Incident #1000310
Myrtle Point, Coos Cty, Oregon
Aug 1969
Account
Jack Woodruff had found tracks of at least three individuals on the bank of the East Fork of the Coquille River below his home two years earlier. On this occasion a visitor sleeping in a small trailer smelled a strong smell and felt the trailer being shaken one night. The next night Woodruff was outside when he smelled a strong animal odour, then something started running away at "incredible" speed and he got his flashlight on it briefly. It was human size, thick and heavy, head set right on its shoulders, covered with dark hair.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 14 1969
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- 2 seconds
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Coos Cty
- Nearest Town
- Myrtle Point
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 4310--
- Longitude
- 12357--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- high bank
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000297
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- 75 feet
- Substratum
- forest litter
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- sparse
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- hot
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Jack Woodruff intv. by John McCrimmon
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- JUNE 70
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- JUN 70
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Head Profile
- rounded top
- Tail
- none
- Legs
- medium
- Movement
- running
- Speed
- very fast
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Odour
- strong
- Position when first seen
- bent over
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John McCrimmon
- Interview date
- JUNE 2 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home, outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Most vertical distance
- 10 feet
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 61 to 70
- Other report by this witness
- 2