Incident #1000585
Mill Valley, Marin Cty, California
Apr 1976
Account
Caroline Morris called police about "screaming, screaching and growling" in the ravine below her hillside home. Patrolmen Dan Murphy and Edward Johnson heard the sounds, "screaming and howling" and heard heavy breathing and crackling and rustling of something approaching as they went down through the brush. They retreated, but Murphy got a glimpse of a large dark-coloured thing walking on its hind legs and climbing an 8-foot retaining wall. Next morning they found a blood trail and followed it to a deer with its neck broken, disemboweled and badly mangled.
When
- Observation Date
- APR 16 1976
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1976
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- before 3 a.m.
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Marin Cty
- Nearest Town
- Mill Valley
- Population of Town
- 12000
- Latitude
- 3754--
- Longitude
- 12233--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- ravine
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- hillside
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- steep
- Cover
- heavy
- Undergrowth
- heavy
- General undergrowth
- heavy
Weather and light
- Lighting
- flashlight
- Visibility Index
- 3
Source
- Source
- Aberdeen, Wash., World, Apr (about 25) 1976
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- 1976
- Source reliability
- 6
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- went up slope, entered woods
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Sound
- scream, growl, panting
- Attracted By
- wild animal prey
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Creature seen climbing 8-foot retaining wall. Next day blood trail led to body of deer, neck broken, disemboweled. No proof of connection with screamer.
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- come to see
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Action on sighting
- departed slowly
- No of witnesses
- 1