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URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

URECAT is a formal catalog of UFO related entities sightings reports with the goal of providing quality information for accurate studies of the topic. Additional information, corrections and reviews are welcome at patrick.gross@inbox.com, please state if you wish to be credited for your contribution or not. The main page of the URECAT catalog is here.

JANUARY 1965, CENTRAL TASMANIA, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, A MAN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Well-known Australien ufologist Bill Chalker, during his heard a number of quite unusual stories, not necessarily connected to UFOs, but sometimes ending in ufology catalogues all the same.

He indicates that in January, 1965, in Central Tasmania, Australia, a man who had hunted in the area for years was stalking deers near a marsh area when a "man in dark clothing" suddenly appeared "out of nowhere" beside him, and stayed with him for a walk of about 150 yards down to the marsh.

The hunter tried in vain to engage the man in conversation. He saw that the man seemed to have an incredibly old face marked by cracks and wrinkles, "like a skeleton with skin on it." He wore a big dark military coat with light epaulettes.

At the edge of the marsh, the hunter turned to the man and asked what he wanted, in vain. He then looked down, and was shocked to see that the man had no feet. Then the man vanished.

The next day, the hunter reportedly questioned an oldtimer who told him of a ghost with no legs, also in military style uniform and epaulettes. Amazingly, the encounter took place near an area called Leg-O-Man Marsh.

Basic information table:

Case number: URECAT-000665
Date of event: January 1965
Earliest report of event: 1997?
Delay of report: 32 years?
Witness reported via: Witness to ufologist?
First alleged record by: N/A.
First certain record by: Ufologist Bill Chalker.
First alleged record type: N/A.
First certain record type: Ufologist.
This file created on: June 1, 2008
This file last updated on: June 1, 2008
Country of event: Australia
State/Department: Tasmania
Type of location: Wilderness, marsh area.
Lighting conditions: Not reported.
UFO observed: No
UFO arrival observed: No
UFO departure observed: No
UFO/Entity Relation: None
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: Not reported. Young adult, adult or aged.
Witnesses types: Not reported. Man, hunter.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: No.
Witnesses-approved drawing: No.
Number of entities: 1
Type of entities: Human
Entities height: Not reported or normal.
Entities outfit type: Large military coat with ligh epaulettes.
Entities outfit color: Not reported. Dark.
Entities skin color: Not reported.
Entities body: Human but no feet.
Entities head: Very old face marked by cracks and wrinkles.
Entities eyes: Not reported.
Entities mouth: Not reported.
Entities nose: Not reported.
Entities feet: Not reported.
Entities arms: Not reported.
Entities fingers: Not reported.
Entities fingers number: Not reported.
Entities hair: Not reported.
Entities voice: Does not answer.
Entities actions: Appears near witness, walked with him, disappears.
Entities/witness interactions: Walked with witness.
Witness(es) reactions: Observed.
Witness(es) feelings: Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
Explanation category: Unknown. Not related to UFOs or UFO occupants.
Explanation certainty: None.

Narratives:

[Ref. bc1:] BILL CHALKER:

Bill Chalker indicates that In January, 1965, in Central Tasmania, Australia, a man who had hunted in the area for years, was stalking deer near marsh area when a "man in dark clothing" suddenly appeared "out of nowhere" beside him and stayed with him in the walk, of about 150 yards, down to the marsh. The hunter tried to no avail to engage this man in conversation. He saw that the man seemed to have an incredibly old face marked by cracks and wrinkles, "like a skeleton with skin on it." The man wore a big dark military coat with light epaulettes. At the edge of the marsh, the hunter turned to the man and asked what he wanted, in vain. He then looked down, and was shocked to see that the man had no feet. Then the man vanished.

The next day, the hunter questioned an old timer who told him of a ghost with no legs. He found that this ghost also had a military style uniform and epaulettes. Amazingly, the encounter took place near an area called Leg-O-Man Marsh.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that near Table Mountain, Central Tasmania, Australia, in January 1965 late in the afternoon, a hunter was stalking deer near the marsh area when a man in dark clothing suddenly appeared out of nowhere beside him and stayed with him in the walk, of about 150 yards, down to the marsh. The hunter tried to no avail to engage this man in conversation. He saw that the man seemed to have an incredibly old face marked by cracks and wrinkles, "like a skeleton with skin on it." The man wore a big dark military coat with light epaulettes. At the edge of the marsh the hunter turned to the man and asked to no avail what he wanted. He then looked down and was shocked to see that the man had no feet. Then the man vanished.

Albert Rosales indicates as source Bill Chalker.

Points to consider:

This very much classifies as a ghost story, without any intrinsic relation with UFOs nor UFO occupants.

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Ufology Severe June 1, 2008 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross No intrinsic relation with UFOs nor UFO occupants Help needed. Opened.
2 Study Severe June 1, 2008 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Single witness, background unknown. Help needed. Opened.
3 Study Severe June 1, 2008 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Apparently no investigation. Help needed. Opened.

Evaluation:

Unknown. Not related to UFOs or UFO occupants.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

Document history:

Authoring

Main Author: Patrick Gross
Contributors: None
Reviewers: None
Editor: Patrick Gross

Changes history

Version: Created/Changed By: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross June 1, 2008 Creation, [bc1], [ar1].
1.0 Patrick Gross June 1, 2008 First published.

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