Incident #1000535
Seaside, Clatsop Cty, Oregon
Apr 1993
Account
On a National Guard explosives exercise in a closed and guarded area West of Saddle Mountain, Sgt. Neiss saw from a moving jeep three tall, dark figures standing in a rock quarry where explosives had been detonated half an hour before. The largest, estimated 8 feet, was standing still. The others, about a head shorter, were swaying slightly. Later another soldier told Neiss he had seen the same three figures in almost the same place, but about a half hour earlier. He saw the two smaller figures walk back in the trees with very long strides and exaggerated arm movements. He was also able to compare the size of the creatures with humans seen from the same viewpoint. The creatures apparently came to the blast site right after the explosion, left it when soldiers came to check if all the charges had detonated, then returned when Neiss saw them. Rock quarry is visible from the Lewis and Clark (River) logging road.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1993
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- half minute
Where
- State / province
- Oregon
- County
- Clatsop Cty
- Nearest Town
- Seaside
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 5000
- Latitude
- 455---
- Longitude
- 1234---
What was seen
- Individuals
- more than two, sex unknown (large)
- Total Individuals
- 3
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- No
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- No
- Tracks
- not looked for
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Tree size
- small
- Tree condition
- mostly new
- Tree type
- coniferous
- Unnatural Conditions
- logged
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Sgt. Todd M. Neiss, printed account of incident, n
- Source Type
- deposition
- Source Date
- 1993
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- AUG 1995
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description 1
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- watched observer, stopped still
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- This creature and two smaller ones came to a site where an explosion had been set off.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Creature description 2
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- swaying
- Later Movement
- walked away, entered woods
- Speed
- slow
- Walking Stride
- long
- Movement re observer
- maintaining distance
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Reaction
- watched
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- This entry represents two smaller creatures which, with a larger creature, came to a site where explosives had just been detonated, left when humans approached, then came back when they were gone.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car, work outdoors
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- quarter mile
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 2