Incident #1000415
Palmdale, Los Angeles Cty, California
early 1970's
Account
Hippy told Rich Grumley that he was waiting to meet a drug seller in the Los Angeles National Forest back of the Little Rock Dam when he saw and shot at a sasquatch-type creature that walked towards him from the South, staggering it with four shots from a 30-30. It charged him and he fled on his motorcycle.
When
- Year
- early 1970's
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Los Angeles Cty
- Nearest Town
- Palmdale
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 12000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 35
- Latitude
- 3426--
- Longitude
- 118032-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Super Human Action
- Shot four times with 30-30, creature charged him
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- semi collapse, attacked
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- birch
Weather and light
- Lighting
- moonlight
Source
- Source
- Rich Grumley quoting hippie
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Direction
- North
- Later Movement
- approached
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- witness
- Human Contact
- attack
- Reaction
- ran at
- Describe Unsual
- Swayed when hit. Charged observer after he shot it.
- Additional Movement
- swayed, chased
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Rich Grumley
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- motorcycle/ATV, outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- shot, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1