Year: 1999
Month: August
Day of Month (number only – e.g. 16): Not sure of the exact date.
Time of Day: Around 9:00 or 10:00 pm
County: Maine York
Terrain Description: Wooded
Lighting Conditions: Dark,no moonlight.
Nearest Town or Landmark: Lebanon
Description of Encounter Area: Heavily wooded in areas, light wooded in other areas.
Are There Food and/or Water Sources in the Area? (if so, describe): Small brook outback, apple
and peach trees, blackberry, raspberry, and blueberry bushes.The farm next door had cows and horses, and a large vegetable garden. We had a garden and so did our other neighbor.
Occupation/Background: School bus driver/Painter
Number of Witnesses: 4
Length of Observation: 10 minutes
Animal Description: Didn’t see it, just heard it. Heard it vocalizing, walking and breathing.
Can Witness Provide a Sketch of Animal Seen?: No
Any Odor? If so, Description: Not that any of us remember.
Vocalizations Heard?: Yes, but can not describe the noise. It was human like, but not human like.
Wood Knocks Heard?: No
Recordings Made?: No
We were watching tv and had the window open behind us. We heard a noise, not sure what it was, my husband went out to check. It sounded like someone walking around the backyard. When my husband got in the backyard, he heard something walking towards him. He had a flashlight, but could see nothing. Then we heard this noise. It was like nothing any of us have ever heard before. It was kind of like a scream, but a controlled scream. It was almost ghostly. It made the hair on the back of your head stand up. My husband could hear it coming towards him, but could not see it, even with the flashlight. He came back in the house. We listened at the window for a while, and it just faded away, like it was moving away. None of us ever forgot it.
Mike Humphrey