Incident #1000461
Orleans, Humboldt Cty, California
Aug 1958
Account
One of first Bluff Creek sightings. Henry Lawrence Omeg was widely reported to have heard something outside the door of a cabin he was staying in at Bee Creek, opened it and confronted Bigfoot (standard description presumed) He gave Bigfoot a doughnut. Later he was said to have quit his job and left the area.
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1958
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Orleans
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 200
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 411822
- Longitude
- 1234244
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- East
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- mixed
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- oak, fir, pine
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Shorty Wallace, Jay Roland, quoting Henry Lawrence
- Source Type
- hearsay
- Source Date
- 1958
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1967
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Arms Used
- for carrying
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Eating
- other
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Took a dougnut handed to it by witness.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- inside building
- Closest horizontal distance
- contact
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still
- No of witnesses
- 1