Incident #1000421
Quartz Hill, Los Angeles Cty, California
Sep 1973
Account
Debby Baldridge, 20, and Sonny Harold Herring, 16, were delivering papers. Drove into a driveway at 51st and K, and as they turned the lights shone on a creature standing erect in a field close by. It was heavily built, covered with matted dark hair. Estimated height 10 feet. Thick neck. It raised its arm to shield its eyes, which were big and glowed yellowish gold. Herring estimated distance at 50 yards. Baldridge was frightened, and drove away. California Bigfoot Organization next day found poor footprints, 15 to 16 inches long, about 50 yards off the road. (Wind in the Antelope Valley is constantly drifting sand into tracks, according to both Rich Grumley and Ken Coon)
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 17 1973
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Los Angeles Cty
- Nearest Town
- Quartz Hill
- Distance from Town
- 0.0
- Population of Town
- 7000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 24
- Latitude
- 34403-
- Longitude
- 118142-
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
- Tracks
- found later
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- level
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Debbie Baldridge and Sonny Herring, taped intv wit
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1973
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Eyes
- large
- Reflection
- reflected yellow
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 10 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- medium
- Appearance
- matted
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Hair Shorter On
- chest
- Ears
- covered by head hair
- Neck Width
- wide
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- square
- Nose
- no snout
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- staying still
- Arms Action
- shading eyes
- Reaction
- watched
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Squatted a little, bending one knee, as the light hit it. Hand was cupped or clenched.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 15.5
- Stride in Inches Average
- 54
- Track Condition
- poor
- Arc Y/N
- No
- Material Tracks Made in
- sand
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Rich Grumley
- Interview date
- SEP 17 1973
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording