Incident #1000263
Pacific Beach, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington
Dec 1972
Account
Julie Reed, 12, of Pacific Beach, and Gayle Delacruz, 13, of Taholah, were passengers in a car on the road between Pacific Beach and Aloha, when they saw a heavy, man-sized, slightly stooped, brown creature with hanging arms cross the road a quarter mile ahead. The driver wasn't looking that far in front.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 24 1972
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Grays Harbor Cty
- Nearest Town
- Pacific Beach
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 47114-
- Longitude
- 12409--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- crossing
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000251, 1000264, 1000265, 1000266, 1000249, 1000250
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Julie Reed (form says intv. by John Green, but I d
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 73
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 73
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- entered woods
- Speed
- medium
- Walking Stride
- medium
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- slight
- Sex
- Female
- 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
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached, kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 10 to 15