Incident #1000568
Plantation, Sonoma Cty, California
Mar 1974
Account
Eleanore McKay wrote that when camped in Salt Point State Park on Hwy. 1 North of Fort Ross, California, two men told her that after dark the night before they were standing outside when a very tall creature that looked very fuzzy came running towards them on its hind legs. One man shouted and it veered off, ran past her trailer, and went into the woods. The man said they had heard tremendous crashing in the forest. She had heard a crashing sound outside the trailer the evening before.
When
- Observation Date
- MAR 11 1974
- Month
- Mar
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Sonoma Cty
- Nearest Town
- Plantation
- Direction from Town
- Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 1
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 2
- Latitude
- 38335-
- Longitude
- 123145-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Mrs.Eleanore McKay
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1981
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1981
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Movement
- running
- Later Movement
- turned, entered woods
- Speed
- very fast
- Running Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- avoided
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Eleanore McKay
- Interview date
- MAR 12 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- camping, outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- upright
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, shouted
- No of witnesses
- 2