Incident #1000309
Port Orford, Curry Cty, Oregon
Aug 1969
Account
Credibility questionable because this witness claims to have had two previous sightings in British Columbia in 1960 and '61, and to have shot at and wounded a sasquatch in Oregon in September, 1969. His account of sasquatch activity in this report is unique (sasquatch repeatedly watching men at work). Odds of a chance encounter being what they are, multiple reports by one individual are always very suspect and in this case no explanation is offered. Joe Bayless says that when he was engaged in a placer mining operation on the Sixes River, dredging with Scuba diving gear, a sasquatch came and watched several times in a two-month period. This report covers one such occasion, when a black, six-foot, heavily-built creature with short straight hair sat watching for 30 minutes, head on hand, before going back in the bush.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- half hour
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Curry Cty
- Nearest Town
- Port Orford
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 4244--
- Longitude
- 12415--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- water
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- beach
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- gravel
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- many large
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- cloudy bright
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Joe G. Bayless intv. by Bob Betts
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- NOV 70
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- NOV 70
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Human like Y/N
- Yes
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face, on hands
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Hair Colour
- black
- Face Colour
- dark
- Hands Colour
- dark
- Chin Y/N
- Yes
- Beard Y/N
- No
- Ears
- bare
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- medium
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Forehead
- low
- Tail
- none
- Lips
- thin
- Mouth Size
- large
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Torso Side
- normal
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- medium
- Arms
- medium
- Spine
- flat
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer
- Arms Used
- to support head
- Sound
- whistle
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Head rested on hand, elbow rested on knee as it watched divers for half an hour. Smell and sound (whistling calls) are from other occasions, not this particular incident.
- Genitals
- not visible
- Feet
- large
- Additional Movement
- got up, turned around, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bob Betts
- Interview date
- NOV 20 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Least vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- several
- Other report by this witness
- 4