Incident #1000523
Garberville, Humboldt Cty, California
Jan 1968
Account
Three teenagers, John Sugget, Bob Disbrow and Richard Rogers, walking on the road near Garberville in fog, heard thump, thump, thump up the hiss and saw an erect, 9 foot creature about 100 yards away silhouetted by a street light. They ran.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 20 1968
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Humboldt Cty
- Nearest Town
- Garberville
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 6
- Latitude
- 40060-
- Longitude
- 123472-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 2nd person
Weather and light
- Clarity
- fog
- Lighting
- floodlight
- Visibility Index
- 2
Source
- Source
- Jim McClarin (not sure if he intv witnesses)
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1968
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1968
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- 9 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 3
- Age
- 10 to 15