Incident #1000249
Copalis Beach, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington
May 1972
Account
James Figg was driving northwest on County 101 half a mile past Copalis Crossing when he saw a big black erect figure coming down the road about half a mile away, in his lane. After a few seconds it noticed the car coming, turned to its right and went back up the road a few steps, then went off the left side of the road into the trees. He found a trail entering the woods near where it had entered the woods. Ground was too hard for tracks. He whistled and heard something crash through the bushes.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 26 1972
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Grays Harbor Cty
- Nearest Town
- Copalis Beach
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 47073-
- Longitude
- 12405--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000250, 1000251, 1000263, 1000264, 1000265, 1000266
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- level
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- James Figg, intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 73
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAY 72
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Legs
- long
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- Southeast
- Later Movement
- turned around, walked away, entered woods
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JAN 27 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Farthest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- kept going, approached
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30