Incident #1000384
Magalia, Butte Cty, California
Apr 1969
Account
Mrs. Behme and her husband, Robert L. Behme, were driving about midnight on the road from Paradise to Stirling City, at Ponderosa Way where it branches West from the skyway at the sharp bend near Magalia Reservoir, when an erect creature covered with short black hair crossed the road in front of them. It turned to look at them and its eyes did not glow in the light. Estimated height over six feet, small head with peak at top, very heavy legs. Man in a suit a possibility, but no traffic to be expected on this road at this time of night. Mr. Behme, a wildlife photographer and writer, was also interviewed, but Jim McClarin made out the computer report with Mrs. Behme's answers because he felt she had the better look at the creature. Their accounts had "a high degree of correlation."
When
- Observation Date
- APR 16 1969
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Butte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Magalia
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 2.5
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 22
- Latitude
- 39485-
- Longitude
- 121351-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Substratum
- fine material, broken rock
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- low
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Mrs. Margaret Behme, intv. by Jim McClarin. Also h
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- MAY 05 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- lighted but did not reflect
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Hair curl
- straight
- Hair Colour
- black
- Face Colour
- light
- Feet Colour
- light
- Beard Y/N
- No
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Head Profile
- high in back
- Back of Head
- flat at back
- Forehead
- low
- Forehead Shape
- sloped back
- Nose
- no snout
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- widest at top
- Torso Side
- wide
- Abdomen
- no protrusion
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- West
- Later Movement
- crossed view field, watched observer
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Stride
- short
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- bent
- Reaction
- avoided
- Way of Walking
- flat foot
- Knees
- always bent
- Genitals
- not visible
- Different Colour on
- face
- Second Colour
- light
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- small
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Female
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- MAY 05 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2