Incident #1000002
Ridgefield, Clark Cty, Washington
Jul 1963
Account
Husband and wife were fishing on the Lewis river, coming downstream about 4:30 p.m. when they noticed a large object like a tree trunk close to the water, but a considerable distance from them. As they approached it started to move, entering the bush with big strides. Tracks were later found by Jim Erion a few hundred yards downstream. They showed under the water and came up onto a sandy beach. In the computer report the husband gave the distance as a quarter mile, while a newspaper report quoted the wife as saying it was 100 feet.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 23 1963
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Clark Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ridgefield
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 4555--
- Longitude
- 12240--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- water
- Related incident id
- 1000003
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- 15
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- moderate
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- moderate
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- dry
- Snow
- no snow
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Martin Hennrich interviewed by Ron Olson & Oregon
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1963
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Side
- wide
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- watched
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Way of Walking
- flat foot
- Anmals Present Y/N
- No
- Detailed report
- No
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Ron Olson
- Interview date
- 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- on small boat
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 51 to 60