Number of Witnesses: only myself
Length of Observation: 30 seconds
Animal Description: Dark hairy, large, running upright on two feet very fast.
Aprox. Height: 5 ft to 6 ft I was above it
Aprox. Weight: no idea
Head/Facial Description: dark hair , very hairy
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: Yes
Any Odor? If so, Description: none
Vocalizations Heard?: none
Wood Knocks Heard?: Yes

I was 15 years old living with my Grand Mother in Columbus In. I
would walk to the small creek alone many times to go fishing, This one summer evening I had just
caught a large crappie as it was getting late and stayed to try to catch more, I did not have a stringer to tie the fish and layed it on the bank a put a flat rock on top of it. As I kept on fishing I was about 30 or so ft from a bridge, the moon was full and was my only light, I started to hear sounds like twigs breaking coming from the direction of the bridge, the sounds become more louder and I stated to become scared all though I did not see anything but could hear the noise. I picked up my fish and left and went to the top of the bridge and threw my fish line from there and continued , the bridge was not very high from the water, all at once a very large hairy dark animal ran out from under the bridge, I looked like a ape to me it had long arms and was running on two feet, It was making a lot of noise that scared me more ,Not vocal but hitting small trees and breaking them as it ran, I ran also. I did not even wind up my fish pole but ran with string dragging behind me. I lost the fish as I did not pick it up. I ran all the way home , I told my Grand mother She thought it was a bear. I never believed that it was a bear it did not look like
one to me