Incident #1000291
Hugo, Josephine Cty, Oregon
Sep 1963
Account
The last two weekends of August and the first weekend of September the Ernest McCormic family went camping near Quartz Creek Road and Quartz Creek, near Grants Pass, according to a letter written by Mrs. McCormic to Roger Patterson. . The first weekend the children said they had seen a very big hairy man in a big field and on a logging road. the second weekend, camped near the creek, they noticed a rank deadish smell. In evening Mr. McCormick threw a rock at something he saw by moonlight on the other side of the creek. Later something made a growl and then an awful yell. Next weekend the children came running to say that when they were at a pool in the creek a creature had looked down at them from the high bank. It walked on two legs, slumped forward. Hair had the colour and texture of an old gunny sack (burlap). Computer report apparently covers the third incident
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 08 1963
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Josephine Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hugo
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 35
- Latitude
- 4235--
- Longitude
- 12330--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- high bank
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- dry
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Ernest McCormic, intv. by Ron Olson about his chil
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1967
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Length
- short
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- light brown
- Face Colour
- dark
- Hands Colour
- dark
- Feet Colour
- dark
- Ear Size
- small
- Neck Length
- short
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Nostrils
- No
- Mouth Open?
- closed
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Side
- wide
- Legs
- long
- Toes
- long
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Sound
- growl, shout
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Describe Unsual
- Footprints were only partial, not entered
- Feet
- large
- Foot Width
- wide
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- Ron Olson
- Interview date
- 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- playing outside
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- several
- Age
- 10 to 15