Incident #1000251
Taholah, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington
Jun 1970
Account
Berfore midnight, six boys looking around near the Quinalt River four miles East of Taholah because they had heard of strange doings with rocks being lobbed among construction workers at water tower. Heard something crashing in the brush, all ran for car, driver headed the wrong way and had to back into road to turn. While turning, car stopped, lights hit big form leaning against tree. Driver froze briefly then took off. Back next day, found squashed-down imprints without detail, but with pattern of successive steps and much wider than human. Scared, took off again.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Grays Harbor Cty
- Nearest Town
- Taholah
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 300
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 4720--
- Longitude
- 124123-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000249, 1000250, 1000263, 1000264, 1000265, 1000266
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 3
Source
- Source
- Allen Ebling intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 73
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 73
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Movement
- staying still
- Reaction
- approached, ignored
- Describe Unsual
- Footprints just squashed marks in forest litter, no stride measurement, not worth footprint entry.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- 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
- sasq. hunting, in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 6
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 16 to 20
- Other report by this witness
- 2