Incident #1000420
Lancaster, Los Angeles Cty, California
Jun 1973
Account
Bret Baylor and his sister Stephanie were walking on a dirt road near their home on the edge of Lancaster about 10 a.m. when Bret saw on Lovejoy Butte a thing like an ape standing behind a boulder looking at them. It was huge, had white hair all over its face, head kind of pointed, body hair brown. He ykelled and it turned its head towards them. They ran. Stefanie, a lot smaller, got only a glimpse--view cut off by a dune.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 21 1973
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late morning
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Los Angeles Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lancaster
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 18
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 23
- Latitude
- 344---
- Longitude
- 1175---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- high bank
- Near or/at
- rock
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- desert
- Exact Terrain
- ridge
- Slope
- level
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Barbara Ann Slate manuscript, quoting Bret Baylor,
- Source Type
- book
- Source Date
- 1976
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Head Profile
- peak in centre
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turned, watched observer
- Reaction
- watched
- Describe Unsual
- Looked at observer when he shouted.
- Different Colour on
- face
- Second Colour
- white
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Interviewer
- Barbara Ann Slate
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- shouted, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 10 to 15