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BETWEEN NOVEMBER 12 AND 13, 1967, WINTERFOLD, SURREY, U-K., PHILIPP FREEMAN AND ANGELA CARTER:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

A web page indicates that the following case was investigated by Charles Bowen personally, Bowen indicating that he knew well the area where it occurred:

Between November 12 and 13, 1967, Philip Freeman and Angela Carter, "two adults who were reported as down-to-earth-fun-loving people" were riding in an area of woodlands of Hurtwood Common in England, between Winterfold and Pitch Hill. Philip's car front window started to mist-over, so he exited the car with the motor still running to sweep it.

Just then, there was an unpleasant smell, like a stink bomb.

Even though they were in the middle of a pitch-black wood with no light available, as Philip reentered the car, he saw a "face" through the near-side passenger window. He estimated it to be about 10 inches long and eight inches wide, and stated it was close up to the window. The "face" had no visible features like eyes, nose, or mouth; it was blank, and white, and sharply defined even with a luminous tinge.

There was also something that looked like an "arm" reaching up to the top of the car's hood. Philip was suddenly terrified and felt very cold. Angela, had witnessed the revolting smell, and when she saw the look of horror on Philip's face, she refused to look backward.

When Charles Bowen questioned Angela about this, she said: "There was an 'atmosphere' which alarmed me. I knew by the look on Philip's face, and by my own 'feeling' that something horrible was out there."

Philip said that the rest of the body was not white at all, but dark, and it moved to the back of the car. He could see a dark bell shape surmounted by two white luminous parts; it stood about "4 1/2 feet tall".

The sighting only lasted two minutes, then Philip decided to flee. He has never retracted his testimony, despite the "flack" he had to endure from his workmates. Mr. Bowen had observed that the smell recounted by both Philip and Angela reminded him of the smell from the Flatlands case where the smell reported by the children resembled "bad eggs" like H2S or like a "stinkbomb."

Bowen questioned both Philip and Angela independently and they both gave the exact same answer on the smell and on the events.

Other, much shorter web sites, indicate the Fortean Times #10 as source and date the case as December 16, 1967.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that Winterfold, Surrey, England, on December 16, 1967, late in the night, the main witness had stopped his vehicle outside a deserted mansion in order to clean the windshield. His girlfriend meanwhile remained in the car. He suddenly noticed a very acrid smell. He went back into the car and then noticed a strange figure looking at them from nearby. The humanoid was about four foot six inches tall with an oblong shaped luminous head. The odor seemed to come from his body. The figure approached and put an arm on the roof of the car. At this point the witnesses drove away at high speed.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is the Fortean Times #10.

[Ref. pd1:] "PARANORMAL DATABSE" WEBSITE:

[Ref. na1:] NEIL ARNOLD:

Neil Arnold indicates that in the Winter of 1967, at Winterfold in Surrey, a motorist pulled over on an dark remote road to clean his windscreen; as he looked along the road he noticed a huge figure standing there which gave off a foul odor. The strange beast seemed to have a glowing, oblong-shaped head.

[Ref. bl1:] BYRON LEBEAU:

This author indicates that the following case was investigated by Charles Bowen personally, Bowen indicating that he knew well the area whete it occurred:

Between November 12 and 13, 1967, Philip Freeman and Angela Carter, "two adults who were reported as down-to-earth-fun-loving people" were riding in an area of woodlands of Hurtwood Common in England, between Winterfold and Pitch Hill. Philip's car front window started to mist-over, so he exited the car with the motor still running to sweep it.

Just then, there was an unpleasant smell, like a stinkbomb.

Even though they were in the middle of a pitch-black wood with no light available, as Philip reentered the car, he saw a "face" through the near-side passenger window. He estimated it to be about 10 inches long and eight inches wide, and stated it was close up to the window. The "face" had no visible features like eyes, nose, or mouth; it was blank, and white, and sharply defined even with a luminous tinge.

There was also something that looked like an "arm" reaching up to the top of the car's hood. Philip was suddenly terrified and felt very cold. Angela, had witnessed the revolting smell, and when she saw the look of horror on Philip's face, she refused to look backward.

When Charles Bowen questioned Angela about this, she said: "There was an 'atmosphere' which alarmed me. I knew by the look on Philip's face, and by my own 'feeling' that something horrible was out there."

Philip said that the rest of the body was not white at all, but dark, and it moved to the back of the car. He could see a dark bell shape surmounted by two white luminous parts; it stood about "41/2 feet tall."

The sighting only lasted two minutes, then Philip decided to flee. He has never retracted his testimony, despite the "flack" he had to endure from his workmates. Mr. Bowen had observed that the smell recounted by both Philip and Angela reminded him of the smell from the Flatlands case where the smell reported by the children resembled "bad eggs" like H2S or like a "stinkbomb."

Bowen questioned both Philip and Angela independently and they both gave the exact same answer on the smell and on the events.

Points to consider:

This is a high strangeness case; however, as the primary source or a formal investigation report is not available, I do not feel very at ease in providing an assessment or a classification.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitor or bizarre prank played on witness.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? Article in the Fortean magazine Fortean Times, U-K., #10.
• [ar1] * "1967 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1967.shtml
• [pd1] * "Cryptozoology Reports from the Paranormal Database", web page at www.paranormaldatabase.com/reports/cryptodata.php?pageNum_paradata=9&totalRows_paradata=244
• [na1] * "In Search Of Local Manbeasts", text by Neil Arnold, from Kent Big Cat Research, undated, at www.yourcounty.co.uk/Kent51/manbeasts.html
• [bl1] * "byron lebeau [ESQ.-]: poetry and prose", web page, at prose hey_223.tripod.com/byronlebeauspoetryampprose/id44.html

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