Incident #1000581
Pine Grove, Amador Cty, California
Sep 1975
Account
Joe Coughlin, 13, on his way to visit Rick Van Dell, 14, at his home on North edge of Pine Grove about 7 p.m., heard a grunt behind him, turned and saw huge, hairy creature in flashlight beam. Ran to Van Dell house, shouting. Rick came out, and the two looked back and saw the creature standing under some pine trees at the end of the Van Dell yard. Est. 8 feet tall, 4 feet wide, black fur, glowing red eyes, upright. Creature ran off uphill. Sheriff's office called, found nothing. Bee story says the boys saw it again about midnight.
When
- Observation Date
- SEP 14 1975
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1975
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- before 10 p.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Amador Cty
- Nearest Town
- Pine Grove
- Direction from Town
- North
- Distance from Town
- 0
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 24
- Latitude
- 38243-
- Longitude
- 120393-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- urban
- Near or/at
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Child or children
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Exact Terrain
- clearing
- Slope
- ridge crest
- General
- some large
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Stockton, Cal., Record, Nov 17 1975. Sacramento Be
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1975
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1975
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Reflection
- reflected red
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Shoulders
- wide
- Torso Front
- very wide
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- approached
- Arms Action
- swinging
- Sound
- grunt
- Reaction
- approached, fled from
- Attracted By
- human activity
- Additional Movement
- went up slope, disappeared
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Child
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 10 to 15