Incident #1000578
Woodacre, Marin Cty, California
Aug 1975
Account
Joe Speck showed Beckjord a super 8 film taken from a stream bed in Samuel P. Taylor State Park, showing a dark bipedal animal. He said he was taking a nature-type test film for a television show when he heard a "screech-neigh" and looked around for a horse. He saw a large grey-black bipedal animal, massive, striding slowly over logs in large steps and uttering this sound. Height estimated 87 feet. Film out of focus at extreme zoom. Shows profile of manlike animal with upper part mostly hidden by leaves, taking four steps. An indistinct full frontal shot shows blurred massive black bipedal being. Walk reminiscent of Patterson film, but slower. Animal much wider than it is thick. NOTE: Al Chase, Daly City, has a snapshot taken in 1975 near Alpine Lake in Marin Cty (lake not on map) showing distant figure that could be a sasquatch. Picture in San Mateo San Bruno Herald, July 13, 1979.)
When
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early morning
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Marin Cty
- Nearest Town
- Woodacre
- Direction from Town
- West Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 4
- Population of Town
- 2000
- Latitude
- 380---
- Longitude
- 1224---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- going along
- Terrain Object
- water
- Near or/at
- trees
- Shot Hit
- No
- Photo
- Yes
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill, valley
- Exact Terrain
- valley bottom
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- creek
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- heavy
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 6
Source
- Source
- John Beckjord intv Joe Speck
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- 1976
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 7
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Torso Side
- normal
- Movement
- walking
- Sound
- other
- Water Activity
- beside water
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Sound described as "screech-neigh"
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- John Beckjord
- Interview date
- 1976
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- outside on foot
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- photographed
- No of witnesses
- 1