CREATURE SIGHTINGS
REPORTS AND INVESTIGATIONS BY SOAAR
REPORT ON THE COWVERINE.......SPOOKY
WITNESS: KEVIN R. AND FRIEND DALE I. ( NAMES ON FILE)
DATE: FALL OF 1991 APPROX. TIME BETWEEN 12 AND 2 AM
LOCATION: WILDING ROAD THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF SILVERTON, WEST VIRGINIA NEAR ROUTE I-77.
INTERESTING NOTE: THIS SIGHTING TOOK PLACE IN AN AREA BETWEEN POINT PLEASANT *MOTHMAN* AND THE BRAXTON COUNTY *FLATWOODS MONSTER*.
DURATION OF SIGHTING: BETWEEN 5-20 MINUTES.
DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS:
THE WITNESSES WERE TRAVELING TOWARDS RAVENSWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA. THEY CAME DOWN THE HILL AND AROUND A TURN AND THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, EATING A DEAD POSSUM, WAS A CREATURE WITH AN IMPOSSIBLY LONG SNOUT. THE EARS WERE TOO LARGE FOR THE HEAD, ALMOST BAT LIKE. VERY PREDOMINANT, VERY POINTED AND SOMEWHAT TO THE SIDE.
THE EYES WERE GIGANTIC, EXTREMELY SLANTED ALMOND SHAPED. (KEVIN STATED LATER THAT THE EYES IN THE DRAWING WERE NOT LARGE ENOUGH.) THE BODY, SNOUT TO END WAS AT LEAST 6 FEET LONG. THE WITNESSES DID NOT SEE THE BACK END OR IF IT HAD A TAIL. IT WAS CROUCHED IN THE ROAD LIKE A MAN DOING PUSHUPS, WITH ITS HEAD DOWN EATING. AS THEY APPROACHED, IT RAISED ITS HEAD AND LOOKED AT THE CAR. IF IT HAD STRAIGHTENED ITS LEGS IT WOULD HAVE STOOD APPROX. 3 FEET TALL AT THE SHOULDERS. IT DID NOT CROUCH THE WAY A DOG OR CAT WOULD HAVE CROUCHED. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE IT WAS JOINTED LIKE A MAN WITH SHOULDERS AND ELBOWS STICKING OUT. (SEE DRAWING)
AS IT LOOKED UP AT THEM IT PROJECTED AN ENERGY OF NOT BEING AFRAID. ONE WITNESS SAID IT SEEMED VICIOUS AND APPEARED TO BE DEBATING WHETHER TO ATTACK THE CAR! IT DID NOT RUN. IT HAD PATCHY HAIR, ALMOST LIKE A MANGY DOG, THIN AND WISPY, WITH DARK CHARCOAL COLORED SKIN. YOU COULD SEE THE SKIN THROUGH THE HAIR. THE HAIR LOOKED BLACK. IT REMINDED THE WITNESS OF A BALDING MAN'S HAIR. THE HAIR MAY HAVE BEEN THICKER ON THE FACE AND SHOULDERS.
THE FRONT SHOULDERS WERE POWERFUL, BIGGER THEN THE REST OF THE BODY THAT COULD BE SEEN. IF IT HAD STOOD UP ON ITS BACK LEGS THE WITNESSES ESTIMATED IT WOULD HAVE STOOD 7 FEET TALL. AS IT LOOKED UP AT THEM IT SNARLED. THERE WAS NOTHING REMARKABLE ABOUT THE TEETH, OTHER THEN THE FIERCE ATTITUDE.
IT FINALLY MOVED OFF, ABANDONING THE ROADKILL. AS IT MOVED IT CROSSED ITS FEET AND WALKED SIDEWAYS, CROUCHING THE WHOLE TIME, KEEPING ITS HEAD AND SHOULDERS TO THE CAR. IT WALKED SIDEWAYS TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND BACKED DOWN OVER THE BANK UNTIL ONLY ITS HEAD WAS SHOWING. IT THEN TURNED AND RAN INTO THE DARKNESS.
THE WITNESSES NEVER SAW THE PROFILE OR SIDE VIEW. THE CLOSEST DESCRIPTION THAT ONE WITNESS GAVE WAS A HALF CHANGED WEREWOLF FROM THE MOVIE "AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON" ONLY EVEN WEIRDER.
HE IS NOT SURE ANYONE'S IMAGINATION COULD COME UP WITH WHAT HE SAW. THE WITNESSES DIDN'T SPEAK TO EACH OTHER DURING THIS EVENT, JUST STARED. IT LEFT THEM SPEECHLESS FOR 10 MINUTES. THEN DALE SAID...."WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THAT?" KEVIN FELT THAT WHAT THEY'D SEEN WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND ADMITS HE WAS REALLY AFRAID. " IT WAS A POWERFUL ANIMAL," HE SAYS. " I BELIEVE IT COULD HAVE RIPPED THE CAR TO PIECES." THE EYES WERE YELLOW, HUGE, BRIGHT, GLOWING EYES, MASSIVE EYES.
LATER, THEY DISCUSSED THE EVENT, WONDERING IF THEY HAD SEEN A WOLVERINE. AFTER RESEARCHING, THEY KNEW IT WASN'T THAT. SINCE THEY HAD SEEN IT NEAR A COW PASTURE THEY DUBBED IT THE COWVERINE. THEY AGREED IT COULD HAVE EASILY TAKEN DOWN A COW.
I ASKED IF THEY WERE AWARE OF ANY LIVESTOCK LOSSES IN THE AREA AT THE TIME AND KEVIN SAID NO. NOTE: PLENTY OF WILDLIFE IN THE AREA YET IT WAS EATING ROADKILL. KEVIN SAID EVEN AFTER 15 YEARS, THE HAIR STANDS UP ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK WHEN HE REMEMBERS IT. HIS FIRST REACTION WAS, HE WAS SEEING SOMETHING DEMONIC. KEVIN CLAIMS HE HAS GROWN UP IN THE COUNTRY AND KNOWS ALL LOCAL WILDLIFE. THIS WAS NOTHING NORMAL OR LOCAL. KEVIN ALSO STATED THAT THE DISTANCE FROM THE FRONT BUMPER AND THE CREATURE WAS ONLY ABOUT 4 FEET. THE WINDOWS WERE ROLLED UP AND THE RADIO WAS ON. IN SPITE OF THIS KEVIN SAYS HE WAS STILL AFRAID. HE SAYS THAT HE WILL NEVER WALK DOWN THAT ROAD EVEN NOW. HE IS STILL AFRAID.
DALE HAS SINCE MOVED AWAY. KEVIN SAYS THAT DALE IS STILL RELUCTANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
FILED 3/12/05
KAY MACE
RESEARCHER/CORRESPONDENT
SOAAR
