Incident #1000409
Costa Mesa, Orange Cty, California
Feb 1967
Account
Book says only that police had reports of a hairy monster around 15th St. and Santa Ana Ave. in Costa Mesa. It looked like an ape and made a lunge at an auto. This incident report is included because another brief report in the book, equally vague except for a name, turned out to be substantial.
When
- Observation Date
- FEB 19 1967
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Orange Cty
- Nearest Town
- Costa Mesa
- Population of Town
- 80000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 333---
- Longitude
- 1175---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- road
Source
- Source
- The Allende Letters, by Brad Steiger and Joan Writ
- Source Type
- book
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- automobile
- Reaction
- ran at