Incident #1000520
Twaine Harte, Tuolomne Cty, California
Jan 1968
Account
Robert James Jr. said he and Leroy Larwick saw from 50 feet up an erect, brownish creature covered with matted, fuzzy hair, estimated 10 to 12 feet tall. Larwick took a picture. Later they drove to the area and took pictures of footprints more than 20 inches long and 9 inches wide. (People at newspaper in Sonora skeptical of this report--more so than of others. Pictures not good enough to be useful.)
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 06 1968
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Tuolomne Cty
- Nearest Town
- Twaine Harte
- Direction from Town
- East
- Population of Town
- 1000
- Latitude
- 380---
- Longitude
- 1200---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- Yes
- Tracks
- found later
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- dirt road
- Slope
- ridge crest
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- United Press International story datelined Sonora,
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1968
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1968
- Incident type
- 3
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 11 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Appearance
- matted
- Hair Colour
- brown
- Position when first seen
- erect
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 20.0
- Greates Width
- 9.0
- Estimated Age
- 2
- Age Unit
- hours
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- flying
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Least vertical distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- photographed, came back
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Track witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30