| ID | #1617029102 |
| Added | Mon, 29/03/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Las Vegas Mercury & NIDS
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
At an isolated ranch in northeastern Utah, the barking of dogs alerted a team of researchers to something lurking in a tree near the ranch house. Tom Gorman grabbed a hunting rifle and drove his truck to the tree. Two NIDS employees were driving in another car.
On the branches of the trees, they could see the huge yellowish eyes of the reptile. They suggested that the head of this "beast" should be three feet wide.
There was something else at the bottom of the tree. Gorman described it as huge and hairy, with muscular forelegs and a dog's head. Gorman shot both figures from 40 yards (36 m) away. The creature on the ground seemed to have disappeared.
The creature in the tree must have fallen to the ground, because Gorman heard it as it landed heavily on the snow patches below. The three men ran through the pasture and bushes in pursuit of what they thought was a wounded animal, but they never found the animal and saw no blood. A professional bloodhound found nothing.
At the bottom of the tree, they found and photographed a strange footprint, or rather a claw print. The trail in the snow was from something big. It had three fingers with sharp claws at the end.
After analysis, incredibly, the print closely resembled that of a velociraptor, an extinct dinosaur made famous in the Jurassic Park movies.
Original news
Date: March 12 1997
Location: Uintah County, Utah
Time: late night
Summary: At an isolated ranch in Northeastern Utah barking dogs alerted a team of investigators to something lurking in a tree near the ranch house. Tom Gorman grabbed a hunting rifle and took off in his truck toward the tree. Two NIDS staffers followed in another vehicle. Up in the tree branches, they could make out a huge set of yellowish, reptilian eyes. The head of this “animal” had to be three feet wide, they guessed. At the bottom of the tree there was something else. Gorman described it as huge and hairy, with massively muscled front legs and a dog-like head. Gorman who is a crack shot, fired at both figures from a distance of 40 yards. The creature on the ground seemed to vanish. The thing in the tree apparently fell to the ground because Gorman heard it as it landed heavily in the patches of snow below. All three men ran through the pasture and scrub brush, chasing what they thought was a wounded animal, but they never found the animal and saw no blood either. A professional tracker failed to locate anything. At the bottom of the tree, they found and photographed a weird footprint, or rather, a claw print. The print left in the snow was from something large. It had three digits with what they guessed were sharp claws on the end. After analysis, and incredibly, the print closely resembled that of a velociraptor, an extinct dinosaur made famous in the Jurassic Park films.
Source: Las Vegas Mercury & NIDS
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