Incident #1000257
Puyallup, Pierce Cty, Washington
Aug 1972
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 08 1972
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Pierce Cty
- Nearest Town
- Puyallup
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 12000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 5
- Latitude
- 4719--
- Longitude
- 12216--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000255, 1000260, 1000261, 1000262, 1000275
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Slope
- level
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Puyallup man intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 73
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JAN 73
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- silver
- Neck Length
- short
- Neck Width
- wide
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Expression
- startled
- Forehead
- low
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- medium
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- ASH
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 41 to 50