Incident #1000276
Ada, Lane Cty, Oregon
before 1970
Account
Talton English told Keith Soesbe that after sleeping in a station wagon on a road on a mountain near Ada, Oregon, he was lighting a fire for coffee when a creature came out of the woods and stood by the car looking at his sleeping companion. He shouted at it and it took off. It was 8 feet high and covered with hair except its face.
When
- Year
- before 1970
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Lane Cty
- Nearest Town
- Ada
- Direction from Town
- East
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 435---
- Longitude
- 1240---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found immediately
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Talton English (deceased) intv. by Keith Soesbe so
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature approached car and looked at man sleeping inside, but left when observer shouted at it.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Trackmaker attracted by
- smells, human activity
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Kiethe Soesbe
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot, at fire
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- shouted
- No of witnesses
- 1