Incident #1000402
San Diego, San Diego Cty, California
Feb 1876
Account
L.T.H. writes that he and Turner Helm were prospecting 10 miles East of Warner's Ranch and that Helm told him he had heard a whistle, then saw a creature sitting on a boulder 15 or 20 paces from him. It stood erect and looked like a medium-sized man covered with coarse black hair two or three inches long, and with thick head hair and beard. It had a fine-featured, humanlike face. The creature did not respond when spoken to, but started towards Helm, then stopped when he pointed his gun at it. It then "turned and went over the hill."
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 25 1876
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1876
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- San Diego Cty
- Nearest Town
- San Diego
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- rock
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- hill
Weather and light
- Wind
- windy
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- San Diego Union, March 9, 1876. L.T.H. quoting Tur
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1876
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 3
- Jwg file date
- 1965
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5-6 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- short
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- black
- Hair Longer on
- head
- Beard Y/N
- Yes
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- got up, watched observer, approached
- Reaction
- watched, approached, fled from
- Additional Movement
- stopped still, turned, fled
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- prospecting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1