which also has a history of bipedal Man Beast report. (source: 'Rock Art of Kentucky', University Press of Kentucky-1997)

--B.M.Nunnelly, Lead Investigator

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