Incident #1000395
Littlerock, Los Angeles Cty, California
Apr 1973
Account
Richard Engels and Brian Goldojarb were on a camping trip, riding in the back of a pickup truck on the Big Rock Creek Road between 10 and 11 p.m. Going West past Sycamore Flat Campground they saw a huge erect creature come out onto the road, look both ways, and then run after the truck, left arm swinging, right arm held straight out or across chest. It was in sight for 15 to 20 seconds before they rounded a corner, and was keeping up with the truck, going 20 miles an hour. Next day they found many huge three-toed tracks in the dust by the road, and some deeper ones in the bush, a couple of which they cast. They reported the encounter to the sheriff's office.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 16 1973
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Los Angeles Cty
- Nearest Town
- Littlerock
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 12
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 342441
- Longitude
- 1174925
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- bushes
- Super Human Action
- Kept up with truck going 20 miles an hour
- Related incident id
- 1000631
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- spotty
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- sparse
Weather and light
- Heat
- cold
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Snow
- unusually deep
- Wind
- calm
- Clarity
- clear
- Humidity
- moderate
- Lighting
- bright moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Richard Engels intv. by Ken Coon. Also later intv.
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1973
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- very large
- Build
- thin
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Shoulders
- medium
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Torso Front
- narrow
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Torso Side
- narrow
- Abdomen
- slim
- Legs
- medium
- Leg Width
- thin
- Arms
- medium
- Arm Bulk
- thin
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- chased
- Speed
- medium
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- medium
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- swinging, bent
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- ran after
- Attracted By
- human sounds
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- One arm was swinging, the other apparently held bent in front of body.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- 20 mph
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Greates Width
- 5.0
- Heel Width
- 3.0
- Estimated Age
- 12
- Age Unit
- hours
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- Yes
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Number of Toes
- 3
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Cast Y/N
- Yes
- Material Tracks Made in
- dirt
- Foot Shape
- narrow
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- moderate
- Interviewer
- Ken Coon
- Interview date
- JULY 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 200 yards
- Farthest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 10 to 15
- Other report by this witness
- 3