Incident #1000292
Glide, Douglas Cty, Oregon
Aug 1966
Account
Ross Sisson was driving on a paved road, map indicates this would have to be Hwy 138 up the North Umqua River, which is right beside the river when 4 miles east of Glade. He saw on the road an 8-foot, heavy creature covered with dark hair running fast. (There is only one of the first draft computer forms for this incident and they do not include any coherent summary)
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1966
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Douglas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Glide
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 4320--
- Longitude
- 12302--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- spotty
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- dry
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Ross Sisson intv. by Ron Olson
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- running
- Speed
- very fast
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- very fast
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ron Olson
- Interview date
- 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 3