Incident #1000301
Rogue River, Josephine Cty, Oregon
Aug 1968
Account
Anthony Anable was sleeping on a clear summer night. After midnight a 12-foot, hairy creature with amber reflecting eyes came within five feet of him and stood watching him as he lay there. It left 15 inch footprints. No light except starlight, so how did eyes reflect??
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- 2 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Josephine Cty
- Nearest Town
- Rogue River
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 18
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 4240--
- Longitude
- 12300--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- General
- many small
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- no obvious light
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Anthony Channing Anable intv. by Ken Coon
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUL 70
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- spacing
- wide set
- Human like Y/N
- No
- Reflection
- reflected amber
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face, on feet
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Appearance
- smooth
- Hair Colour
- silver
- Hair Tone
- mottled
- Hair Shorter On
- feet, head
- Face Colour
- light
- Hands Colour
- light
- Feet Colour
- light
- Chin Y/N
- Yes
- Beard Y/N
- No
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Forehead
- high
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Nose
- no snout
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Mouth Open?
- closed
- Lips
- thin
- Mouth Size
- small
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Toenails
- nails
- Arms
- short
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Other Activity
- Stood over sleeping informant.
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Informant had been playing the guitar before going to sleep.
- Genitals
- not visible
- Feet
- medium
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Second Colour
- dark grey
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.0
- Greates Width
- 5.5
- Average Depth
- 0.75
- Observer Print Depth
- 0.00
- Observer Weight
- 180
- Stride in Inches Average
- 66
- Estimated Age
- 12
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- 5
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Arc Y/N
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- toe out
- Feet in Line?
- spread wide apart
- Direction of Travel
- East
- Material Tracks Made in
- forest litter
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ken Coon
- Interview date
- JUL 10 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- lying down
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1