Incident #1000434
Saugus, Los Angeles Cty, California
Jun 1974
Account
Two teenagers at ranch in Lost Creek Canyon, North of Vasquez Canyon Road. Brig McBride, son of the rancher, saw a large hairy man peering from an abandoned building at night. A week later Curt Smith, a foster child, said he saw a 9-foot, hair-covered man standing in a pig pen in an old building, and wearing a blue belt. Sheriff's deputies looked around but found nothing. Jackson McBride, the rancher, told police that weird lights were flashing in the canyon when his son saw the creature. In 1976 he told John Green that Curt Smith's story was not believed, as he was not considered reliable. He was no longer around.
When
- Month
- Jun
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Los Angeles Cty
- Nearest Town
- Saugus
- Direction from Town
- North Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 7.5
- Population of Town
- 16000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 15
- Latitude
- 34283-
- Longitude
- 118265-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- empty building
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 3
Source
- Source
- Newhall, Cal., Enterprise, Oct. 9, 1974. Also John
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1974
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1974
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Boy said creature wore blue belt.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 10 to 15