Incident #1000449
Dunsmuir, Siskiyou Cty, California
1947
Account
Melvin Gunsaullus and his late wife were driving North on Hwy. 99, "winding around the rocks" South of Mount Shasta, proceeding very slowly, and stopped because of what he thought was a post right beside the road, which might warn of a washout. Sitting considering situation when the supposed post stepped into the road, leaving another standing still. Creature angled about 50 feet right up to the front of the car and "looked at us and at the bank where it wanted to step up off the road", then went back and took the other, a female, by the arm, returned to the spot by the car and helped her up the bank. She stood until he stepped up onto the bank, then they put an arm around each other and walked about 100 yards into the trees. Both covered with long hair, reddish brown at the ends and light coloured near the body. Both 8 to 9 feet tall.
When
- Year
- 1947
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- afternoon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Siskiyou Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dunsmuir
- Population of Town
- 2200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 411---
- Longitude
- 1221---
What was seen
- Individuals
- male and female (large)
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- paved road
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Melvin Gunsaullus
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1974
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1974
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Eye color
- dark
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- light
- Hair Tone
- two-tone
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- staying still
- Direction
- East
- Later Movement
- crossed road, approached, watched observer
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- companion
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Reaction
- approached, watched
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature took female by the arm, helped her up cutbank, put its arm around her as they walked off.
- Different Colour on
- hair ends
- Second Colour
- red brown
- Additional Movement
- went up slope, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Eye color
- dark
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- light
- Hair Tone
- two-tone
- Nose
- no snout
- Movement
- staying still
- Direction
- East
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Arms Used
- hanging onto something
- Object Handled
- companion
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Female put her arm around male as they walked to the woods.
- Different Colour on
- hair ends
- Second Colour
- red brown
- Additional Movement
- went up slope, entered woods
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Farthest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 2