Incident #1000447
Willow Creek, Humboldt, California
1930's
Account
Al Hodgson told Jim McClarin that Alan (Bud) Pettigrew, his brother-in-law, saw a "gorilla" on Hwy. 299 at Redwood Creek during the 1930's. Not enough information for creature entry.
When
- Year
- 1930's
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt
- Nearest Town
- Willow Creek
- Direction from Town
- West Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 300
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 40541-
- Longitude
- 123473
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Al Hodgson quoting Alan (Bud) Pettigrew, told to J
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1070
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- No of witnesses
- 1