Incident #1000519
Healdsburg, Sonoma Cty, California
1968
Account
Phil Snow wrote that his brother and a friend were frightened by a very large dark, hair-covered animal that ran right in front of them one evening at Rio Nido on the Russian River. It ran like a man.
When
- Year
- 1968
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Sonoma Cty
- Nearest Town
- Healdsburg
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 8
- Population of Town
- 7000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 0.5
- Latitude
- 38310-
- Longitude
- 122583-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
- Cover
- heavy
- Undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Phil Snow, quoting his brother.
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1991
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1991
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- running
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Phil Snow, 3832 Skyview Dr., Santa Rosa, Cal 95403
- Interview date
- 1971
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- No of witnesses
- 2