Incident #1000464
Whitmore, Shasta Cty, California
Nov 1958
Account
Story says John T. Moore had stopped his car on Whitmore Road when something larger than a man, covered with hair, with only one eye, which was partly closed, and face scratched and mangled came at his car. Presumably he drove off.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1958
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Shasta Cty
- Nearest Town
- Whitmore
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 403---
- Longitude
- 1215---
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
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- road
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Redding Record-Searchlight, Nov. 14, 1958, quoting
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1958
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1958
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- observer's car
- Reaction
- ran at
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature had only one eye, which was partly closed, and face was scratched and mangled. It "came at car."
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- No of witnesses
- 1