Incident #1000001
Kelso, Cowlitz Cty, Washington
1917
Account
Informant was walking down the road going to a dance. The creature was on the road behind him. He heard it before he saw it. When he shouted it ran into the woods. Avccording to the Bigfoot Bulletin, presumably a letter to George Haas, he was working in a lumber camp on the Cowlitz River and was on his way to a dance, walking down a logging road on a moonlit evening, when he had a feeling something was following close behind him. Looking over his shoulder he could not see anything so when he came to a bend in the road he ducked behind a tree and waited. Almost immediately a "very large manlike creature about six and a half or seven feet tall came into view. It was walking on its hind legs, was covered with dark hair, had a bearded face and a large chest and so far as I could see was not wearing clothes of any kind. I let out a yell of alarm and the creature instantly turned and ran off into the woods, still on its hind legs. I told some of my co-workers about it and some laughed but others said they too had seen it. No one had an explanation for it but all agreed that it was a large ape-like something and that it also resembled a very large man."
When
- Year
- 1917
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Cowlitz Cty
- Nearest Town
- Kelso
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 463---
- Longitude
- 1225---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- forest.
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- gravel road
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- many small
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- General undergrowth
- scattered
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- moderate
- Lighting
- bright moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Albert Fletcher interviewed by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 10
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Hair Length
- short
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Tail
- none
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- fled
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Sound
- grunt
- Odour
- no opportunity
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- fled from
- Way of Walking
- heel and toe
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin, George Haas, computer survey
- Interview date
- MAY 02 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- shouted, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20