Incident #1000456
Garberville, Humboldt, California
1955
Account
Jim Turner said he and others, including his uncle, were fleeing a forest fire that they had been fighting when they came over a ridge and saw a creature 8 to 9 feet tall standing there. He passed within 30 to 40 feet of it, then watched it go over to a waterfall and pass into a recess behind the fall. Location is given only as "75 miles south of Willow Creek."
When
- Year
- 1955
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt
- Nearest Town
- Garberville
- Population of Town
- 500
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- waterfall
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- ridge
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- contact
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- No source noted on file card. Informant Jim Turner
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Reaction
- avoided
- Use of Water
- escape
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Went through waterfall into recess behind it.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- several