Incident #1000563
Quincy, Plumas Cty, California
Sep 1973
Account
Scott Hootman said that Doug Gleason and a friend, on trail between Feather River College and the college apartments, just after sunset, saw by streetlight three deer run across 30 feet of grass at the edge of the woods, followed by an animal walking on two legs. Deer are common and bears sometimes seen.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Plumas Cty
- Nearest Town
- Quincy
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 2
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 34
- Latitude
- 39555-
- Longitude
- 12059--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill, valley
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- easy
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- floodlight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Scott Hootman, Oregon Caves, quoting Doug Gleason
- Source Type
- hearsay
- Source Date
- 1975
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- walking
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature crossed opening following three deer
- Anmals Present Y/N
- Yes
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Scott Hootman
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 16 to 20