Incident #1000289
Albany, Linn Cty, Oregon
Jul 1960
Account
With Marilyn Simard and Danny Everts, George Hess was one of the group of teenagers who went looking for the Conser Lake monster and got a glimpse of it. There was a smell of swamp water when the creature was near.
When
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1960
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- 1 second
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Linn Cty
- Nearest Town
- Albany
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 20000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 3
- Latitude
- 44403-
- Longitude
- 12310--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- open
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000288
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- lake, river, swamp
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- grass
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- sparse
- Undergrowth type
- berry bushes
- General undergrowth
- sparse
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- bright moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- George Hess intv. by John McCrimmon
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- MAY 70
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- MAY 70
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- light
- Later Movement
- fled
- Speed
- very fast
- Running Speed
- fast
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- fled from
- Describe Unsual
- Only one footprint, 18 inches by 3 inches. Not entered, only one and shape ridiculous.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- John McCrimmon
- Interview date
- MAY 8 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 16 to 20