Incident #1000516
Dorrington, Calaveras Cty, California
Nov 1967
Account
Mike scott told the Enterprise that he and two others spotted what he thought was the same animal he had seen two weeks ago, walking on its hind legs, with a strange flat dark face and dark hands that looked almost humanlike. He said "the same night" he threw rocks at it and it charged through the brush within 50 feet of his pickup. Tracks were seen by a newspaper reporter and photographer and by Sheriff Russell Leach and a television crew. No description of the tracks. Not clear if the rock-throwing involves a second encounter the same day as the first or if there was just one encounter at night.
When
- Month
- Nov
- Year
- 1967
- Season
- fall
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Calaveras Cty
- Nearest Town
- Dorrington
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 46
- Latitude
- 382---
- Longitude
- 1200---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Related incident id
- 1000514
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Source
- Source
- Sandreas, Cal. Calaveras Enterprise, Nov 22 1967 q
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1967
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- grey
- Face Colour
- dark
- Hands Colour
- dark
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Movement
- walking
- Running Stride
- long
- Running Speed
- fast
- Aggressive To
- observer
- Reaction
- ran at
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- No information on footprints. Creature only charged observer after he threw rocks at it.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Margaret DesJardin, newspaper reporter
- Interview date
- NOV 1967
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- sasq. hunting
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- harassed, fled
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Track witnesses
- several
- Age
- 21 to 30