Incident #1000287
Tenmile, Douglas Cty, Oregon
Oct 1959
Account
Walter Stork (Peck ?) out hunting, watched half a mile away across a foothill valley a sleeping creature that he first thought was a cow, then a bear, then it shifted into a human-like position with an arm propped on the elbow and the hand under its head. Very dark colour. Was in cleared area near site of abandoned sawmill. He went back three days later with Wayne Johnson. (Incident 1000286)
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 16 1959
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1959
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- half hour
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Tenmile
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 4304--
- Longitude
- 12332--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- hillside
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000286
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- steep
- Substratum
- grass
- Cover
- none
- Unnatural Conditions
- logged
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth type
- logging slash
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Walter Stork (or Peck ?) intv. by Bob Titmus
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- OCT 59
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- OCT 59
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- lying other
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Arms Action
- bent
- Arms Used
- to support head
- Reaction
- did not see
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature supported its head on its hand, elbow on the ground.
- Position when first seen
- lying down
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- Bob Titmus
- Interview date
- OCT 59
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 10 to 15