Report #3
Type of Encounter: Medium Range

Sighted on Jan 1, 1894  1:05AM
Near Dover
Sighted in Morris County, New Jersey.
Nearest Road: Unknown
Weather Conditions: unknown

Sighting Details:
Bertha Heatig, Lizzie Guscott, Katie Griffin, Mike Dean, Bill Dean, William Mullen & others see bearded 6-ft 'wild man' with club in wooded area of Dover, NJ.

This is the oldest known sighting in New Jersey. The description is limited, and time of day and weather have been assumed because no data is available to confirm the actual time of this event.

This could be a sighting of a derranged human being, but since Wild Man has been used in historic reports to describe a alrge hairy bigfoot-like creature this report is being included in this database as possible historic Bigfoot sighting.



Follow-up:

No followup yet made.