Incident #1000522
Atwater, Merced Cty, California
Jan 1968
Account
De Witt told deputies that when he got out of his car on a lonely stretch of road near Belcher Drive and Trinity Road he saw a dark brown, hairy monster with glowing white eyes standing behind the car. He got in and drove off. A passenger did not see it at that time, but when they returned, with De Witt's brother, they saw the glowing white eyes. They then called the sheriff's office. Later in the evening Joe Reeves and Randy Taylor told Atwater police the hairy thing had chased their car in the same vicinity.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 05 1968
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- evening
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Merced Cty
- Nearest Town
- Atwater
- Population of Town
- 17000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 37194-
- Longitude
- 120355-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- road
- Slope
- level
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Merced, Cal. Express, Jan 10, 1968, quoting Roy de
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1968
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1968
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected white
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark brown
- Later Movement
- chased
- Aggressive To
- witness' car
- Human Contact
- followed
- Reaction
- ran after
- Describe Unsual
- Physical description comes from first incident, action (chasing car) from later incident, same evening, same area, no description.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot, in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 5
- Age
- 16 to 20