Incident #1000569
Willow Creek, Trinity Cty, California
May 1974
Account
Greg Michael was sleeping in a van in Grays Falls campground, about 4 miles North of Burnt Ranch, when something tried to open the side door. It kept trying doors for about 15 minutes. There was a strong smell. About 1 a.m. the thing made scratching sounds on the side of the van, knocked on the sides and windows, and 15 minutes later kicked the right rear tire and then rocked the van from the right rear corner. He got cautiously out of bed and opened the front window curtains, seeing right in front of him a chest covered with stringy hair, no breasts. Looking up from near the floor he could see up to the nose. Her also saw a humanlike hand resting on the right front mirror. It looked like a big hairy man 8 feet tall. Turned on lights, honked horn, started motor, and left. Nose broad, extending down into upper lip. Lips fat, mouth broad, big head, arms long. While walking around the van it made a noise Michael describes as a "high-low putter." Michael went to newspaper and forest ranger station and went back to site with rangers. Nothing significant found. Barbara Wasson and Joyce Kearney investigated, and apparently obtained written statement.
When
- Observation Date
- MAY 06 1974
- Month
- May
- Year
- 1974
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Trinity Cty
- Nearest Town
- Willow Creek
- Direction from Town
- Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 10
- Population of Town
- 500
- Elevation/Altitude
- 10
- Latitude
- 405118
- Longitude
- 1222915
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large male
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- camp
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- valley, hillside
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- easy
- Slope Faced
- North
- Nearby Water
- river
- Substratum
- broken rock
- Ground condition
- dry
- Cover
- heavy
- General
- some large
Weather and light
- Lighting
- bright moonlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Report written by Charles Gregory Michael. Also Kl
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- 1974
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1974
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Appearance
- unkempt
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Nose
- no snout
- Nose Shape
- large flat nose
- Nostrils
- Yes
- Mouth Size
- large
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Breast
- none
- Arms
- long
- Hands Appearance
- humanlike
- Fingernails
- nails
- Later Movement
- made a noise, approached
- Aggressive To
- van
- Arms Used
- for shaking
- Object Handled
- manmade object
- Sound
- other
- Odour
- strong
- Other Activity
- Scratched sides of van. Tried doors.
- Reaction
- approached, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Describe Unsual
- Scratching sound
- Additional Movement
- walked away
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- lying down
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- 5 feet
- Action on sighting
- studied, fled
- No of witnesses
- 1
- Age
- 16 to 20