Incident #1000567
Redding, Shasta, California
Apr 1974
Account
Fishing, Bill Laveen saw across a clearing 70 yards away a creature 7 feet tall, covdred with hair, with slow, stiff movements. Both left. Low credibility rating given because Jean Miller's account places this incident at Round Mountain, 25 miles Northeast of Redding, far from the Sacremento River.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Shasta
- Nearest Town
- Redding
- Direction from Town
- South
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 40000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 4
- Latitude
- 4030--
- Longitude
- 12221--
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
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- San Diego, Cal., Tribune, May 18, 1978, quoting Bi
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1978
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1978
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- walked away
- Walking Speed
- slow
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Harlon Bartlett
- Interview date
- 1978
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1