Incident #1000283
Clearwater, Douglas Cty, Oregon
Sep 1956
Account
D.B. Hagen was taking a shortcut road in heavy timber west of Stump Lake off Hwy. 138 when he passed close to a 7 foot, dark, shaggy, erect creature with wide shoulders, a short neck, big head and flat face, very heavy. It crossed the road in his headlights with long smooth strides, swinging bent arms in a circular motion. He got out of his truck with .22 pistol, then got back in and drove off.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1956
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Clearwater
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Elevation/Altitude
- 35
- Latitude
- 43143-
- Longitude
- 122223-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Distance to Water
- over half mile
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Ground condition
- wet
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cool
- Clarity
- fog
- Humidity
- high
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- D.B. Hagen intv. by Jim McClarin
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUN 73
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 73
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Hair Tone
- streaky
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Chin Y/N
- Yes
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Forehead
- high
- Forehead Shape
- vertical
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- medium
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- Southeast
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- bent, swinging
- Reaction
- avoided
- Knees
- up and down
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Arms swung with circular motion. Hair longer on back of head and neck. Hands seemed to be partially open.
- Second Colour
- light
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- large
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- JUN 19 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- approached, kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1