Incident #1000416
Lake Isabella, Kern Cty, California
Feb 1972
Account
Gary Justus, his wife Sandy, Kathy Algreen and Patsy Stumbaugh, all teenagers, were at a campground at the Southwest end of Lake Isabella, across the lake from the lodge, Whiskey Flats. They were outside their camper, about midnight, when they saw a dark shape of something on two legs, moving around apparently aimlessly, and showing up well above shrubbery more than 6 feet high. They watched for half an hour to an hour. It went up by the road and back down, would hide when cars went by. Neck short, head close to shoulders, long arms. Never saw feet. Closest was 150 feet. Made noise breaking branches. Also heard loud, slow breathing. Eyes reflected red. Shoulders big. Twice the size of Grumley (6'6", and heavy). Finally fell asleep, it was still there. The other girls saw it looking at them from about 5 feet away, big hairy head and shoulders above 7 foot rock. They had roasted hot dogs earlier that night.
When
- Month
- Feb
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- half hour
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Kern Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lake Isabella
- Direction from Town
- North Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 26
- Latitude
- 35382-
- Longitude
- 118294-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- bushes
- Near or/at
- camp
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Nearby Water
- lake
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth size
- man high
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Wind
- windy
- Lighting
- moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Rich Grumley intv Gary and Sandy Justus
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1972
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- panting
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- meat
- Describe Unsual
- Observers had been cooking hot dogs earlier.
- Additional Movement
- approached, walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Rich Grumley
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 4
- Age
- 16 to 20
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording