Incident #1000277
Sandy, Clackamus, Oregon
Aug 1957
Account
Kieth Soesbe quotes Harry Hoffman as saying that a friend told him the same day that it happened that a large, erect, hair-covered creature stood and watched him as he was fishing in a stream .
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 15 1957
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1957
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Clackamus
- Nearest Town
- Sandy
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 9
- Population of Town
- 1500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 4520--
- Longitude
- 12205--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- shore
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Kieth Soesbe quoting Harry Hoffman quoting someone
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1957
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Movement
- staying still
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect