Incident #1000254
Kapowsin, Pierce Cty, Washington
Feb 1972
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 02 1972
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Pierce Cty
- Nearest Town
- Kapowsin
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 0.3
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 46585-
- Longitude
- 12214--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- pasture
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000253
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- over half mile
- Substratum
- grass
- Ground condition
- frozen
- Snow Condition
- shallow patches
- Cover
- spotty
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Rainfall
- normal
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- yard light
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Confidential informant intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 73
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JAN 73
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected amber
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Torso Front
- wide
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, disappeared
- Walking Stride
- medium
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- house
- Sound
- grunt
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- watched
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Cows bawled, acted frightened. No record of when grunt heard or smell smelled. A few days later heard scream like those on Puyallup tape.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 16.0
- Greates Width
- 6.0
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 1
- Track Condition
- poor
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars, scope sight
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- several
- Track witnesses
- several