Incident #1000484
Strawberry, Tuolomne Cty, California
Mar 1963
Account
On honeymoon at Jack and Jill Ski Lodge, went hiking in early morning to an old mine shaft. In a meadow, near lots of trees, saw what they took for a bear standing erect, 8 to 9 feet high, shaggy, had a peaked forehaed, forward from the eyebrows, then straight up like hairy hat on head. They ran away. Talked to lodge owners, who said they had seen the same thing. Reported to deputy sheriff.
When
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1963
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Tuolomne Cty
- Nearest Town
- Strawberry
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 40
- Latitude
- 3812--
- Longitude
- 12000--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- meadow
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Linda Campbell, Aloha, Ore., phoning John Green on
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- 1970
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1970
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Head Profile
- high in front
- Describe Unsual
- Peaked forehead came forward above eyebrowns, then went straight up "like a hairy hat on the head."
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- 1970
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2