Incident #1000419
Palmdale, Los Angeles Cty, California
May 1973
Account
Ron Bailey driving into his yard at 4.15 a.m. got out of car and noticed silence, no dogs barking, then saw by the porch light a large shadow on the side of his duplex. The shadow was swaying, although there was no wind. He rushed in the house, and looking out the kitchen window saw a creature standing by a utility pole. It was about 8 ft., bulky, very hairy, light brown. Face dark and looked leathery. Huge head with lots of swept-back hair. It stared his way as it walked off. Was slightly stooped, arms hanging. It sneezed once, and there was a thumping noise as it walked away. He noticed a foul smell like rotten apples as he entered the house. Reported a prowler. Police came, ground too hard for tracks. Surrounding area is desert. Later some tracks 13 inches by 4.5 inches, very heavy, were found a quarter to a half mile away on 15th St. Prints were flat, toes long and splayed, the longest in the middle. Tracks not necessarily connected with this report, but included to get unusual shape on record.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 12 1973
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- 3 a.m. to dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Los Angeles Cty
- Nearest Town
- Palmdale
- Direction from Town
- North Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 0.5
- Population of Town
- 14000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 26
- Latitude
- 34350-
- Longitude
- 118070-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- desert
- Exact Terrain
- garden
- Slope
- level
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- Unnatural
- cleared
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Ron Bailey intv by Rich Grumley
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1973
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Hair Shorter On
- face
- Hair Longer on
- body, legs
- Face Colour
- dark
- Beard Y/N
- Yes
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Torso Front
- wide
- Torso Shape
- uniform
- Buttocks
- like human
- Legs
- long
- Leg Width
- heavy
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turned left, watched observer, walked away
- Walking Stride
- long
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Sound
- other
- Odour
- strong
- Reaction
- avoided
- Describe Unsual
- Sound was a sneeze.
- Feet
- large
- Position when first seen
- erect
- Head Size
- large
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 13.0
- Greates Width
- 4.5
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Longest Toe
- middle
- Foot Shape
- splay-toed
- Remarks
- Toes were long and splayed. Prints indicated great weight.
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Rich Grumley
- Interview date
- 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot, inside building
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording