Incident #1000271
North Bend, King Cty, Washington
1969
Account
Informant and friends were fishing on a small creek when they heard a tremendous noise coming from the hillside. Three screams, loud, high-pitched. They saw a brown creature of great size up there which was parting at some bushes and appeared to be watching them. One of the boys shouted and waved his arms and the creature stood up and ran ran on two legs 30 yards to the woods. That night they heard heavy footsteps with long strides going by their camp. The frog chorus stopped just before they heard the steps, and stayed stopped three quarters of an hour. Location is behind Mount Si.
When
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- minute
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- King Cty
- Nearest Town
- North Bend
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 5
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4732--
- Longitude
- 12141--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- hillside
- Related incident id
- 1000272, 1000273, 1000274
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- spotty
- Unnatural Conditions
- cleared
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- logging slash
- General undergrowth
- moderate
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Robert John Parker intv. by John Green. Also earli
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JAN 73
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JAN 73
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- sitting
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Head Profile
- high in back
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Buttocks
- massive
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- staying still
- Direction
- West
- Later Movement
- got up, turned, walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- medium
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Arms Used
- for spreading foliage
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Frog chorus stopped before heavy footprints went past camp and stayed stopped three quarters of an hour.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Additional Movement
- entered woods
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- ASH
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Least vertical distance
- 300 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 5
- Age
- 10 to 15
- Other report by this witness
- 3