Incident #1000453
Novato, Marin Cty, California
Oct 1953
Account
Phil Snow and Ray Rhodes were duck hunting in the marshland and tidal flats between Highway 101 and San Francisco Bay, walking on wooden catwalks raised about 3 feet over the marsh to provide access to power lines etc. Rhodes told Snow that a big dark hairy thing ran out from under a catwalk and down a muddy slough. In panic he shot it in the back with his 12-guage shotgun. It screamed but kept going at a fast pace, high-stepping on two legs, more of a fast walk than a run. He fled.
When
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1953
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Marin Cty
- Nearest Town
- Novato
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 20000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.0
- Latitude
- 3804--
- Longitude
- 12229--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- under
- Terrain Object
- bridge or wharf
- Near or/at
- water
- Shot Hit
- Yes
- Effect of Shot
- made noise
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- ocean, swamp
- Exact Terrain
- water
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- ocean, bay
- Distance to Water
- contact
- Substratum
- water
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Phil Snow quoting Ray Rhodes
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1991
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1991
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- made a noise, fled
- Speed
- fast
- Walking Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Sound
- scream
- Reaction
- fled from
- Water Activity
- wading
- Use of Water
- travel, escape
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Phil Snow
- Interview date
- 1953
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 1