Incident #1000347
McLeod, Siskiyou Cty, California
Aug 1962
Account
Driving through lava bed, saw 8-foot, hair-covered creature, a dirty silver in colour, with a flat face and humanlike hands. Stopped about 75 feet away and watched it as it walked slowly away, arms hanging.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 10 1962
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1962
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late morning
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Siskiyou Cty
- Nearest Town
- McLeod
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 30
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 4140--
- Longitude
- 12225--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- gravel road
- Slope
- easy
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- high
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- warm
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
Source
- Source
- Jess D. Wattenbarger intv. by ?
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- spacing
- wide set
- Human like Y/N
- Yes
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Length
- medium
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Face Colour
- dark
- Chin Y/N
- No
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Head Profile
- flat on top
- Forehead
- low
- Brow Ridge
- heavy
- Nose
- no snout
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Tail
- none
- Mouth Open?
- closed
- Lips
- medium
- Mouth Size
- large
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- normal
- Buttocks
- none
- Legs
- long
- Heel
- non-protruding
- Arms
- long
- Spine
- flat
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Digits
- normal
- Movement
- staying still
- Direction
- Southwest
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Walking Stride
- short
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Reaction
- avoided
- Genitals
- not visible
- Feet
- large
- Foot Width
- wide
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 61 to 70