Incident #1000564
Klamath Glen, Del Norte Cty, California
Oct 1973
Account
Rick Blagden, deer hunting, was resting when something sneezed loudly behind him. He turned and saw a huge, furry, dark, barrel-like creature well over 6 feet tall, which stood there for a while then slowly walked down a steep hill and into the brush. He could hear it crashing through the brush and making a shrill noise. It left prints bigger than a bear's, but Blagden and two companions the next day found the brush too thick to trail it.
When
- Observation Date
- OCT 01 1973
- Month
- Oct
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Del Norte Cty
- Nearest Town
- Klamath Glen
- Direction from Town
- East
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 100
- Latitude
- 413---
- Longitude
- 1234---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 10
Source
- Source
- Brookings, Ore., Harbor Pilot, quoting Rick Blagde
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1973
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1973
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Torso Side
- very wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away, went down slope
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Sound
- other
- Reaction
- approached, watched, avoided
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature sneezed, attracting observer's attention. Later, walking through heavy brush, it made a shrill noise.
- Evidence Left
- footprints
- Additional Movement
- entered woods, made a noise
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 1