Incident #1000480
Salyer, Humboldt Cty, California
1963
Account
Bob Titmus was told that a family of picnickers had seen a huge, hairy, erect creature 2 miles West of Salyer on the Friday Ridge Road. Not clear if the creature was right on the road.
When
- Year
- 1963
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Salyer
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 50
- Elevation/Altitude
- 20
- Latitude
- 40530-
- Longitude
- 12337--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes and child
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Slope
- steep
- Slope Faced
- Southeast
- Cover
- moderate
- Tree size
- mostly large
- Undergrowth
- moderate
- Undergrowth size
- low
Source
- Source
- Family of picnickers, as reported to Bob Titmus
- Source Type
- computer survey
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- short
- Nose
- no snout
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Observer Was
- picnicking
- No of witnesses
- several