Incident #1000266
Hoquiam, Grays Harbor Cty, Washington
Jul 1969
Account
Verlin Herrington, a summer deputy sheriff, was returning home after an incident, going down Deekay Road, at 2:35 a.m., when he rounded a curve and saw what looked like a large bear standing in the middle of the road. He stopped, realized it was not a bear, as it had a flat face, feet and hands. He put spotlight on it, it walked to the edge of the road, stopped, turned and looked at him. He got out of car and it went into the brush. Next morning he found where it went into the bush and where it had come back out on the roadway. He found one indentation 18 1/2 inches long, and photographed it, but no good track. Estimated height 7 to 7 1/2 feet, weight over 300 pounds.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 26 1969
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Grays Harbor Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hoquiam
- Direction from Town
- North Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 6
- Population of Town
- 9000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 47031-
- Longitude
- 12355--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large female
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000265, 1000249, 1000250, 1000251, 1000263, 1000264
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- level
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- medium
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights, spotlight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Verlin Herrington intv. by John Green
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUL 69
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUL 69
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on soles, on face
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Face Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Breast
- large
- Torso Side
- very wide
- Legs
- long
- Digits
- normal
- Movement
- staying still
- Direction
- South
- Later Movement
- crossed road, turned left, watched observer
- Walking Stride
- short
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Additional Movement
- went down slope, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- JULY 1969
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached, stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 31 to 40
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording