Incident #1000459
Weed, Siskiyou Cty, California
Aug 1956
Account
Mrs. Jack Pomray says "they" saw what appeared to be a bear run across the road on two legs taking big steps.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1956
- Season
- summer
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Siskiyou Cty
- Nearest Town
- Weed
- Population of Town
- 2800
- Elevation/Altitude
- 28
- Latitude
- 412---
- Longitude
- 1222---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- road
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Mrs. Jack Pomray, probably letter to Patterson
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- crossed road
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- several