Incident #1000534
Paradise, Butte Cty, California
Apr 1969
Account
Ed Saville and Eldon Butler were using a wounded rabbit call, presumably at night, on West Branch Rd. near Oroville. They heard something crashing through brush and ran to meet it, it stopped and went back. They saw only a large, hair-covered back. It then circled to look at them. Est. 8 ft., with eyes that shone greenish, a flat face with hair that seemed silver-tipped. It put its hand over its face. (Presume they were using a light). After watching a minute it left.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Butte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Paradise
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 3
- Population of Town
- 22000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 393000
- Longitude
- 121300-
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
- Undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Jim McClarin quoting Ed Saville and Eldon Butler
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1969
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected green
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Nose
- no snout
- Later Movement
- stopped still, fled
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Arms Action
- shading eyes
- Reaction
- avoided, watched
- Attracted By
- natural sounds
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Apparently came to game call, wounded rabbit.
- Different Colour on
- face
- Second Colour
- silver
- Additional Movement
- approached, watched observer, fled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Jim McClarin
- Interview date
- 1969
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- approached, studied
- No of witnesses
- 2