Incident #1000493
Gilroy, Santa Cruz Cty, California
1964
Account
Gary Bonesio and his wife Judy were walking toward Elephant Hill, North of their home, when his flashlight picked up a pair of eyes much taller than a bear or a man. After a few seconds the creature changed direction and walked slowly toward a canyon. "I could see the whole form, but not brightly. It was just within the outer rim of the sharp light."
When
- Year
- 1964
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- 6 to 15 seconds
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Santa Cruz Cty
- Nearest Town
- Gilroy
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Population of Town
- 20000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 3704--
- Longitude
- 1214---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- ground too hard
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- Tree type
- deciduous
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- Species
- oak
- Variety
- sage brush
Weather and light
- Heat
- hot
- Rainfall
- dry
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 3
Source
- Source
- (San Jose?) Mercury, Aug. 30, 1968 quoting Gary Bo
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1968
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected, no colour stated
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- turned, walked away
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 31 to 40