Incident #1000524
Vacaville, Solano Cty, California
Jan 1968
Account
Michael McAlister, William Case, Robert McCallum and Peter Bora, all teenagers, told police they saw a big, hairy, dark creature walking on its hind legs while driving in the Bucktown area. Vacaville paper says they saw it loom up in front of them early in the evening, drove away and then came back and saw it again before calling police. It was reportedly black and seven feet tall. Fairfield paper says they saw it in an orchard, does not mention two sightings, and says it was dark, shaggy and 10 feet tall. Both papers report that police went back with them to search the area, but found nothing. (Creature information combined as far as possible, but there are contradictions, hence low credibility rating.).
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 20 1968
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1968
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- 10 to midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Solano Cty
- Nearest Town
- Vacaville
- Direction from Town
- Northwest
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 382---
- Longitude
- 1220---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Related incident id
- 1000586
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- level
- Cover
- sparse
- Tree size
- small
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- some small
- Undergrowth
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
- Species
- orchard
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Fairfield, Cal. Republic and Vacaville, Cal. Repor
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1968
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1968
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- stooped
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 4
- Age
- 16 to 20