Incident #1000414
Alpine, San Diego Cty, California
1971
Account
Family went outside at night with their son, to call their dog, and the small creature got up from where it had apparently been lying down near a corner of the house and walked away, joining the two larger ones, and they all walked off into the brush.
When
- Year
- 1971
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- San Diego Cty
- Nearest Town
- Alpine
- Elevation/Altitude
- 23
- Latitude
- 3248--
- Longitude
- 11645--
What was seen
- Individuals
- large, medium, small
- Total Individuals
- 3
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- garden
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000413
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- garden
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- sparse
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Variety
- chapparel
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Ken Coon, Saga article, July, 1975, quoting Dr. Ba
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1971
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1971
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 6 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- avoided
- Describe Unsual
- Family dog was nearby. Reference to strong odour may not apply to this particular sighting. It is entered only for this individual, not indicating that this particular one smelled, but so it will not count as three different occasions when there was a strong odour.
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 5 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 3
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 3-4 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- getting up
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Position when first seen
- lying down
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Sgt. Doug Huse
- Interview date
- 1971
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home, outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- No of witnesses
- 4
- Other report by this witness
- 2