Incident #1000422
Lancaster, Los Angeles Cty, California
1973
Account
Mike Pense was riding his motorbike through sandy buttes in the desert East of Lancaster, approximately 150th and G St. Stopped atop a ridge he saw a black, hairy, manlike creature standing erect among the rocks nearby. It threw boulders in his direction, almost hitting his bike, and he fled.
When
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Los Angeles Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lancaster
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 34434-
- Longitude
- 117580-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- rock
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill, desert
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- West
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 9
Source
- Source
- Mike Pense
- Source Type
- interview
- Source Date
- 1976
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- picked something up, threw something
- Aggressive To
- observer
- Arms Used
- for throwing
- Object Handled
- rock
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- motorcycle/ATV
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 75 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 21 to 30