It was roughly 9.

00 pm on 25 April 1972 near Enfield, in Indiana's Wabash River Valley

- the scene of several reports around that time concerning strange lights observed in the
sky, and, more recently, of some very peculiar tracks discovered by local war veteran
Henry McDaniel in a nearby wood. These tracks each measured 3-5 in across, and
contained six toe impressions, with a small hoof-like mark in the centre.

Consequently, when McDaniel's family heard a strange scratching sound on the outside
of their home's back door, he cautiously looked out of a window, to find out what manner
of animal was responsible. Even so, he did not really expect to see anything more
remarkable than a stray dog, a neighbour's cat, or perhaps an inquisitive raccoon. In
reality, however, what he did see was so incredible, and alarming, that he immediately
grabbed hold of his shotgun and fired four rounds directly at it.

There, no more than 3 ft away from him, was a surrealistic entity, 4-5 ft tall, with a hairy
dirty-grey body and disproportionately large head, staring at him through two pink
reflective eyes, and standing upright like a human, but on three legs!

The alien 'Jake the Peg' that visited Henry McDaniel (John A. Short, Alien
Encounters, August 1997)

Although one of McDaniel's shots hit this tripodal terror, it merely hissed and leapt away
along a railway track close by, clearing 75 ft in three huge bounds - but it would be back.

A few days later, at around 3.00 am, McDaniel was woken up by his dogs, who were
barking uncontrollably. Carefully opening his door, he looked out, and spied this
intergalactic Jake the Peg standing by the railway line, looking at him. Now, however, it
made no attempt to approach, and was not seen by McDaniel (or anyone else) again.