Incident #1000296
Wallowa, Wallowa Cty, Oregon
Aug 1967
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Wallowa Cty
- Nearest Town
- Wallowa
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 22
- Population of Town
- 6000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 4550--
- Longitude
- 11715--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
- Exact Terrain
- gravel road
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- grass
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- normal
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Lapwai man intv. by Russ Gebhart
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- APR 72
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- APR 72
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Eyes
- small
- spacing
- average
- Eye shape
- round
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- dark red brown
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Shoulders
- wide
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Back of Head
- projecting
- Brow Ridge
- small
- Torso Front
- wide
- Arms
- medium
- Arm Bulk
- medium
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled, went up slope
- Walking Stride
- long
- Running Stride
- long
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- fled from
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- moderate
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Russ Gebhart
- Interview date
- JUL 4 1972
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1