Incident #1000561
Redding, Shasta Cty, California
Oct 1972
Account
Randy Norton and Steven Gillispie, camping by Clear Creek, at the Placer Street bridge, heard and had glimpses of two creatures during the night, then at dawn saw on the hill to the west a creature like a gorilla but more erect with dull, thick, rusty-brown hair, that ran like a man, but with bent knees. There was another one on the East side, pacing back and forth between trees. They crossed the creek and tried to track it, but gave up before reaching the top of the hill. The creature did not flee, but eluded them with no difficulty, looking at them from behind trees. No hair on face, low brow, thick lips, long arms, but not swinging. There were indistinct large foot-shaped depressions where the men said one creature had splashed through the water.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 09 1972
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1972
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- dawn
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Shasta Cty
- Nearest Town
- Redding
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 4
What was seen
- Individuals
- two large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 2
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- hillside
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Substratum
- grass
- Cover
- moderate
Weather and light
- Clarity
- overcast
- Humidity
- rain
- Lighting
- twilight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- Redding, Cal., Record-Searchlight, Oct 10 1972. qu
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1972
- Source reliability
- 4
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1972
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- slightly stooped
- No hair on
- on face
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Forehead
- low
- Lips
- full
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- maintained distance, watched observer, walked away
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Reaction
- watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Water Activity
- wade in, wade out
- Water Depth
- near shore shallow
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Both creatures stayed around for several hours at night and in the morning were spent time watching them. This report elements of activity from both.
- Additional Movement
- went up slope, watched observer
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Bill Short
- Interview date
- OCT 9 1972
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping
- Action on sighting
- studied, chased
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30