Incident #1000252
North Bonneville, Skamania Cty, Washington
Mar 1969
Account
Don Cox was going fishing at 4 a.m., driving north of the Columbia River near Beacon Rock, when he saw what at first appeared to be a tree leaning towards the road from the South side. He was driving slowly because he had been in fog. Slowed more and put on high beams as a dark, fur-covered human form with a face like an ape ran across the road from the field below and leaped up a 40 degree bank and disappeared into the woods. Police notified and deputy John Mason returned with Cox to scene. Only one imprint in the bank where creature took a step on the way to the top of an 8-foot bank. Estimated height 8 to 10 feet tall.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 05 1969
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Skamania Cty
- Nearest Town
- North Bonneville
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 45381-
- Longitude
- 12159--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- road
- Super Human Action
- Leaped up 8-foot bank by road in two strides
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- South
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- quarter mile
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- fog
- Humidity
- high
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Don Cox intv. by Dick Grover. Also earlier intv. b
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 70
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAR 69
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Length
- short
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Longer on
- arms
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Forehead
- high
- Tail
- none
- Abdomen
- slim
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- medium
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- climbing hill
- Direction
- North
- Later Movement
- crossed road, went up slope, entered woods
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- outstretched
- Way of Walking
- heel and toe
- Evidence Left
- footprints, crushed vegetation
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Dick Grover
- Interview date
- JUN 13 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 31 to 40