Incident #1000455
Fort Bragg, Mendocino Cty, California
1953
Account
Earl McConnell wrote that his nephew had hung a deer 8 feet in the air, and later saw a creature 8 feet tall tearing at it. He shot over its head and it threw a log at him, then ran. Footprint 1 1/2 feet long.
When
- Year
- 1953
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Mendocino Cty
- Nearest Town
- Fort Bragg
- Population of Town
- 2000
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- tree
- Super Human Action
- Threw a log at witness
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Source
- Source
- Earl McConnell writing to Fate magazine about his
- Source Type
- magazine
- Source reliability
- 2
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- eating
- Later Movement
- picked something up, threw something, fled
- Arms Used
- for throwing
- Object Handled
- animal matter, stick
- Eating
- meat
- Reaction
- fled from
- Attracted By
- meat
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Animal tore at hung deer carcass. Threw log at observer after he shot over its head.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 18.0
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Earl McConnell
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Action on sighting
- shot
- No of witnesses
- 1