Incident #1000513
Dorrington, Calaveras Cty, California
1967
Account
Single paragraph in long story says Loretta Price looked out her cabin door near Camp Curry in gathering dusk and saw in light from the cabin window the hairy face and shoulders of a huge animal, definitely not a bear.
When
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Calaveras Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dorrington
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 49
- Latitude
- 381---
- Longitude
- 1201---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- at
- Terrain Object
- occupied building
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- light from habitation
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Stocton, Cal, Record, Nov 15, 1967, quoting Lorett
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1967
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 4
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Human Contact
- look in window
- Attracted By
- human shelter
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- at home
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- No of witnesses
- 1