Incident #1000482
Strawberry, Tuolomne Cty, California
Jan 1963
Account
A man who would not give his name called Tuolomne County sheriff's department to say that while he was cutting firewood near Cold Springs (not on map) he saw on the road a hairy, manlike creature 9 or 10 feet tall. A companion said on the phone that he had seen the monster's tracks. (Odd, since deputies found ground frozen) Deputies Bill Huntley and Elbert Hunt went to the site and heard something screaming, which seemed to move very rapidly around in the thick brush, but with no sound of movement.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 27 1963
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Tuolomne Cty
- Nearest Town
- Strawberry
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 3812--
- Longitude
- 12000--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- gravel pit
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Ground condition
- frozen
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree size
- mostly small
- Tree condition
- mostly mature
- Tree type
- coniferous
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- jack pine
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Sonora, Cal., Union-Democrat, Jan 29 1963. Also B.
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1963
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1963
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 9-10 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Sound
- scream
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- work outdoors
- No of witnesses
- 1