Incident #1000435
Bishop, Inyo Cty, California
Aug 1971
The written account of this incident is withheld because a witness asked for confidentiality.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 14 1971
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1971
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 seconds
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Inyo Cty
- Nearest Town
- Bishop
- Direction from Town
- West Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 3000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 90
- Latitude
- 3728--
- Longitude
- 11842--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- rock
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- General
- many small
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- General undergrowth
- scattered
Weather and light
- Heat
- normal
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Rainfall
- normal
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- thunderstorm
- Lighting
- heavy cloud
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Ken Coon quoting unnamed sheriff's lieutenant
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source Date
- 1971
- Source reliability
- 9
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1971
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- Hair Length
- medium
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Neck Length
- short
- Shoulders
- wide
- Shoulder Shape
- sloped
- Back of Head
- sloped to shoulder
- Torso Side
- wide
- Arms
- long
- Arm Bulk
- bulky
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- disappeared
- Arms Action
- outstretched
- Reaction
- ignored
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Ken Coon
- Interview date
- 1971
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Action on sighting
- kept going, came back
- No of witnesses
- 1