Incident #1000267
Cougar, Skamania Cty, Washington
May 1971
Account
David Roberts, 17, and Laranda Mata (or Larendo Mato) were hiking near the top of Mount St. Helens, saw footprints in the snow 11 inches by 6 1/2 to 7 inches, and followed them in pumice for about 3 miles, then saw a creature 8 feet tall, brownish blackish colour, hair 1 1/2 to 2 inches long, longer on back and arms, long legs, medium arms, 50 to 75 feet away, just entering woods. It looked back and they ran. Mata took two pictures, but dropped his camera while running away. Estimated weight 500 pounds. How they got so close before seeing creature is not explained.
When
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Skamania Cty
- Nearest Town
- Cougar
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 80
- Latitude
- 4612--
- Longitude
- 12210--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- snow
- Near or/at
- trail
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found previously
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- ridge crest
- Substratum
- fine material
- Ground condition
- dry
- Snow Condition
- shallow old
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Snow
- normal
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- David Roberts, intv. by Nick Carter?
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUNE 73
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 73
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Human like Y/N
- Yes
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Hair Shorter On
- head
- Hair Longer on
- arms, back
- Face Colour
- dark
- Shoulders
- wide
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- long
- Arms
- medium
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- stopped still, watched observer, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 11.5
- Greates Width
- 7.0
- Estimated Age
- 10
- Age Unit
- minutes
- Number of Tracks
- 3000
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft shallow snow
- Tracks Came From
- hillside
- Tracks Went to
- trees
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- moderate
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Nick Carter, apparently
- Interview date
- MAR 6 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- studied, photographed, fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20