Incident #1000540
Oroville, Butte Cty, California
Oct 1969
Account
Laura Strang said that her husband, Wes Strang, was near his barn at 5.30 p.m. on Hallowe'en when he saw over towards the creek a big monkey or ape with hair all over it, hunched over, squatted down, with its front paws up to its face. It sat there as they looked at each other across a berry patch. He went back to the house, then returned but it was gone. (unattributed note from Oroville visit says creature was across a slough, and sighting lasted for 5 minutes)
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 31 1969
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dusk
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Butte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Oroville
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 8000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 3930--
- Longitude
- 12130--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- berry patch
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- farm field
- Slope
- easy
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- cultivated
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Bulletin No. 12. letter from Bill Short, q
- Source Type
- newsletter
- Source Date
- 1969
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1969
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- squatting
- Face Appeared
- apelike
- Movement
- staying still
- Reaction
- watched
- Position when first seen
- squatting
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Action on sighting
- studied, departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1